Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Has $174.46 Million Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 0.7% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 603,086 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,296 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in F5 were worth $174,463,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the first quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $419,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares during the period. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its stake in F5 by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $309,000 after acquiring an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. increased its holdings in F5 by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $247,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of several analyst reports. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price objective on F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $392.21 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $435.00. The firm has a market cap of $22.13 billion, a PE ratio of 32.17, a PEG ratio of 4.60 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $400.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $329.44.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during 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 business’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company 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. As a group, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total transaction of $1,276,346.37. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $49,592,618.71. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. This trade represents 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 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860 over the last quarter. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.