National Pension Service Has $673,000 Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

National Pension Service grew its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 184.7% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,636 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,710 shares during the quarter. National Pension Service’s holdings in F5 were worth $673,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Pacific Sage Partners LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,818,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $247,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 3.8% in the third quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $457,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund lifted its position in shares of F5 by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 6,569 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,677,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. This trade represents 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. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 19,767 shares of company stock worth $6,628,120. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays boosted their price objective on F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Six equities research 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $379.89.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $409.13 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $410.11. The stock has a market capitalization of $23.08 billion, a PE ratio of 33.56, a P/E/G ratio of 9.10 and a beta of 1.04. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $329.29 and a 200 day simple moving average of $287.29.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.42 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.