Amundi Buys 272,273 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Amundi raised its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 96.0% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 555,809 shares of the network technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 272,273 shares during the period. Amundi owned approximately 0.98% of F5 worth $231,194,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $419,000 after buying an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $309,000 after buying an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 4.7% in the first quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $299,000 after buying an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated an "outperform" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $416.62.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV opened at $389.62 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The company's 50 day moving average price is $404.00 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $358.35. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.02, a PEG ratio of 3.82 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The firm had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 515 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $404.49, for a total value of $208,312.35. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $906,057.60. The trade was a 18.69% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at approximately $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% 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. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 12,199 shares of company stock valued at $4,917,061. Corporate 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.

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