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sellWeak cluster of 510b5-1 plan

Chad Michael Whalen sold $1.2M of FFIV

EVP, Worldwide Sales at F5, INC.. 4,093 shares at an average of $290.33, traded Feb 3, 2025, filed Feb 4, 2025.

Warning score
25
Value
$1.2M
4,093 shares
Holdings after
27,264
-13% from before
From 52-week low
-
no price yet
From 52-week high
-
no price yet

Score components

  • Role
    Officer
    +15
  • Trade size
    $1.2M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 13% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    5 insiders selling within 14 days
    +15
  • Exercise and sell
    Shares came from an option exercise in the same filing
    -15
  • 10b5-1 plan
    Pre-scheduled under a 10b5-1 plan
    -20

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m -8.0%, 3m -11.7%, 6m +6.3%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

FFIVOct 12, 2026 · close 473.49
Since filing Feb 4, 2025: +57.9%SPY +31.8% · excess +26.1%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001048695-25-000020, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
Feb 1, 2025MOption exercise
Common Stock10b5-1
+5,029$0.00$034,403Feb 4, 2025
Feb 1, 2025FTax withholding
Common Stock10b5-1
-3,046$297.26$905k31,357Feb 4, 2025
Feb 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-759$288.11$219k30,598Feb 4, 2025
Feb 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-1,408$289.33$407k29,190Feb 4, 2025
Feb 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-303$290.16$88k28,887Feb 4, 2025
Feb 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-873$291.66$255k28,014Feb 4, 2025
Feb 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-255$292.21$75k27,759Feb 4, 2025
Feb 3, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock10b5-1
-495$293.40$145k27,264Feb 4, 2025
Feb 1, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative10b5-1
-2,428$0.00$00Feb 4, 2025
Feb 1, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative10b5-1
-952$0.00$02,854Feb 4, 2025
Feb 1, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative10b5-1
-932$0.00$06,529Feb 4, 2025
Feb 1, 2025MOption exercise
Restricted Stock Unitderivative10b5-1
-717$0.00$07,890Feb 4, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at F5, INC. and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
48Moderate
FFIVsell 210b5-1
F5, INC.
Michael F Montoya
Chief Technology Ops Officer
$1.8M
4,426 shares
-77%
17Weak
FFIVsell 210b5-1
F5, INC.
John Anthony Maddison
Chief Product Mkting Officer
$83k
204 shares
-15%
45Moderate
FFIVsell 810b5-1
F5, INC.
Francois Locoh-Donou
President, CEO & Director
$1.6M
3,782 shares
-3%
33Weak
FFIVsell 810b5-1
F5, INC.
Thomas Dean Fountain
EVP Global Services & Strategy
$501k
1,208 shares
-13%
6Weak
FFIVsell 810b5-1
F5, INC.
Kunal Anand
Chief Technology Officer
$159k
392 shares
-3%
9Weak
FFIVsell 810b5-1
F5, INC.
Chad Michael Whalen
EVP, Worldwide Sales
$285k
703 shares
-3%
35Weak
FFIVsell 810b5-1
F5, INC.
Edward Cooper Werner
Chief Financial Officer
$243k
599 shares
-60%
21Weak
FFIVsell 810b5-1
F5, INC.
John Anthony Maddison
Chief Product Mkting Officer
$406k
1,000 shares
-42%
12Weak
FFIVsell 810b5-1
F5, INC.
Angelique M Okeke
EVP, General Counsel
$208k
515 shares
-19%
65Notable
FFIVsell 8
F5, INC.
Nikhil Ramesh Mehta
director
$1.6M
4,000 shares
-36%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

Chad Michael Whalen sold $1.2M of FFIV | InsiderTell