F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) Hits New 52-Week High – Here’s Why

F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) shares hit a new 52-week high during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $451.02 and last traded at $450.10, with a volume of 682550 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $432.03.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on FFIV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $416.62.

F5 Stock Up 0.6%

The company has a market capitalization of $25.82 billion, a PE ratio of 36.30, a PEG ratio of 4.43 and a beta of 1.03. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $405.53 and a two-hundred day moving average of $369.97.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $4.16 EPS. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total transaction of $158,614.96. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,586 shares in the company, valued at $5,092,673.18. This trade represents a 3.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at 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 F5 stock in a transaction dated 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 16,829 shares of company stock worth $6,815,302. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of F5

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 963.6% during the first 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 in the last quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 113.8% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Persistent Asset Partners Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter valued at about $36,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About F5

F5, Inc is a technology company that provides application delivery, security and traffic-management solutions for enterprises, service providers and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers ensure the availability, performance and security of applications across on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge environments.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.