Capstone Investment Advisors LLC Takes Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Capstone Investment Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund acquired 1,642 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $683,000.

Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Proficio Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the second quarter worth approximately $392,000. Pure Financial Advisors LLC bought a new position in F5 during the second quarter valued at approximately $278,000. Corient Private Wealth LP purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter worth approximately $21,102,000. Bank of America Corp DE purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter worth approximately $70,355,000. Finally, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $55,497,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The sale 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, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total transaction of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $3,341,917.80. The trade was a 13.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411 over the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $394.24 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $22.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.39, a PEG ratio of 4.01 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $404.32 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $351.96.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The firm had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $4.16 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on FFIV. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Zacks Research lowered shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

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.