MBL Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) in the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 1,945 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $866,000.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in FFIV. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,611,637,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in F5 by 23.9% during the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 732,219 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $325,969,000 after purchasing an additional 141,131 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 24.8% during the second quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 726,844 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $302,338,000 after purchasing an additional 144,534 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in F5 during the second quarter worth approximately $243,865,000. Finally, Amundi boosted its holdings in F5 by 96.0% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 555,809 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $231,194,000 after purchasing an additional 272,273 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity at F5
In other news, insider John Maddison sold 204 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $406.24, for a total transaction of $82,872.96. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,149 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $466,769.76. This represents a 15.08% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through 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 stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. 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. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 16,829 shares of company stock worth $6,815,302. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
F5 Price Performance
F5 stock opened at $455.42 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $483.30. The company has a market cap of $25.79 billion, a PE ratio of 36.26, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.26 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $427.67 and its 200 day moving average price is $395.01.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. The firm had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $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. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
Several equities analysts have commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Friday, October 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $508.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 12th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $426.00.
Read Our Latest Stock Report on FFIV
F5 Company Profile
F5, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides application delivery, security and traffic management solutions for enterprises, service providers and public-sector organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers secure, optimize and manage applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) across data centers, private and public clouds, and edge environments.
The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud services.
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