Mediolanum International Funds Ltd Takes Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Mediolanum International Funds Ltd bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 1,946 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $544,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter worth $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its position in F5 by 109.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its stake in F5 by 963.6% in the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC increased its stake in F5 by 113.8% in the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total transaction 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 represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% 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. Insiders have sold a total of 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $408.74 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $435.00. The company has a market cap of $23.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.53, a PEG ratio of 4.83 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $398.31 and a two-hundred day moving average of $327.04.

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays increased their target price on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their target price on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $382.67.

About F5

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.