1,947 Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV Bought by Private Client Services LLC

Private Client Services LLC purchased a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 1,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $497,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the third quarter worth approximately $37,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $49,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its stake in F5 by 2,128.6% in the 3rd quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in F5 by 288.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total value of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 1,309 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total transaction of $273,451.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares in the company, valued at $1,497,071. This trade represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 22,391 shares of company stock worth $6,121,487 over the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Trading Down 2.1%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $284.28 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $276.64 and its 200 day simple moving average is $279.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.51, a P/E/G ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $346.00.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have weighed in on FFIV. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price 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.