Boston Trust Walden Corp Has $51.30 Million Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Boston Trust Walden Corp lessened its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 2.7% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 177,302 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 4,847 shares during the period. Boston Trust Walden Corp’s holdings in F5 were worth $51,299,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC grew its position in F5 by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $419,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $309,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $247,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the period. Finally, Coldstream Capital Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Down 3.8%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $408.14 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $427.54. The company has a market capitalization of $23.03 billion, a PE ratio of 33.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.97 and a beta of 1.03. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $374.92 and its 200-day simple moving average is $312.57.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.42 earnings per share. 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, analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Evercore raised F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 18th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, June 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have given a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $382.67.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.