MUFG Securities EMEA plc Grows Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

MUFG Securities EMEA plc boosted its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 114.4% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 2,358 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,258 shares during the quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc’s holdings in F5 were worth $602,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of FFIV. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake 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 buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Torren Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $43,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 288.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $162,400. The trade was a 86.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% 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. Insiders sold a total of 22,267 shares of company stock worth $7,628,120 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV opened at $405.66 on Thursday. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $334.11 and a 200-day moving average price of $289.65. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.28, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.41 and a beta of 1.04. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $411.52.

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, 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 company 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 EPS. The firm’s revenue 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. On average, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FFIV has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $425.00 price target on shares of F5 in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Six 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $379.89.

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.