Compound Planning Inc. Invests $280,000 in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Compound Planning Inc. invested approximately $280,000 in F5, Inc., acquiring 1,052 shares of the network technology company during the first quarter.
• The latest earnings report showed F5, Inc. achieved $4.16 EPS for the quarter, exceeding expectations of $3.49, with revenue of $780.37 million, surpassing analyst estimates.
• Several hedge funds have increased their positions in F5, indicating strong institutional interest, with institutional investors owning 90.66% of the company's stock.

Compound Planning Inc. acquired a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund acquired 1,052 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $280,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Marshall Wace LLP acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $272,000. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 31.5% in the fourth quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 139,932 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $35,190,000 after buying an additional 33,514 shares during the period. Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth about $204,000. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.7% in the fourth quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 954 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $240,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the period. Finally, Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth about $503,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV stock opened at $317.74 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $18.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.99, a P/E/G ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $305.19 and a 200 day simple moving average of $286.87. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $197.34 and a 52 week high of $334.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly 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 analysts' expectations of $750.64 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.06% and a return on equity of 21.77%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company 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. Sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on FFIV. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of F5 from $305.00 to $312.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Piper Sandler raised their target price on shares of F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of F5 in a report on Monday, July 7th. They issued an "outperform" rating for the company. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $309.89.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,699 shares in the company, valued at $6,411,101.27. The trade was a 6.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $293.53, for a total transaction of $440,295.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,013 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,471,465.89. This trade represents a 23.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 10,744 shares of company stock valued at $3,347,605 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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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