Gotham Asset Management LLC Boosts Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Gotham Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 17.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 116,311 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 16,930 shares during the period. Gotham Asset Management LLC owned about 0.20% of F5 worth $37,591,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth approximately $207,492,000. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec boosted its holdings in F5 by 169.2% during the 3rd quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec now owns 462,740 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $149,553,000 after acquiring an additional 290,828 shares during the period. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in F5 by 422.7% in the 3rd quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 347,125 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $112,187,000 after acquiring an additional 280,719 shares during the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its position in F5 by 217.7% in the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $74,142,000 after acquiring an additional 157,318 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in F5 by 503.9% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 163,525 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $52,850,000 after purchasing an additional 136,445 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 2.3%

FFIV opened at $289.31 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $16.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.93, a PEG ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $346.00. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $275.10 and its 200-day simple moving average is $279.65.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.84 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price target for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,840 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,882,710. This trade represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. The trade was a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 22,391 shares of company stock worth $6,121,487. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.