Retireful LLC Buys Shares of 3,241 F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Retireful LLC acquired 3,241 F5 shares worth approximately $1.35 million in the second quarter. Institutional investors collectively own 90.66% of F5.
• Analyst sentiment remains mixed, with five Buy, five Hold, and one Sell rating; the consensus rating is Hold with a $416.62 price target.
• F5 reported quarterly EPS of $4.73, beating estimates by $0.73, while revenue rose 10.9% year over year to $865.08 million. Shares opened at $391.08, down 1.2% in the latest session.

Retireful LLC bought a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 3,241 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $1,348,000.

Other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Nykredit A S acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter worth approximately $14,596,000. Proficio Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at $392,000. Railway Pension Investments Ltd raised its stake in F5 by 245.7% during the 2nd quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 91,010 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $37,857,000 after acquiring an additional 64,680 shares in the last quarter. Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $3,040,000. Finally, Two Sigma Securities LLC boosted its position in F5 by 291.3% during the 2nd quarter. Two Sigma Securities LLC now owns 3,944 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,641,000 after acquiring an additional 2,936 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on FFIV shares. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America raised their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Piper Sandler restated an "overweight" rating and set a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $416.62.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on 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 completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares of the company's stock, valued at $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $399.35, for a total value of $399,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 4,947 shares in the company, valued at $1,975,584.45. The trade was a 16.82% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 13,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,316,411 in the last 90 days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Trading Down 1.2%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $391.08 on Thursday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $404.89 and a two-hundred day moving average of $355.06. The company has a market capitalization of $22.15 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.14, a PEG ratio of 3.87 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) 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 company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $4.16 EPS. The business'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 predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

About F5

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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