Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. Buys Shares of 10,483 F5, Inc. $FFIV

Tocqueville Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 10,483 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,361,000.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the business. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its stake in F5 by 109.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its holdings 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 buying an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC raised its holdings 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 buying an additional 66 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Nikhil Ramesh Mehta sold 4,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $388.95, for a total transaction of $1,555,800.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,043 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,739,374.85. This trade represents a 36.22% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411 in the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock opened at $377.79 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $21.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.08, a P/E/G ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $404.06 and a 200-day moving average of $347.60. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.F5’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current 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.