Berger Financial Group Inc Boosts Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Berger Financial Group Inc increased its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 6.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 23,299 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,471 shares during the quarter. Berger Financial Group Inc’s holdings in F5 were worth $6,741,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Praxis Investment Management Inc. grew its position in shares of F5 by 23.3% during the first quarter. Praxis Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,813 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $525,000 after acquiring an additional 343 shares during the last quarter. Koshinski Asset Management Inc. acquired a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $220,000. V Square Quantitative Management LLC increased its position in F5 by 7.0% in the 1st quarter. V Square Quantitative Management LLC now owns 1,096 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $317,000 after acquiring an additional 72 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 5.2% during the 1st quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,287 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $372,000 after acquiring an additional 64 shares during the last quarter. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in F5 by 23.3% during the 1st quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,114 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $901,000 after acquiring an additional 589 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Bank of America lifted their target price on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Barclays raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $382.67.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. The trade was a 14.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 406 shares in the company, valued at approximately $162,400. This trade represents a 86.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $408.14 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $376.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $313.24. The company has a market capitalization of $23.03 billion, a PE ratio of 33.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $427.54.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.42 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. 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, analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.