Peak Financial Advisors LLC Sells 6,355 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Peak Financial Advisors LLC reduced its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 72.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,421 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 6,355 shares during the quarter. Peak Financial Advisors LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $618,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth about $37,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in F5 during the third quarter worth about $49,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its holdings in F5 by 2,128.6% during the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $280.66, for a total value of $280,660.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 2,925 shares in the company, valued at approximately $820,930.50. This represents a 25.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 21,281 shares of company stock worth $5,835,218. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price target (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Trading Up 3.1%

F5 stock opened at $297.86 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $16.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.64, a PEG ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $278.02 and its 200-day moving average is $278.49.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. 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, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.