Wolf Hill Capital Management LP purchased a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 55,000 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,877,800,000. F5 makes up approximately 1.9% of Wolf Hill Capital Management LP’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Wolf Hill Capital Management LP owned about 0.10% of F5 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,878,023,000 after purchasing an additional 114,533 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in F5 during the second quarter valued at approximately $2,611,637,000. State Street Corp grew its holdings in F5 by 1.7% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,042,716,000 after purchasing an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in F5 by 68.5% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $579,699,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.
Insider Activity
In other F5 news, Director Nikhil Ramesh Mehta sold 4,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $388.95, for a total value of $1,555,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,043 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,739,374.85. This represents a 36.22% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 406 shares in the company, valued at $162,400. This represents a 86.03% 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. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
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F5 Stock Down 1.5%
Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $379.04 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $435.00. The company has a market cap of $21.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.18, a P/E/G ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.03. The business’s 50 day moving average is $403.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $349.07.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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. Sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
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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