Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC purchased a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 1,399 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $582,000.
A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. State of Wyoming acquired a new stake in F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $591,000. ABN AMRO Bank N.V. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $205,000. GSA Capital Partners LLP acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $879,000. Pacific Sage Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $2,944,000. Finally, Bridgewater Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $253,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
FFIV has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.
F5 Trading Down 1.9%
Shares of FFIV opened at $395.54 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $435.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.40 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.49, a P/E/G ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $404.58 and a 200 day moving average price of $345.46.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Insider Activity
In related news, EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 515 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.49, for a total value of $208,312.35. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $906,057.60. This represents a 18.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,341,917.80. The trade was a 13.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
About F5
F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.
At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.
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