Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC Takes Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Susquehanna Fundamental Investments acquired 7,309 F5 shares during the second quarter, worth approximately $3.04 million. Institutional investors and hedge funds collectively own 90.66% of F5.
• F5 reported quarterly EPS of $4.73, exceeding the $4.00 consensus estimate, while revenue rose 10.9% year over year to $865.08 million. The stock recently traded at $407.13, near its 52-week high of $435.00.
• Analyst opinions remain mixed: JPMorgan raised its target to $515 and Evercore upgraded the stock to “outperform,” but the overall consensus rating is still “Hold” with a $416.62 target price. Insiders have sold 13,199 shares worth about $5.32 million over the past 90 days.

Susquehanna Fundamental Investments LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 7,309 shares of the network technology company's stock, valued at approximately $3,040,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $419,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 3.4% in the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $309,000 after acquiring an additional 39 shares during the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its stake in F5 by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $247,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $338,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 4.7% in the first quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $299,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total transaction of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,341,917.80. This represents a 13.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total value of $158,614.96. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,586 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,092,673.18. The trade was a 3.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. 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. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock opened at $407.13 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $404.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $353.35. The stock has a market cap 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. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.16 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter 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. Equities analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the subject of several recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Barclays upped their target price on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Evercore upgraded F5 from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $416.62.

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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