Caprock Group LLC Invests $1.80 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Caprock Group LLC bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 5,748 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,800,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Alberta Investment Management Corp bought a new position in shares of F5 in the second quarter valued at $883,000. Railway Pension Investments Ltd lifted its stake in F5 by 27.0% in the third quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,510,000 after acquiring an additional 5,600 shares during the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. grew its position in shares of F5 by 53.0% in the 2nd quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 5,204 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,532,000 after acquiring an additional 1,802 shares during the period. Genus Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 91.9% during the 2nd quarter. Genus Capital Management Inc. now owns 13,760 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $4,050,000 after purchasing an additional 6,590 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 124.1% during the 2nd quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC now owns 8,381 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,467,000 after purchasing an additional 4,641 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

More F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised several near‑term and multi‑year EPS forecasts for F5 (including FY2026–FY2028 and certain quarterly tweaks), which supports upside to consensus earnings expectations and helped sentiment. Zacks estimates summary
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying reported in Q4 (notable positions added by Northwestern Mutual, Norges Bank, Deutsche Bank and UBS) signals strong fund conviction and may underpin the share price. Institutional ownership details
• Positive Sentiment: F5’s January quarter earlier this year beat EPS and revenue estimates and management set FY26 guidance above some expectations — a fundamental driver supporting the recent rally. Quarterly results and guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reporting for mid‑February shows anomalous zero values in some feeds (likely a reporting glitch); treat the strange numbers cautiously and rely on the January short‑interest snapshot instead.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or are soliciting lead‑plaintiff claims in a securities class action alleging F5 misled investors about security issues in its BIG‑IP products (claims reference an alleged long‑term undetected intrusion). The Feb. 17 lead‑plaintiff deadline is driving a cluster of notices and heightening litigation risk and reputational uncertainty. Hagens Berman filing GlobeNewswire notice
• Negative Sentiment: Clustered insider selling disclosed Feb. 10 (including sales by the CTO and multiple EVPs) can spook investors even if sales are for diversification/liquidity — review the Form 4s for context. SEC Form 4

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently commented on FFIV. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Evercore reiterated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

F5 Stock Up 4.5%

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $273.93 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $266.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $285.17. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.48 billion, a PE ratio of 22.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.42 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 firm had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.84 earnings per share. The company’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. On average, analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total value of $308,087.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,625,047.77. This represents a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total value of $875,431.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 20,301 shares of company stock valued at $5,204,053 over the last quarter. 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.