Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio Invests $7.28 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 17,511 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,284,000.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Capstone Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the second quarter worth about $683,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the second quarter valued at about $392,000. Pure Financial Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the second quarter valued at approximately $278,000. Corient Private Wealth LP bought a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $21,102,000. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE bought a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $70,355,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total transaction of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $3,341,917.80. The trade was a 13.03% 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. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 13,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,316,411. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Down 2.8%

Shares of F5 stock opened at $395.72 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.41 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.51, a PEG ratio of 3.98 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $404.76 and its 200-day simple moving average is $354.15.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) 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 business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.16 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

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.