Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. Acquires Shares of 10,072 F5, Inc. $FFIV

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. acquired a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor acquired 10,072 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,190,000.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position 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 last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter worth $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its stake in F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 113.8% during the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Barclays increased their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $416.62.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total value of $158,614.96. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,586 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,092,673.18. The trade was a 3.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 515 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.49, for a total transaction of $208,312.35. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 2,240 shares in the company, valued at approximately $906,057.60. This trade represents a 18.69% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $384.63 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $403.83 and a 200 day moving average price of $347.86. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $435.00. The company has a market cap of $21.78 billion, a PE ratio of 30.62, a P/E/G ratio of 3.69 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. F5’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $4.16 EPS. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 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.