2,226 Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV Acquired by JT Stratford LLC

JT Stratford LLC bought a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 2,226 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $719,000.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on FFIV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total value of $875,431.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,882,710. This trade represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 23,923 shares of company stock worth $6,500,773 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Down 0.9%

F5 stock opened at $283.64 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $16.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.46, a P/E/G ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $271.70 and a 200-day moving average of $281.39.

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