J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG Has $4.30 Million Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG increased its stake in F5, Inc. by 66% in Q2, bringing its holdings to $4.30 million as of the latest SEC filing.
• Analysts have raised their price targets for F5, with Needham & Company setting a new target of $345, reflecting a positive outlook for the company's stock.
• F5 recently reported a quarterly EPS of $4.16, exceeding estimates and indicating a year-over-year revenue growth of 12.2%.

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG grew its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 66.0% in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 14,619 shares of the network technology company's stock after buying an additional 5,813 shares during the period. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG's holdings in F5 were worth $4,303,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. raised its holdings in F5 by 19.9% in the 2nd quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 2,351 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $692,000 after acquiring an additional 390 shares in the last quarter. CHURCHILL MANAGEMENT Corp bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the second quarter valued at approximately $7,762,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its stake in shares of F5 by 40.8% in the second quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $232,302,000 after purchasing an additional 228,790 shares in the last quarter. One Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in F5 by 36.7% in the second quarter. One Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,299 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $382,000 after purchasing an additional 349 shares during the period. Finally, Eagle Wealth Strategies LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the second quarter worth $209,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on FFIV. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $305.00 to $312.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Needham & Company LLC raised their price target on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Piper Sandler raised their target price on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the stock a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Stock Down 0.0%

FFIV stock opened at $327.18 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $213.24 and a twelve month high of $337.39. The company has a market cap of $18.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 28.83, a PEG ratio of 3.59 and a beta of 1.06. The business has a fifty day moving average of $318.65 and a 200-day moving average of $292.78.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.36 earnings per share. The company's 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 research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total value of $400,582.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 110,153 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $33,942,545.42. This represents a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total value of $1,706,905.28. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 23,591 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,601,963.84. This trade represents a 18.34% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 10,645 shares of company stock valued at $3,379,749 in the last three months. Insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

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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