AE Wealth Management LLC Has $1.37 Million Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

AE Wealth Management LLC decreased its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 6.3% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 4,654 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 312 shares during the period. AE Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,370,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its position in F5 by 275.0% during the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 134.1% in the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter worth $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This trade represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares in the company, valued at $6,404,352.57. This trade represents a 26.90% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 24,117 shares of company stock valued at $6,297,504 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $240.17 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $227.04 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $13.80 billion, a PE ratio of 20.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $304.05 and its 200-day moving average is $298.81.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.F5’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays reduced their price target on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America lowered their price objective on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

About F5

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.