Aberdeen Group plc Purchases 8,280 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Aberdeen Group plc grew its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 26.0% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 40,169 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 8,280 shares during the quarter. Aberdeen Group plc owned approximately 0.07% of F5 worth $10,254,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,387,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 3.8% in the third quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $457,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 42.1% in the third quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 189 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 5.0% in the third quarter. Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,180 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $381,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. This represents a 2.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.66, for a total transaction of $280,660.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 2,925 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $820,930.50. The trade was a 25.48% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 19,071 shares of company stock worth $5,253,265 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $309.10 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The stock has a market cap of $17.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.57, a PEG ratio of 8.48 and a beta of 0.93. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $283.47 and its 200 day simple moving average is $276.24.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly 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. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The business had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.84 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their target price for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price 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.