Creative Planning Has $2.46 Million Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Creative Planning grew its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 21.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 8,345 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,466 shares during the quarter. Creative Planning’s holdings in F5 were worth $2,456,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. SG Americas Securities LLC increased its stake in F5 by 125.7% during the 2nd quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 24,712 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $7,273,000 after purchasing an additional 13,764 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.8% in the second quarter. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS now owns 14,086 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $4,146,000 after buying an additional 902 shares during the period. Candriam S.C.A. increased its position in shares of F5 by 53.0% during the second quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 5,204 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,532,000 after acquiring an additional 1,802 shares in the last quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.4% during the second quarter. Police & Firemen s Retirement System of New Jersey now owns 21,876 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $6,439,000 after acquiring an additional 918 shares during the period. Finally, Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its position in F5 by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $511,016,000 after acquiring an additional 64,420 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,404,352.57. The trade was a 26.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at $5,618,301.54. This represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 25,227 shares of company stock worth $6,549,963. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have issued reports on FFIV. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their target price on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Bank of America cut their target price on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 1st. Finally, Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

F5 Trading Up 0.8%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $236.14 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $289.36 and a 200-day moving average of $297.03. The company has a market cap of $13.57 billion, a PE ratio of 19.99, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About F5

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.