F5, Inc. $FFIV Stock Position Raised by Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.

Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. raised its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 105.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 14,354 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 7,354 shares during the period. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.’s holdings in F5 were worth $4,639,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Millennium Management LLC raised its position in F5 by 166.5% during the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $16,750,000 after buying an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $257,000 after purchasing an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 38.4% during the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $79,428,000 after purchasing an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth purchased a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake 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 during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. This trade represents a 13.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 32,705 shares of company stock worth $8,152,655. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research reports. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Monday, December 29th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price target for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $299.78.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $259.70 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $253.21 and a 200 day simple moving average of $288.11. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.09 billion, a PE ratio of 21.99, a P/E/G ratio of 8.41 and a beta of 0.98.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS 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.