24,800 Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV Acquired by Empowered Funds LLC

Empowered Funds LLC bought a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm bought 24,800 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,316,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $205,706,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 127.0% during the 4th quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,529 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,814,000 after acquiring an additional 19,315 shares in the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. purchased a new position in F5 during the 1st quarter worth $6,469,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the 4th quarter worth $140,460,000. Finally, Tredje AP fonden raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 98.2% in the fourth quarter. Tredje AP fonden now owns 7,683 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,961,000 after purchasing an additional 3,807 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Zacks Research lowered F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Barclays increased their price target on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $394.24 on Friday. The business’s fifty day moving average is $404.32 and its 200 day moving average is $351.96. The firm has a market cap of $22.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.39, a PEG ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS 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 business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $4.16 EPS. The firm’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. Equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 406 shares in the company, valued at approximately $162,400. The trade was a 86.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.