Impact Partnership Wealth LLC Sells 3,244 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Impact Partnership Wealth LLC decreased its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 81.3% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 746 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 3,244 shares during the period. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $216,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Barclays PLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 51.7% in the third quarter. Barclays PLC now owns 310,368 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $100,308,000 after acquiring an additional 105,738 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $205,706,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 127.0% during the 4th quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,529 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $8,814,000 after acquiring an additional 19,315 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP increased its holdings in F5 by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $528,209,000 after acquiring an additional 18,806 shares during the period. Finally, William Blair Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $140,460,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the transaction, 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% 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 a total of 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 over the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Morgan Stanley raised 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, Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price objective on F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, June 9th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $382.67.

F5 Stock Down 3.8%

F5 stock opened at $408.14 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $374.92 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $312.57. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $427.54. The company has a market capitalization of $23.03 billion, a PE ratio of 33.48, a P/E/G ratio of 4.97 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced 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 return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The firm had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.42 earnings per share. The company’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 analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share 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.