Prudential Financial Inc. Purchases 2,498 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Prudential Financial Inc. raised its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 5.1% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 51,677 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,498 shares during the period. Prudential Financial Inc. owned 0.09% of F5 worth $15,210,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Avantax Advisory Services Inc. purchased a new position in F5 in the first quarter valued at about $216,000. Cetera Investment Advisers boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 19.3% in the 1st quarter. Cetera Investment Advisers now owns 4,180 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,113,000 after buying an additional 677 shares in the last quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter worth approximately $775,000. TD Asset Management Inc raised its stake in shares of F5 by 33.5% during the 1st quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 22,261 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,927,000 after acquiring an additional 5,592 shares in the last quarter. Finally, LPL Financial LLC lifted its position in F5 by 44.8% during the first quarter. LPL Financial LLC now owns 29,328 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $7,809,000 after acquiring an additional 9,079 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have recently commented on FFIV shares. Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Bank of America decreased their price target on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI restated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays decreased their price objective on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, 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 SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total value of $328,874.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at $38,357,586.54. This trade represents a 0.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 26,337 shares of company stock valued at $6,810,713. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Stock Down 0.7%

F5 stock opened at $238.22 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $285.97 and its 200 day moving average price is $296.41. 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 cap of $13.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate 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 period in the previous year, the company posted $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. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

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.