Key Points
- Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 F5 shares on Feb. 19 at an average of $275.25 for $487,192.50, cutting his stake by 20.56% to 6,840 shares (SEC filing disclosed).
- F5 beat expectations in the quarter ended Jan. 27 with EPS $4.45 vs. $3.63 est. and revenue $822.47M vs. $755.97M, and set Q2 2026 guidance of 3.340–3.460 EPS and FY2026 guidance of 15.650–16.050 EPS.
- The stock trades near $278 with a $15.7B market cap, and analysts' consensus is an average "Hold" rating with a $309.89 average price target.
F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total value of $487,192.50. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,840 shares in the company, valued at $1,882,710. This trade represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link.
Alan Higginson also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, December 3rd, Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of F5 stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total value of $310,376.99.
F5 Stock Down 0.3%
FFIV stock opened at $278.39 on Friday. The business's 50-day moving average price is $268.50 and its 200-day moving average price is $284.06. The stock has a market cap of $15.73 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.03, a PEG ratio of 7.91 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $755.97 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5
A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $309,000 after buying an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its position 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 valued at $247,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $2,387,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $338,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Barclays upped their price objective on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Evercore reiterated a "cautious" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $309.89.
View Our Latest Analysis on FFIV
F5 Company Profile
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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.
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