F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Bought by Legal & General Group Plc

Legal & General Group Plc grew its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 6.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 501,040 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 30,029 shares during the period. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in F5 were worth $161,931,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the business. State Street Corp increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,172,614 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $933,764,000 after acquiring an additional 48,057 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 3.8% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $511,016,000 after purchasing an additional 64,420 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in F5 by 1.2% in the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $528,209,000 after purchasing an additional 18,806 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its holdings in F5 by 6.4% in the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 839,561 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $271,338,000 after purchasing an additional 50,278 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $207,492,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

F5 Stock Down 2.4%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $282.69 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $15.98 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.38, a P/E/G ratio of 8.20 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $274.45 and its 200 day moving average price is $280.35.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.84 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,840 shares in the company, valued at $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total value of $875,431.41. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 23,501 shares of company stock worth $6,415,370. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 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.