Unigestion Holding SA Has $4.56 Million Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV)

Unigestion Holding SA raised its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 605.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 17,118 shares of the network technology company's stock after purchasing an additional 14,691 shares during the quarter. Unigestion Holding SA's holdings in F5 were worth $4,558,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,544,256 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $1,897,154,000 after acquiring an additional 64,261 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 1.9% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,604,362 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $402,536,000 after acquiring an additional 30,367 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in shares of F5 by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,259,848 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $316,814,000 after purchasing an additional 37,354 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp increased its position in shares of F5 by 38.0% during the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 913,021 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $229,597,000 after purchasing an additional 251,534 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 34,698.9% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 746,089 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $198,661,000 after purchasing an additional 743,945 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock traded up $1.47 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $295.43. The company had a trading volume of 313,269 shares, compared to its average volume of 566,730. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $164.45 and a fifty-two week high of $313.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.00. The firm's fifty day moving average is $270.50 and its 200-day moving average is $270.83.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.42 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.11 by $0.31. F5 had a return on equity of 20.98% and a net margin of 20.58%. The company had revenue of $590.16 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $719.91 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.91 EPS. The business's revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on F5 from $296.00 to $285.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, April 17th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $320.00 price objective on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. William Blair reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, April 29th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 22nd. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $269.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Tuesday, April 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have given a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $282.56.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, Director Marianne Budnik sold 1,872 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $260.72, for a total value of $488,067.84. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,207 shares in the company, valued at approximately $314,689.04. This trade represents a 60.80% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $265.37, for a total transaction of $344,981.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 148,647 shares in the company, valued at approximately $39,446,454.39. The trade was a 0.87% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 8,891 shares of company stock worth $2,418,732 in the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.