Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund Buys 37,000 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund increased its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 73.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 87,400 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 37,000 shares during the quarter. Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund’s holdings in F5 were worth $25,287,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 113.8% during the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $162,400. This trade represents a 86.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently commented on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Friday, June 26th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Barclays raised their price target on F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have assigned a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $408.14 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $427.54. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $376.86 and its 200-day simple moving average is $313.24. The company has a market cap of $23.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.48, a PEG ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 1.03.

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

F5 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.