OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp Makes New Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp bought a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 14,489 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,027,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd bought a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter valued at $36,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in shares of 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 position in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted 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 valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Down 1.5%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $379.04 on Tuesday. 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 $21.47 billion, a PE ratio of 30.18, a P/E/G ratio of 3.76 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a 50-day moving average of $403.48 and a two-hundred day moving average of $349.07.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $4.16 earnings per share. F5’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts have weighed in on the stock. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Evercore raised F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were 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 approximately $162,400. This trade represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.