Railway Pension Investments Ltd Has $37.86 Million Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Railway Pension Investments Ltd increased its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 245.7% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 91,010 shares of the network technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 64,680 shares during the period. Railway Pension Investments Ltd owned about 0.16% of F5 worth $37,857,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 113.8% in the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares of the company's stock, valued at $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total value of $158,614.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,586 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,092,673.18. This represents a 3.02% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 13,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,316,411 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Bank of America upped their target price on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and issued a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating 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's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $416.62.

F5 Trading Up 3.3%

F5 stock opened at $407.13 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $435.00. The company has a market capitalization of $23.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.03. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $404.64 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $353.35.

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

F5 Company 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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