F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) CTO Sells $1,006,636.59 in Stock
by Teresa Graham · The Cerbat GemF5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan.
Kunal Anand also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Tuesday, February 10th, Kunal Anand sold 377 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total transaction of $104,926.64.
F5 Trading Up 3.0%
NASDAQ FFIV traded up $9.97 on Tuesday, hitting $339.90. 599,054 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 845,410. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $293.21 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $273.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $19.21 billion, a PE ratio of 27.88, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.00.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.62 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On F5
Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 963.6% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 113.8% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. 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 report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $316.44.
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.