Deutsche Bank AG Acquires New Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Deutsche Bank AG purchased a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 414,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $172,297,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd purchased a new position in F5 during the second quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 109.8% during 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 period. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 963.6% in the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In other 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 transaction of $405,850.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available 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 the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $162,400. This represents a 86.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 sold 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411 in the last 90 days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $393.62 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average is $404.55 and its two-hundred day moving average is $346.18. The company has a market capitalization of $22.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.34, a P/E/G ratio of 3.94 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data 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. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.16 EPS. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

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.