F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Acquired by Fisher Asset Management LLC

Fisher Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 22.8% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 64,771 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 12,023 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC owned about 0.11% of F5 worth $20,933,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.5% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,172,614 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $933,764,000 after purchasing an additional 48,057 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its holdings 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 worth $511,016,000 after buying an additional 64,420 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its stake in shares of F5 by 5.8% in the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,615,555 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $475,490,000 after purchasing an additional 87,923 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its position in shares of F5 by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 839,561 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $271,338,000 after buying an additional 50,278 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in F5 in the second quarter worth approximately $207,492,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total transaction of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at approximately $369,674.69. The trade was a 70.09% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 19,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,162,666 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Stock Up 1.6%

F5 stock opened at $286.12 on Thursday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $271.27 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $281.37. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The stock has a market cap of $16.17 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.97 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The business had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $755.97 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The firm’s revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.84 EPS. 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 expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

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.