Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Grows Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 0.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 30,248 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 160 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC owned 0.05% of F5 worth $8,903,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its position in F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 134.1% in the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% in the first quarter. Golden State Wealth Management LLC now owns 105 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 77 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Finally, Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the 1st quarter worth about $35,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a “sector perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of F5 from $312.00 to $352.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, October 10th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $314.33.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV stock opened at $290.41 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $216.16 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The company has a market cap of $16.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.59, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.28 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $319.77 and a 200 day moving average price of $299.78.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.49 by $0.67. F5 had a net margin of 22.06% and a return on equity of 21.77%. The company had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.36 earnings per share. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.73, for a total transaction of $417,206.31. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. This trade represents a 6.11% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total value of $1,706,905.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 23,591 shares in the company, valued at $7,601,963.84. This trade represents a 18.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,796,542 in the last quarter. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

About F5

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.