Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey Buys 918 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey lifted its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 4.4% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 21,876 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 918 shares during the quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey’s holdings in F5 were worth $6,439,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 275.0% during the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC grew its stake in F5 by 134.1% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise bought a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter worth approximately $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 1st quarter worth approximately $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in F5 by 288.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. The trade was a 27.00% 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, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total value of $2,356,829.72. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. This trade represents a 26.90% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 24,117 shares of company stock valued at $6,297,504. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $234.00 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $300.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $298.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $13.44 billion, a PE ratio of 19.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $227.04 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays lowered their price target on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Bank of America lowered their target price on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

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.