Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC Makes New Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 1,422 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $419,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its stake in F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in F5 by 134.1% during the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $245.74 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $14.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.81, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $227.04 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company has a 50 day moving average of $308.24 and a 200 day moving average of $299.63.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,357,586.54. The trade was a 0.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total value of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,404,352.57. This trade represents a 26.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

F5 Profile

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.