MUFG Securities EMEA plc Acquires 1,258 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

MUFG Securities EMEA plc grew its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 114.4% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,358 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,258 shares during the quarter. MUFG Securities EMEA plc’s holdings in F5 were worth $602,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hantz Financial Services Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 109.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $37,000. Torren Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $43,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position 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 worth $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,664,474.80. This trade represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% 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. Insiders have sold a total of 22,267 shares of company stock worth $7,628,120 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have commented on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Morgan Stanley lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Bank of America lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $379.89.

F5 Stock Down 0.8%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $405.66 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day moving average of $334.11 and a 200-day moving average of $289.65. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $411.52. The firm has a market cap of $22.89 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.28, a PEG ratio of 9.41 and a beta of 1.04.

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

About F5

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.