Railway Pension Investments Ltd Raises Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Railway Pension Investments Ltd grew its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 27.0% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 5,600 shares during the period. Railway Pension Investments Ltd’s holdings in F5 were worth $8,510,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its position in F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $35,000. 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 worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $45,000. Finally, CNB Bank purchased a new stake in F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $49,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $256.63 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $14.91 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.18 and a beta of 0.98. The business’s 50 day moving average is $249.39 and its two-hundred day moving average is $290.25. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other 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 sale, 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 position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total value of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 30,485 shares of company stock worth $7,565,698. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the subject of several analyst reports. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Piper Sandler upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $295.00 price target for the company in a research note on Monday. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded shares of F5 from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $325.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Monday. Finally, Evercore ISI reaffirmed a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $294.22.

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.