Boston Trust Walden Corp Boosts Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Boston Trust Walden Corp lifted its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 7.8% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 210,036 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 15,189 shares during the quarter. Boston Trust Walden Corp owned approximately 0.37% of F5 worth $61,818,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of FFIV. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 30.7% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 2,802 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $746,000 after buying an additional 658 shares during the period. CX Institutional purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at $125,000. Fifth Third Bancorp raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 7.5% in the 1st quarter. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 2,649 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $705,000 after buying an additional 184 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 388.7% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 34,186 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $9,103,000 after buying an additional 27,191 shares during the period. Finally, Ritholtz Wealth Management raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 227.1% in the 1st quarter. Ritholtz Wealth Management now owns 3,186 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $848,000 after buying an additional 2,212 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on F5 in a report on Monday, July 7th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Piper Sandler upped their price target on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Barclays upped their price target on F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Needham & Company LLC upped their price target on F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $314.33.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $340.64 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $213.24 and a one year high of $346.00. The company has a market cap of $19.57 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.01, a PEG ratio of 3.64 and a beta of 1.06. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $322.67 and its 200-day simple moving average is $296.27.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.49 by $0.67. F5 had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%.The business had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $750.64 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $3.36 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 107,553 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total value of $1,706,905.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 23,591 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,601,963.84. The trade was a 18.34% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,796,542. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.