Jupiter Topco LLC Makes New $66.16 Million Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Jupiter Topco LLC acquired a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor acquired 159,008 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $66,161,000.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 2.6% in the first quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $419,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $309,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. grew its stake in F5 by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $247,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 4.7% in the first quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $299,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the topic of a number of research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price objective on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $410.22 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $23.23 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.66, a P/E/G ratio of 3.90 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $404.14 and a 200-day simple moving average of $351.66. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $4.16 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares in the company, valued at approximately $162,400. This trade represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,341,917.80. The trade was a 13.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.