John Anthony Maddison Sells 1,000 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $411.32 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $402.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $337.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.21 billion, a PE ratio of 32.75, a P/E/G ratio of 4.06 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $4.16 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have recently issued reports on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 target price (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Bank of America increased their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

Key Headlines Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: F5’s latest quarterly results were well above expectations: earnings per share reached $4.73 versus the $4.00 consensus, while revenue of $865.1 million exceeded the $834.6 million estimate. Revenue increased 10.9% year over year, and management maintained its fourth-quarter and full-year 2026 earnings guidance. F5 earnings information
• Positive Sentiment: F5 was ranked in the “Leader” tier of SecureIQLab’s 2026 Cloud WAAP CyberRisk Validation Comparative Report, supporting the company’s competitive position in cloud-based web application and API protection. SecureIQLab report
• Positive Sentiment: Several analysts raised their targets after the earnings report. JPMorgan increased its target to $515 with an overweight rating, Piper Sandler raised its target to $461 while maintaining an overweight rating, and Morgan Stanley lifted its target to $415.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst opinion remains mixed, with five Buy ratings, five Hold ratings and one Sell rating. The consensus rating is Hold and the average price target is $416.62, suggesting limited upside from recent trading levels. F5’s valuation is also elevated at roughly 33 times earnings.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple executives sold shares on August 3 under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans. The transactions included sales by the CFO, CTO and three executive vice presidents totaling approximately $1.30 million. In addition, Director Nikhil Ramesh Mehta sold 4,000 shares worth about $1.56 million on July 30. The planned nature of the transactions reduces their significance, but the cluster of sales may create a modest overhang. F5 insider selling report

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC boosted its position in F5 by 2.6% during the first quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $419,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $309,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $247,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.7% during the 1st quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $299,000 after buying an additional 46 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

F5 Company Profile

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.