Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Buys 7,816 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. lifted its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 34.0% during the first quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 30,799 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 7,816 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.’s holdings in F5 were worth $8,909,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Millennium Management LLC increased its stake in F5 by 166.5% in the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after acquiring an additional 39,305 shares during the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% during the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $257,000 after acquiring an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 38.4% in the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after purchasing an additional 82,835 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter valued at $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total transaction of $1,276,346.37. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. The trade was a 2.51% 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. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $425.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, June 9th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped 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. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $382.67.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $421.47 on Thursday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The firm has a market cap of $23.78 billion, a P/E ratio of 34.58, a P/E/G ratio of 5.06 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $393.89 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $322.85.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.42 EPS. The company’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, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS 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.