Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC Purchases 113,943 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 209.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 168,321 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 113,943 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC owned 0.29% of F5 worth $45,547,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. State Street Corp boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.7% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in shares of F5 by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $528,209,000 after purchasing an additional 18,806 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in F5 by 2.5% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,017,715 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $328,915,000 after acquiring an additional 25,052 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 839,648 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $271,366,000 after purchasing an additional 32,970 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its holdings in F5 by 6.4% during the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 839,561 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $271,338,000 after purchasing an additional 50,278 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total transaction of $273,451.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares in the company, valued at $1,497,071. This represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total value of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at $369,674.69. This trade represents a 70.09% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 21,281 shares of company stock worth $5,835,218 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Wall Street Zen lowered F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV opened at $289.75 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The company’s 50-day moving average is $277.03 and its 200 day moving average is $278.54. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.38 billion, a PE ratio of 23.97, a P/E/G ratio of 8.05 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The company had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $755.97 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.84 earnings per share. The firm’s 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. As a group, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current 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.