1,945 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV Purchased by MBL Wealth LLC

MBL Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 1,945 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $866,000.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $2,611,637,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 23.9% during the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 732,219 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $325,969,000 after buying an additional 141,131 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 24.8% during the 2nd quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 726,844 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $302,338,000 after buying an additional 144,534 shares during the last quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $243,865,000. Finally, Amundi raised its position in shares of F5 by 96.0% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 555,809 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $231,194,000 after buying an additional 272,273 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $455.42 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $25.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.26, a P/E/G ratio of 4.26 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $427.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $395.01. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $483.30.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $60,624,143.16. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 16,829 shares of company stock valued at $6,815,302. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently commented on the company. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Barclays raised their target price on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on F5 from $508.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, October 12th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Friday, October 9th. Finally, Morgan Stanley increased their target price on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $426.00.

About F5

F5, Inc (NASDAQ: FFIV) provides application delivery, security and traffic management solutions for enterprises, service providers and public-sector organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers secure, optimize and manage applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) across data centers, private and public clouds, and edge environments.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud services.