F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Purchased by KBC Group NV

KBC Group NV boosted its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 14.5% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 33,041 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,183 shares during the period. KBC Group NV’s holdings in F5 were worth $9,725,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.2% during the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 659.3% during the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 316,992 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $84,405,000 after buying an additional 275,244 shares during the period. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its position in F5 by 40.8% during the second 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. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake 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 last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $46,920,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently weighed in on FFIV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Bank of America reduced their target price on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock opened at $234.00 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $300.90 and a 200-day moving average of $298.17. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $13.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.81, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total value of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares in the company, valued at $6,404,352.57. This represents a 26.90% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

About F5

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.