F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Acquired by Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC

Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC increased its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 136.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,412 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,390 shares during the quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $751,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth about $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 963.6% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC increased its stake in F5 by 113.8% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This trade represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total transaction of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 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 three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $409.10 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $23.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.56, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.73 and a beta of 1.03. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $396.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $324.43. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.42 EPS. 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, equities analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on FFIV. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Bank of America increased their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

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.