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

Aberdeen Group plc increased its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 26.0% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 40,169 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 8,280 shares during the quarter. Aberdeen Group plc’s holdings in F5 were worth $10,254,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the third quarter worth $37,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the second quarter worth $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the third quarter worth $49,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 2,128.6% during the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 149 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock opened at $309.10 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $283.47 and a 200-day moving average price of $276.24. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 25.57, a PEG ratio of 8.48 and a beta of 0.93.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $755.97 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.84 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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 expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their target price for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,840 shares in the company, valued at $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total transaction of $1,064,655.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. This trade represents a 2.44% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 19,071 shares of company stock valued at $5,253,265. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.