Banque Cantonale Vaudoise Has $4.16 Million Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise increased its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 42.8% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 14,367 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,304 shares during the period. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise’s holdings in F5 were worth $4,157,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its holdings in F5 by 1.6% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,878,023,000 after buying an additional 114,533 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 53,712 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its holdings in F5 by 68.5% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares during the last quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $579,699,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in F5 by 7.5% during the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,537,680 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $392,508,000 after purchasing an additional 106,616 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on the stock. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Piper Sandler raised their price target on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 9th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

F5 Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $384.78 on Thursday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $362.99 and a 200 day simple moving average of $306.23. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $411.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.57, a PEG ratio of 4.57 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.42 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,664,474.80. The trade was a 14.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. This trade represents a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860 in the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

About F5

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.