Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd Takes $970,000 Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd purchased a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 3,296 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $970,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew 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 acquiring an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings 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 worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 $38,357,586.54. This represents a 0.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. The trade was a 26.90% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 25,227 shares of company stock worth $6,549,963 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research lowered F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

F5 Stock Up 3.7%

Shares of FFIV opened at $234.29 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $13.46 billion, a PE ratio of 19.84, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $291.12 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $296.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. The firm’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. On average, analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

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.