Systematic Financial Management LP Grows Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Systematic Financial Management LP grew its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 27.9% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 16,501 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,602 shares during the quarter. Systematic Financial Management LP’s holdings in F5 were worth $4,774,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new stake in F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 963.6% during the first 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 grew its stake in F5 by 113.8% during the first 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. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $49,592,618.71. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% 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. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently issued reports on FFIV. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Bank of America raised their price objective on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $382.67.

F5 Stock Up 1.1%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $392.21 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $400.23 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $329.44. The stock has a market cap of $22.13 billion, a PE ratio of 32.17, a P/E/G ratio of 4.55 and a beta of 1.03.

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, beating 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 company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.42 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue 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. Sell-side analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.