Cinctive Capital Management LP Invests $16.38 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Cinctive Capital Management LP purchased a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 64,186 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $16,384,000. F5 accounts for approximately 0.9% of Cinctive Capital Management LP’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 21st biggest position.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. UMB Bank n.a. boosted its stake in F5 by 64.5% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 153 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the period. Finally, Torren Management LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $43,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Stock Down 1.0%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $384.88 on Thursday. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $411.52. The company has a market cap of $21.71 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.57, a P/E/G ratio of 4.56 and a beta of 1.04. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $354.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $301.05.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.42 EPS. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares in the company, valued at $162,400. This represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 over the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 9th. Bank of America boosted their price target on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Barclays boosted their price target on F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

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.