John Anthony Maddison Sells 204 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) insider John Maddison sold 204 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $406.24, for a total transaction of $82,872.96. Following the transaction, the insider owned 1,149 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $466,769.76. The trade was a 15.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.

John Anthony Maddison also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 3rd, John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00.

F5 Stock Down 1.7%

FFIV opened at $423.59 on Thursday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.45. The company has a fifty day moving average of $403.70 and a 200-day moving average of $364.16. The stock has a market cap of $23.99 billion, a PE ratio of 33.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.21 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of F5

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the second quarter valued at approximately $2,611,637,000. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $579,699,000. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth $205,706,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter worth $243,865,000. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at $208,277,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Trending Headlines about F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Omnissa partnership expands digital-workspace opportunity: F5 announced a strategic partnership with Omnissa to help deliver secure, high-performance digital workspaces and support virtual-desktop deployments. The relationship could broaden F5’s enterprise reach and increase demand for its application security, delivery and traffic-management products. F5 and Omnissa partnership announcement
• Positive Sentiment: AI-driven bot protection strengthens product positioning: F5 added device intelligence and specialized agentic-AI detection to Distributed Cloud Bot Defense. The capabilities are designed to identify automated account abuse, maintain persistent device context and improve real-time risk decisions as enterprises face more sophisticated cyberattacks. F5 Distributed Cloud Bot Defense announcement
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst view remains cautious: Brokerages have an average target price of $416.62 and a consensus “Hold” rating. With shares trading above that target, investors may require evidence that the new partnerships and AI features generate meaningful bookings and recurring revenue. F5 average analyst target price
• Negative Sentiment: Executive stock sales weigh on sentiment: CTO Michael Montoya sold 4,426 shares, reducing his direct stake by approximately 77%, while John Maddison sold 204 shares. Both trades were made under pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plans, which limits their significance, but the transactions can still create short-term selling pressure. F5 executive insider sales

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently commented on the company. Bank of America upped their target price on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc is a technology company that provides application delivery, security and traffic-management solutions for enterprises, service providers and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers ensure the availability, performance and security of applications across on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge environments.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.