F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Purchased by Andra AP fonden

Andra AP fonden lifted its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 3.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 84,575 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,575 shares during the quarter. Andra AP fonden’s holdings in F5 were worth $21,589,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Aviva PLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 9.1% in the 4th quarter. Aviva PLC now owns 60,059 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $15,331,000 after purchasing an additional 5,024 shares during the period. Xponance LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 6.5% in the 4th quarter. Xponance LLC now owns 8,465 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,161,000 after purchasing an additional 514 shares during the period. Empowered Funds LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 516.0% in the 4th quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 46,444 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $11,855,000 after purchasing an additional 38,905 shares during the period. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 52.2% in the 4th quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 1,102 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $282,000 after purchasing an additional 378 shares during the period. Finally, Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund boosted its position in shares of F5 by 16.3% in the 4th quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 32,772 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,365,000 after purchasing an additional 4,599 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley upped their target price on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Evercore raised F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $382.67.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was 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 directly owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $162,400. This represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This trade represents a 20.39% 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. In the last quarter, insiders sold 21,579 shares of company stock worth $7,437,510. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Trading Up 0.8%

F5 stock opened at $393.84 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $411.52. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $347.05 and a two-hundred day moving average of $296.72. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.22 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.31, a PEG ratio of 4.58 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 Company 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.