DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale Purchases 8,465 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale raised its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 14.8% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 65,826 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,465 shares during the period. DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale owned 0.11% of F5 worth $19,457,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. MGO One Seven LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 4,927 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,450,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. raised its position in shares of F5 by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 1,805 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $481,000 after buying an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 2.6% during the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,834 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $540,000 after buying an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management raised its position in F5 by 11.9% in the 1st quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 451 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $120,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the period. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC raised its position in F5 by 6.3% in the 1st quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 845 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $225,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total transaction of $416,793.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 107,553 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.73, for a total transaction of $417,206.31. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,699 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. This represents a 6.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,796,542 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research firms have issued reports on FFIV. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of F5 in a research note on Monday, July 7th. They set an “outperform” rating on the stock. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $314.33.

F5 Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of F5 stock opened at $297.83 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $17.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 1.06. The company’s 50 day moving average is $320.96 and its 200 day moving average is $298.15. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $213.24 and a twelve month high of $346.00.

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

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.