F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Acquired by Handelsbanken Fonder AB

Handelsbanken Fonder AB increased its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 17.5% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 17,160 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 2,560 shares during the quarter. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in F5 were worth $4,380,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of FFIV. Millennium Management LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 166.5% in the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 1,281.4% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $257,000 after purchasing an additional 897 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 38.4% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $79,428,000 after purchasing an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new stake in F5 in the first quarter worth about $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently weighed in on FFIV. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a report on Monday. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $353.00.

F5 Trading Up 2.6%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $393.63 on Friday. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $316.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $280.86. The company has a market cap of $22.21 billion, a PE ratio of 32.29, a PEG ratio of 8.82 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $395.77.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $525,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 2,906 shares in the company, valued at $1,017,100. This represents a 34.04% decrease in their position. 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 sold 24,491 shares of company stock valued at $7,966,227 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.