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F5 Inc (FFIV) receives a Buy rating from Needham

In a filing, F5 Inc revealed its Director Budnik Marianne unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.49 million on Mar 14 ’25. In the deal valued at $260.72 per share,1,872 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Budnik Marianne now holds 1,207 shares worth roughly $0.32 million.

Then, Budnik Marianne bought 1,209 shares, generating $315,549 in total proceeds.

Before that, MARIANNE BUDNIK 2023 TRUST bought 663 shares. F5 Inc shares valued at $172,515 were divested by the Director at a price of $260.20 per share.

Needham reiterated its F5 Inc [FFIV] rating to a Buy in a research note published on January 30, 2024; the price target was $220. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including BofA Securities’s analysts, who decreased its forecast for the stock in late October from “a Neutral” to “an Underperform”. Barclays also remained covering FFIV and has decreased its forecast on April 20, 2023 with a “an Equal weight” recommendation from previously “an Overweight” rating. Goldman started covering the stock on March 07, 2023. It rated FFIV as “a Neutral”.

Price Performance Review of FFIV

On Monday, F5 Inc [NASDAQ:FFIV] saw its stock jump 0.91% to $266.27. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -2.93%. F5 Inc shares have risen nearly 5.89% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 41.00% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $313.00 was reached on 02/18/25, a 52-week low of $159.01 was recorded on 01/02/25. SMA at 50 days reached $284.04, while 200 days put it at $232.58.

Levels Of Support And Resistance For FFIV Stock

The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 260.67, which if violated will result in even more drops to 255.07. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 270.19. A further resistance level may holdings at 274.12. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 41.16, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -0.95, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been low at 54.20%. Stochastics %K at 47.84% indicates the stock is a holding.

How much short interest is there in F5 Inc?

A steep rise in short interest was recorded in F5 Inc stocks on 2025-03-14, dropping by 10956.0 shares to a total of 1.49 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-14 was 1.51 million shares. There was a decline of -0.73%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.

The most recent change occurred on January 24, 2023 when Guggenheim began covering the stock and recommended ‘”a Neutral”‘ rating .

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