Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Purchases Shares of 2,900 F5, Inc. $FFIV

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System purchased a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 2,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $839,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of FFIV. Kestra Private Wealth Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth about $471,000. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $202,000. OP Asset Management Ltd purchased a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $1,695,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise lifted its holdings in F5 by 42.8% in the first quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 14,367 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $4,157,000 after acquiring an additional 4,304 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 113.8% in the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at $7,295,158.08. This trade represents a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available 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 business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, 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 quarter, insiders have sold 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on FFIV. Barclays upped their price objective on F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $382.67.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $408.14 on Monday. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $427.54. The business’s 50 day moving average is $376.86 and its two-hundred day moving average is $313.59. The company has a market capitalization of $23.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.48, a P/E/G ratio of 4.79 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The business 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 was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business 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. On average, research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current fiscal 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.