Andra AP fonden Buys 3,800 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Andra AP fonden lifted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 82,000 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,800 shares during the quarter. Andra AP fonden’s holdings in F5 were worth $26,502,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $207,492,000. Nordea Investment Management AB lifted its holdings in F5 by 217.7% during the third quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $74,142,000 after purchasing an additional 157,318 shares in the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 503.9% in 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 purchasing an additional 136,445 shares during the period. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina increased its stake in shares of F5 by 223.2% in 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. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP increased 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. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 sale, the director directly owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at approximately $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 22,918 shares of company stock valued at $6,044,189 over the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

F5 Trading Down 0.4%

FFIV opened at $277.52 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $269.73 and a 200 day moving average of $282.80. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $15.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.95, a P/E/G ratio of 7.89 and a beta of 1.00.

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

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.