Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. acquired a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm acquired 6,147 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $2,557,000.
Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. BlackRock Inc. bought a new position in F5 during the second quarter worth $2,611,637,000. State Street Corp lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 68.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $702,897,000 after buying an additional 1,119,291 shares during the period. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth about $579,699,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its stake in F5 by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,537,680 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $392,508,000 after buying an additional 106,616 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
FFIV has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Bank of America upped their target price on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Barclays lifted their price target on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "buy (b)" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $416.62.
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Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 515 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $404.49, for a total value of $208,312.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,240 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $906,057.60. This represents a 18.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total transaction of $158,614.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,586 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,092,673.18. The trade was a 3.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411 over the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.
F5 Price Performance
Shares of FFIV opened at $394.24 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $404.32 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $351.96. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $435.00. The company has a market cap of $22.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.39, a P/E/G ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.03.
F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The firm had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $4.16 EPS. The company's revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. On average, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
F5 Profile
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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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