800 Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV Purchased by Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management

Key Points

• Empirical Financial Services purchased 800 shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) valued at approximately $235,000 during the second quarter.
• Institutional investors now own 90.66% of F5's stock, with notable increases in holdings from firms such as Hotchkis & Wiley and Pacer Advisors.
• F5 reported $4.16 EPS for the last quarter, surpassing analysts' estimates, and set FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS.

Empirical Financial Services LLC d.b.a. Empirical Wealth Management purchased a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor purchased 800 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $235,000.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.2% in 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 in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its position in F5 by 110.4% in the first quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 560,493 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $149,242,000 after buying an additional 294,050 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 659.3% in the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 316,992 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $84,405,000 after buying an additional 275,244 shares in 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 valued at $216,757,000 after acquiring an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter worth $46,920,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Needham & Company LLC lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Saturday, September 27th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $309.89.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.73, for a total value of $417,206.31. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,699 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. This represents a 6.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 107,553 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. The trade was a 1.19% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,796,542. Insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $329.00 on Tuesday. The business's 50-day moving average is $319.71 and its 200-day moving average is $293.95. The company has a market capitalization of $18.90 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.99, a P/E/G ratio of 3.57 and a beta of 1.06. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $213.24 and a fifty-two week high of $337.39.

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

F5 Profile

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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