Kesler Norman & Wride LLC Has $936,000 Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Kesler Norman & Wride LLC grew its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 182.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 3,666 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,370 shares during the period. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $936,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in F5 by 15,103.5% during the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $298,709,000 after buying an additional 1,162,519 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth approximately $205,706,000. UBS Group AG raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 141.2% during the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,023,869 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $261,353,000 after acquiring an additional 599,384 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $140,460,000. Finally, M&T Bank Corp lifted its position in shares of F5 by 17,181.1% in the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 309,158 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $78,916,000 after acquiring an additional 307,369 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have issued reports on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $379.89.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $405.66 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $334.11 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $289.65. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $411.52. The company has a market capitalization of $22.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.41 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $162,400. The trade was a 86.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. This represents a 22.94% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 22,267 shares of company stock worth $7,628,120 in the last 90 days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.