Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC Purchases New Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC acquired a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund acquired 1,627 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $471,000.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 113.8% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. increased its position in shares of F5 by 64.5% during the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 153 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $39,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have weighed in on FFIV. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, June 26th. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler raised their price target on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $382.67.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $408.14 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $427.54. The stock has a market cap of $23.03 billion, a PE ratio of 33.48, a P/E/G ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $376.86 and a 200 day moving average price of $313.24.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.42 earnings per share. 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, analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. The trade was a 14.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $162,400. This represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 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.