Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC Invests $343,000 in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC has made a new investment in F5, Inc., purchasing 1,290 shares valued at approximately $343,000.
• Institutional investors hold around 90.66% of F5's stock, with several firms increasing their stakes in the company during the first quarter.
• F5 recently reported earnings per share of $4.16, surpassing analysts' expectations, with a revenue increase of 12.2% year-over-year.

Focus Partners Advisor Solutions LLC bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm bought 1,290 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $343,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Captrust Financial Advisors increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 8.8% in the fourth quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 2,826 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $711,000 after purchasing an additional 228 shares during the last quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC increased its stake in F5 by 314.8% during the fourth quarter. CoreCap Advisors LLC now owns 365 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $92,000 after acquiring an additional 277 shares during the last quarter. DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank Frankfurt am Main acquired a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter worth $1,108,000. Deutsche Bank AG increased its stake in F5 by 10.9% during the fourth quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 300,464 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $75,558,000 after acquiring an additional 29,453 shares during the last quarter. Finally, D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. increased its stake in F5 by 26.3% during the fourth quarter. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. now owns 227,487 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $57,206,000 after acquiring an additional 47,395 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays raised their target price on F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on F5 in a research note on Monday, July 7th. They set an "outperform" rating for the company. Wall Street Zen cut F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $309.89.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total value of $400,582.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 110,153 shares in the company, valued at approximately $33,942,545.42. This trade represents a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of F5 stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 20,699 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. This trade represents a 6.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,762,365. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV traded down $12.92 during trading on Friday, reaching $321.67. The stock had a trading volume of 439,874 shares, compared to its average volume of 380,601. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $206.10 and a fifty-two week high of $337.39. The business's 50-day moving average price is $310.97 and its 200-day moving average price is $287.96. The company has a market cap of $18.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.34, a PEG ratio of 3.86 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%.The company's revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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. Analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.