Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Buys 5,826 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Dimensional Fund Advisors LP has increased its holdings in F5, Inc. by 0.9%, totaling 656,373 shares valued at approximately $174.76 million.
• F5, Inc. reported a quarterly earnings per share (EPS) of $4.16, exceeding expectations by $0.67 and showing a 12.2% increase in year-over-year revenue.
• Analysts have revised their price targets for F5, with Piper Sandler raising their target from $304 to $355, indicating a generally optimistic outlook on the stock.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 0.9% in the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 656,373 shares of the network technology company's stock after buying an additional 5,826 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP owned approximately 1.14% of F5 worth $174,755,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in shares of F5 by 38.0% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 913,021 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $229,597,000 after buying an additional 251,534 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 34,698.9% in the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 746,089 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $198,661,000 after buying an additional 743,945 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 21.9% during the 4th quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 650,992 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $163,705,000 after purchasing an additional 116,785 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 0.9% during the 4th quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 602,669 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $151,553,000 after purchasing an additional 5,479 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 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. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 1,800 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $285.96, for a total value of $514,728.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 4,376 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,251,360.96. This represents a 29.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total value of $1,706,905.28. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 23,591 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,601,963.84. This represents a 18.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 12,544 shares of company stock valued at $3,862,333. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. 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. William Blair reissued an "outperform" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. Needham & Company LLC boosted their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays boosted their price objective on F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 17th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $309.89.

F5 Trading Up 1.0%

FFIV traded up $3.00 on Friday, hitting $317.23. 312,590 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 564,589. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $197.09 and a 52 week high of $334.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.22 billion, a PE ratio of 27.95, a P/E/G ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.03. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $303.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $286.54.

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