1,187 Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV Purchased by 3Chopt Investment Partners LLC

Key Points

• 3Chopt Investment Partners LLC has acquired 1,187 shares of F5, Inc., valued at approximately $349,000.
• Several institutional investors, including Hotchkis & Wiley and Pacer Advisors, significantly increased their positions in F5 during the 1st quarter of the year.
• F5's stock price opened at $331.75, with a market capitalization of $19.06 billion and a recent earnings report exceeding expectations, showcasing a 12.2% year-over-year revenue growth.

3Chopt Investment Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund acquired 1,187 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $349,000.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in FFIV. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 6.2% during the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 110.4% during the 1st quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 560,493 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $149,242,000 after purchasing an additional 294,050 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 659.3% during the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 316,992 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $84,405,000 after purchasing an additional 275,244 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 37.5% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $216,757,000 after purchasing an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter worth about $46,920,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Wolfe Research initiated coverage on F5 in a research report on Monday, July 7th. They issued an "outperform" rating for the company. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $314.33.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total transaction of $416,793.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 107,553 shares in the company, valued at $34,482,567.33. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.73, for a total value of $417,206.31. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 20,699 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. This trade represents a 6.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,796,542 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock opened at $331.75 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $19.06 billion, a PE ratio of 29.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.06. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $213.24 and a one year high of $346.00. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $322.28 and a 200 day simple moving average of $295.40.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.49 by $0.67. The business had revenue of $780.37 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.64 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%.F5's revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.36 EPS. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About F5

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company's distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.

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