Raiffeisen Bank International AG Acquires 1,899 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Raiffeisen Bank International AG boosted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 3,651.9% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,951 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,899 shares during the period. Raiffeisen Bank International AG’s holdings in F5 were worth $801,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Concurrent Investment Advisors LLC bought a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $367,000. NEOS Investment Management LLC boosted its position in F5 by 19.2% during the 2nd quarter. NEOS Investment Management LLC now owns 9,322 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $3,878,000 after buying an additional 1,499 shares during the period. Retireful LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter valued at about $1,348,000. Nykredit A S acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $14,596,000. Finally, Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the second quarter valued at $392,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $3,341,917.80. This represents a 13.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 13,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,316,411 over the last three months. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $390.47 on Friday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $404.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $356.13. The stock has a market cap of $22.11 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.82 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The firm had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $4.16 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. 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 predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

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.