MBB Public Markets I LLC Makes New $333,000 Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• MBB Public Markets I LLC has purchased a new stake in F5, Inc., acquiring 1,252 shares valued at approximately $333,000 during the first quarter.
• F5, Inc. reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $4.16 for its last quarter, exceeding analysts' expectations, and set FY 2025 EPS guidance between 15.240-15.380.
• The stock has shown strong institutional interest, with 90.66% of F5's stock owned by institutional investors, and recent analyst ratings varying from "buy" to "hold" with price targets ranging from $305.00 to $345.00.

MBB Public Markets I LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor bought 1,252 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $333,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its position in F5 by 6.2% during the first 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 acquiring an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp lifted its position in F5 by 15.5% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $280,835,000 after acquiring an additional 141,680 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in F5 by 37.5% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $216,757,000 after acquiring an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in F5 by 34,698.9% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 746,089 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $198,661,000 after acquiring an additional 743,945 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.9% in the first quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 656,373 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $174,755,000 after buying an additional 5,826 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV stock traded down $12.92 during midday trading on Friday, hitting $321.67. 439,874 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 380,601. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $310.97 and its 200-day simple moving average is $287.96. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $206.10 and a 1-year high of $337.39. The firm 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 announced its 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 net margin of 22.06% and a return on equity of 21.77%. The business had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.36 earnings per share. The company's revenue for the quarter 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, research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $309.73, for a total transaction of $417,206.31. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,699 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,411,101.27. This represents a 6.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 11,945 shares of company stock valued at $3,762,365. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have issued reports on FFIV. Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Thursday, July 17th. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of F5 in a report on Monday, July 7th. They issued an "outperform" rating for the company. 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 report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $309.89.

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.