Capital Fund Management S.A. Invests $9.74 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Capital Fund Management S.A. acquired a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 30,148 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,744,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. BNP Paribas Financial Markets raised its holdings in F5 by 13.6% during the 3rd quarter. BNP Paribas Financial Markets now owns 152,641 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $49,332,000 after buying an additional 18,276 shares during the period. Magnetar Financial LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 237.5% in the third quarter. Magnetar Financial LLC now owns 3,021 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $976,000 after buying an additional 2,126 shares during the period. Van ECK Associates Corp raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.6% during the third quarter. Van ECK Associates Corp now owns 12,206 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $3,945,000 after acquiring an additional 310 shares during the period. Bank of Montreal Can raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.9% during the third quarter. Bank of Montreal Can now owns 302,909 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $97,897,000 after acquiring an additional 5,612 shares during the period. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc lifted its position in F5 by 6.4% in the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 501,040 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $161,931,000 after acquiring an additional 30,029 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

F5 Trading Down 2.4%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $282.69 on Friday. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $274.45 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $280.35. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $346.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.38, a PEG ratio of 8.20 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total value of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at $369,674.69. This trade represents a 70.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. This trade represents a 2.44% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 23,501 shares of company stock valued at $6,415,370. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays upped their price objective on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Company Profile

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.