Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Purchases Shares of 7,181 F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management acquired 7,181 F5 shares worth approximately $2.99 million during the second quarter. Institutional investors collectively own 90.66% of the company.
• Analyst sentiment is mixed: five analysts rate F5 a Buy, five a Hold and one a Sell, resulting in an overall “Hold” rating and an average price target of $416.62.
• F5 reported quarterly earnings of $4.73 per share, exceeding estimates of $4.00, while revenue rose 10.9% year over year to $865.08 million. Shares opened at $379.04, down 1.5%, and insiders sold $6.32 million of stock over the past three months.

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. acquired a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 7,181 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $2,987,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,878,023,000 after purchasing an additional 114,533 shares in the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth about $2,611,637,000. State Street Corp raised its position in F5 by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $1,042,716,000 after purchasing an additional 53,712 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its position in F5 by 68.5% in the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $579,699,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Evercore raised F5 from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Piper Sandler reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $416.62.

F5 Stock Down 1.5%

Shares of F5 stock opened at $379.04 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $435.00. The firm's 50 day moving average is $403.48 and its two-hundred day moving average is $349.07. The firm has a market capitalization of $21.47 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.18, a P/E/G ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $4.16 EPS. The company's revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 515 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.49, for a total value of $208,312.35. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 2,240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $906,057.60. The trade was a 18.69% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411 over the last three months. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

F5 Profile

F5 Inc NASDAQ: FFIV specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company's core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5's product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.

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