F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Purchased by Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC

Key Points

• Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its stake in F5, Inc. by 17.4% during Q2, owning 9,622 shares valued at approximately $2.83 million.
• F5 reported a quarterly earnings of $4.16 EPS, exceeding estimates and showing a 12.2% year-over-year revenue growth.
• Multiple institutional investors, including Hotchkis & Wiley and Pacer Advisors, have significantly increased their holdings in F5, with 90.66% of the company's stock owned by institutional investors.

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC boosted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 17.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 9,622 shares of the network technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 1,428 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC's holdings in F5 were worth $2,832,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC raised its stake in 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 valued at $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in F5 by 110.4% in the 1st quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 560,493 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $149,242,000 after purchasing an additional 294,050 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 659.3% in the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 316,992 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $84,405,000 after purchasing an additional 275,244 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in F5 by 37.5% in 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 purchasing an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $46,920,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total transaction of $1,706,905.28. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 23,591 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $7,601,963.84. This represents a 18.34% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 4th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. The trade was a 6.11% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,796,542 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

F5 Stock Down 3.6%

Shares of F5 stock opened at $330.75 on Thursday. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $213.24 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $323.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $296.83. The firm has a market cap of $19.00 billion, a PE ratio of 29.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.77 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 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 business had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.36 EPS. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. As a group, equities analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research analysts recently commented on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a "buy (b)" rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC increased their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays upped their target price on F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen cut F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their target price on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $314.33.

F5 Company 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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