F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Bought by Barclays PLC

Barclays PLC grew its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 51.7% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 310,368 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 105,738 shares during the period. Barclays PLC owned 0.54% of F5 worth $100,308,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $207,492,000. Victory Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 422.7% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 347,125 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $112,187,000 after acquiring an additional 280,719 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its stake in shares of F5 by 217.7% during the third quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $74,142,000 after acquiring an additional 157,318 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 503.9% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 163,525 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $52,850,000 after acquiring an additional 136,445 shares during the period. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina raised its holdings in F5 by 223.2% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 140,547 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $41,366,000 after purchasing an additional 97,057 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 6,840 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,882,710. The trade was a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the business’s 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 directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 22,813 shares of company stock valued at $6,224,760. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently commented on FFIV shares. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays boosted their target price on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Trading Up 0.9%

FFIV stock opened at $286.22 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $272.16 and a 200-day moving average of $280.69. The company has a market cap of $16.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.67, a PEG ratio of 8.11 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly 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. The business had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The company’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $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. Sell-side analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.