GSA Capital Partners LLP bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm bought 2,114 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $879,000.
Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter worth about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 113.8% in the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Barclays boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $416.62.
F5 Stock Performance
Shares of FFIV stock opened at $393.62 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $435.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.29 billion, a PE ratio of 31.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $404.55 and a two-hundred day moving average of $346.18.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $4.16 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 Transactions at F5
In other F5 news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $162,400. This trade represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.
F5 Company Profile
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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