Swedbank AB Acquires 6,808 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Swedbank AB boosted its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 3.3% in the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 214,014 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 6,808 shares during the period. Swedbank AB’s holdings in F5 were worth $61,921,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $579,699,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in F5 by 15,103.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after buying an additional 1,162,519 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in F5 by 68.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $702,897,000 after acquiring an additional 1,119,291 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter worth about $205,706,000. Finally, Deutsche Bank AG grew its holdings in F5 by 175.2% during the 4th quarter. Deutsche Bank AG now owns 958,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $244,781,000 after acquiring an additional 610,437 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $162,400. The trade was a 86.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 over the last 90 days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Trading Down 0.5%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $417.11 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $427.54. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $381.52 and its 200-day moving average is $315.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.53 billion, a PE ratio of 34.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.91 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. 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 previous year, the firm posted $3.42 earnings per share. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. 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.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

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.