Ieq Capital LLC Invests $7.03 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Ieq Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 16,895 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,028,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,878,023,000 after acquiring an additional 114,533 shares during the period. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,611,637,000. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,042,716,000 after purchasing an additional 53,712 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 68.5% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $579,699,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 515 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.49, for a total transaction of $208,312.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,240 shares in the company, valued at $906,057.60. This represents a 18.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411 over the last quarter. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 target price (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV stock opened at $384.63 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $21.78 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.62, a PEG ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $403.83 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $348.33. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $4.16 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.