F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Bought by Strs Ohio

Strs Ohio boosted its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 11.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 9,400 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 934 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in F5 were worth $2,767,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its stake in F5 by 6.2% during the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.5% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $280,835,000 after purchasing an additional 141,680 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its position in F5 by 24.0% in the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $220,693,000 after buying an additional 160,708 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 37.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $216,757,000 after buying an additional 226,231 shares during the period. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its holdings in F5 by 40.8% in the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $232,302,000 after buying an additional 228,790 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on shares of F5 in a research report on Monday, July 7th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research lowered shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

F5 Stock Down 1.6%

Shares of FFIV opened at $249.04 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $227.04 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company has a market capitalization of $14.31 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.09, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.06. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $313.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $299.95.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The firm had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total transaction of $416,793.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 107,553 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 9,298 shares of company stock worth $2,978,754 over the last quarter. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

F5 Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.