Retireful LLC Invests $1.35 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Retireful LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm purchased 3,241 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,348,000.

Other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Millennium Management LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 166.5% in the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 1,281.4% in the first quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $257,000 after purchasing an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 38.4% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after purchasing an additional 82,835 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% in 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 period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Barclays raised their price objective on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Wall Street Zen upgraded F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $3,341,917.80. The trade was a 13.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 13,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,316,411. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $391.08 on Thursday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $404.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $355.06. The firm has a market cap of $22.15 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.14, a PEG ratio of 3.87 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The firm’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $4.16 EPS. 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, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 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.