Mackenzie Financial Corp Grows Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Mackenzie Financial Corp raised its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 67.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 9,813 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,967 shares during the period. Mackenzie Financial Corp’s holdings in F5 were worth $2,888,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in F5 in the 1st quarter worth about $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CNB Bank purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth about $49,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of F5 stock opened at $243.33 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The stock has a market cap of $14.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.60, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.67 and a beta of 0.99. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $275.47 and a 200 day moving average price of $294.53.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on FFIV. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price target on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total value of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 151,623 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $38,357,586.54. This trade represents a 0.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at $2,041,517.10. This represents a 13.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 30,056 shares of company stock worth $7,692,236 over the last 90 days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate 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.