Private Client Services LLC Takes Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Private Client Services LLC acquired a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 1,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $497,000.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Avior Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $377,000. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new position in F5 during the 3rd quarter worth about $100,000. CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd. acquired a new position in F5 during the 3rd quarter worth about $582,000. Allworth Financial LP grew its position in shares of F5 by 29.7% in the 3rd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 537 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $173,000 after buying an additional 123 shares during the last quarter. Finally, IFP Advisors Inc grew its position in shares of F5 by 10.1% in the 3rd quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 2,868 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $935,000 after buying an additional 264 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 22,391 shares of company stock worth $6,121,487 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently commented on the company. Barclays lifted their price objective on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings lowered shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Trading Down 2.1%

FFIV opened at $284.28 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $276.64 and its 200-day moving average price is $279.12. The company has a market cap of $16.07 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.51, a P/E/G ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.F5’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 Company Profile

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.