Burney Co. Sells 2,902 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Burney Co. cut its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 15.2% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 16,207 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 2,902 shares during the period. Burney Co.’s holdings in F5 were worth $4,689,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings 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 acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its stake in shares of F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 113.8% during the 1st 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 period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on FFIV. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Bank of America increased their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. One 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 assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $382.67.

F5 Stock Up 2.7%

F5 stock opened at $419.03 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $23.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.37, a PEG ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $379.24 and a 200 day simple moving average of $314.72. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $427.54.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $399.35, for a total value of $399,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 4,947 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,975,584.45. The trade was a 16.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This trade represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.