Francois Locoh-Donou Sells 1,300 Shares of F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Stock

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIVGet Free Report) CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 107,553 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,482,567.33. The trade was a 1.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link.

Francois Locoh-Donou also recently made the following trade(s):

  • On Friday, August 1st, Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total value of $400,582.00.

F5 Trading Down 0.7%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $324.98 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $18.67 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.63, a P/E/G ratio of 3.57 and a beta of 1.06. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $213.24 and a 12 month high of $337.39. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $319.17 and a 200-day moving average of $293.35.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIVGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.49 by $0.67. F5 had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%.The business had revenue of $780.37 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.64 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.36 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. Analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 275.0% during the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 134.1% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% in the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 77 shares during the period. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000. Finally, Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter worth approximately $35,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of a number of research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on F5 from $305.00 to $312.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wolfe Research started coverage on F5 in a research report on Monday, July 7th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Finally, Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $309.89.

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F5 Company Profile

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F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.

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