Royal Bank of Canada Purchases 18,864 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Royal Bank of Canada grew its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 54.2% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 53,688 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,864 shares during the quarter. Royal Bank of Canada’s holdings in F5 were worth $15,534,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in F5 by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,878,023,000 after purchasing an additional 114,533 shares during the period. State Street Corp increased its position in F5 by 1.7% in the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 68.5% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $702,897,000 after buying an additional 1,119,291 shares during the last quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $579,699,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 7.5% in the fourth quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,537,680 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $392,508,000 after acquiring an additional 106,616 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 target price (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s 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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% 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 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $400.23 on Friday. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $403.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $338.76. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00. The firm has a market cap of $22.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.07 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.