Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC Acquires New Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 1,422 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $419,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 6.2% in the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of F5 by 15.5% in the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $280,835,000 after buying an additional 141,680 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 24.0% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $220,693,000 after buying an additional 160,708 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its position in F5 by 37.5% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $216,757,000 after buying an additional 226,231 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its stake in F5 by 40.8% in the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $232,302,000 after acquiring an additional 228,790 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $245.74 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $227.04 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The company has a fifty day moving average of $308.24 and a 200-day moving average of $299.63. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.12 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This trade represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Bank of America dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

F5 Company 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.