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F5, Inc. Stock: price and insider trades · United States
F5, Inc.: what insiders have been doing
F5, Inc. is a Technology company. Its directors and officers file their transactions with SEC (Form 4). 28 insiders have disclosed 124 filings since 18 October 2025.
The flow runs one way only: 59 sales worth €13.9M, from 13 insiders, and no purchase. The amount is not disclosed for 4 filings. One trade stands out by size: a sale of €861k from Locoh-Donou Francois, disclosed on 26 March 2026.
With 124 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 22 filings across the 5,458 companies we follow on the same exchange. Since 2016, the database holds no purchases and 240 sales by insiders of the company. On the fundamentals side, the SEC filing (10-K) for the period ending 30 September 2025 lists revenue at 3.09 bn USD and net income at 692.4 m USD.
Filings reach the SEC (Form 4) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. The legal deadline for a Form 4 is two business days after the transaction. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: Gitlab Inc. and Baozun Inc. Every figure here comes from the filings published by SEC (Form 4) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.
Insider Decl.
545
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
n/a
n/a
Sell Volume
€48M
240 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleFrancois Locoh-Donou20 sales
Thomas Dean Fountain15 sales
Michael F. Montoya7 sales
Mehta Nikhil Ramesh6 sales
Buse Elizabeth5 sales
Chad Michael Whalen4 sales
+9 other insiders
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate F5, Inc. Hold (neutral), based on 10 analysts. Average price target: US$437.80.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 6,096 of 24,158 companies
63.9
score / 100
Value40
Quality88
FCF yld3.6%
Earn yld2.8%
EV/EBITDA28.6x
ROE20%
Gross mgn81%
Net mgn22%
Debt/EBITDA0.3x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended September 2025 · cache
US$442.03
Analyst consensus
10 analystsHold
US$300.00Target US$437.80(-1%)US$525.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$3.1B
Gross profitUS$2.5B81% margin
EBITDAUS$883.8M29% margin
Net incomeUS$692.4M22.0% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)35.2x
PER (forward)24.5x
P/Book6.5x
Beta1.03
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$25B
Total debtUS$261.8M
Free Cash FlowUS$906.4M
Debt / Equity7%
Profitability & ownership
ROE19.8%
ROA8.0%
% insiders0.5%
% institutions101.1%
Last declaration on 15 September 2026
Declarations545 total
240 shares@ US$408.960.0004% mcap4.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001869466-26-000012:1
277 shares@ US$410.3650.0005% mcap5.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001869466-26-000012:2
1,173 shares@ US$411.50150.0020% mcap22.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001869466-26-000012:3
920 shares@ US$412.37770.0016% mcap17.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001869466-26-000012:4
440 shares@ US$413.31450.0008% mcap8.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001869466-26-000012:5
80 shares@ US$414.18190.0001% mcap1.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001869466-26-000012:6
204 shares@ US$406.240.0004% mcap9.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0002046054-26-000010:0
1,296 shares@ US$406.240.0022% mcap24.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001869466-26-000012:0
204 shares@ US$411.710.0004% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001950047-26-009417
4,426 shares@ US$411.710.0081% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001950047-26-009422
200 shares@ US$409.680.0004% mcap0.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:0
1,100 shares@ US$410.94120.0020% mcap2.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:1
642 shares@ US$411.82250.0012% mcap1.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:2
996 shares@ US$412.89590.0018% mcap2.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:3
320 shares@ US$414.09940.0006% mcap0.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:4
200 shares@ US$415.9660.0004% mcap0.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:6
1,208 shares@ US$414.630.0022% mcap7.2% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001728330-26-000016:0
284 shares@ US$415.03480.0005% mcap0.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:5
40 shares@ US$416.830.0001% mcap0.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000017:7
1,208 shares@ US$412.250.0022% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001950047-26-007688
3,782 shares@ US$412.250.0070% mcap100.0% of flowCommonSEC144:0001950047-26-007690
2,451 shares@ US$402.570.0044% mcap6.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001526624-26-000015:1
1,492 shares@ US$402.570.0027% mcap8.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001728330-26-000014:1
911 shares@ US$402.570.0016% mcap8.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001746640-26-000008:1
703 shares@ US$404.860.0013% mcap6.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001746640-26-000008:2
25 of 545 declarations
About F5, Inc.
F5, Inc. (ticker: FFIV) is a U.S.-based technology company listed on the NASDAQ in the United States, with headquarters in Seattle. Founded in 1996, F5 built its reputation in application delivery and traffic optimization and has since evolved into a broader application security and multicloud infrastructure vendor. For investors, the company sits at the intersection of networking, cybersecurity, and cloud modernization, with recurring relevance as enterprises re-architect applications, APIs, and digital services across hybrid environments. ([f5.com](https://www.f5.com/content/dam/f5/corp/global/pdf/company/corporate-overview.pdf?utm_source=openai))
F5’s original strength was in application delivery controllers and load balancing, but over time it expanded its portfolio through product development and acquisitions into security-centric software and services. Today, the centerpiece of the strategy is the F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP), which the company positions as a converged platform that combines high-performance traffic management with advanced application and API security. The platform is designed to run across physical appliances, virtualized software environments, and SaaS-based cloud deployments, reflecting F5’s effort to stay embedded in both legacy enterprise infrastructure and modern cloud-native architectures. ([f5.com](https://www.f5.com/company/news/press-releases/f5-application-delivery-and-security-platform-hybrid-multicloud.html?utm_source=openai))
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Its main product families include BIG-IP, NGINX, VELOS, and Distributed Cloud Services, along with capabilities for access protection, threat mitigation, and workload orchestration. Strategically, F5’s value proposition is to deliver and secure every app and every API, whether deployed on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, or across hybrid multicloud estates. Competitive positioning is important: F5 competes against networking vendors, cybersecurity specialists, and cloud platform providers, but it differentiates itself through deep application-layer expertise, a large installed base, and a strong position in large enterprise environments where reliability, performance, and security are mission-critical. ([f5.com](https://www.f5.com/company/news/press-releases/f5-application-delivery-and-security-platform-hybrid-multicloud.html?utm_source=openai))
Geographically, F5 serves a global customer base with broad enterprise exposure. Recent developments underscore the company’s shift toward AI-era security and operational simplification. In 2026, F5 announced upgrades to ADSP, including enhanced observability, support for agentic AI workloads, and future-ready cryptographic capabilities, while also expanding partnerships aimed at securing AI data infrastructure and runtime operations. The company also reported revenue growth in fiscal 2026, indicating continued commercial traction. Overall, F5 combines a mature installed base with a credible software-and-security transition, plus increasing exposure to structural demand drivers such as AI, API security, and multicloud adoption. ([investors.f5.com](https://investors.f5.com/news/news-details/2026/F5-Strengthens-Its-Application-Delivery-and-Security-Platform-to-Simplify-Operations-and-Accelerate-Secure-AI-Adoption-03-11-2026/default.aspx?utm_source=openai))
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