Oak Harvest Investment Services Purchases 2,208 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Oak Harvest Investment Services grew its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 15.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 16,065 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,208 shares during the quarter. Oak Harvest Investment Services’ holdings in F5 were worth $4,278,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.2% during the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after acquiring an additional 312,415 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.5% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $280,835,000 after acquiring an additional 141,680 shares in the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 34,698.9% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 746,089 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $198,661,000 after acquiring an additional 743,945 shares in the last quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.9% during the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 656,373 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $174,755,000 after acquiring an additional 5,826 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 21.9% during the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 650,992 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $163,705,000 after acquiring an additional 116,785 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on FFIV shares. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Barclays upped their price target on F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $317.23 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $18.22 billion, a PE ratio of 27.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $303.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $286.54. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $197.09 and a 1 year high of $334.00.

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

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total value of $400,582.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 110,153 shares in the company, valued at $33,942,545.42. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 1,800 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total value of $514,728.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 4,376 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,251,360.96. This trade represents a 29.15% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 12,544 shares of company stock worth $3,862,333. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.