Procyon Advisors LLC Has $1.99 Million Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Procyon Advisors LLC lifted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 30.1% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 7,810 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,808 shares during the period. Procyon Advisors LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,994,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. State Street Corp boosted its position in F5 by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in shares of F5 by 1.2% during the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $528,209,000 after acquiring an additional 18,806 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its position in shares of F5 by 2.5% during the third quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,017,715 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $328,915,000 after acquiring an additional 25,052 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 4.1% during the third quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 839,648 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $271,366,000 after acquiring an additional 32,970 shares during the period. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its holdings in F5 by 6.4% in the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 839,561 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $271,338,000 after acquiring an additional 50,278 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total value of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total value of $190,610.40. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 26,329 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,294,449.45. This represents a 2.55% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 21,281 shares of company stock worth $5,835,218 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $284.28 on Monday. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The stock has a market cap of $16.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.51, a P/E/G ratio of 8.05 and a beta of 1.01. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $276.64 and a 200 day moving average price of $278.71.

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 the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The company 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 business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.84 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Analysts predict 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. Weiss Ratings lowered F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

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.