Compass Financial Management LLC Buys New Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Compass Financial Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 2,329 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $963,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth about $2,611,637,000. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter worth about $579,699,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its position in F5 by 15,103.5% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after purchasing an additional 1,162,519 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its position in F5 by 68.5% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $205,706,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a 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 business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares in the company, valued at $162,400. This trade represents a 86.03% 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. In the last quarter, insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $384.63 on Monday. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $435.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.78 billion, a PE ratio of 30.62, a P/E/G ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.03. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $403.83 and its 200-day moving average price is $348.33.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $4.16 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Barclays increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

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.