Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund Has $1.03 Million Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund lifted its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 55.7% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,550 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,270 shares during the period. Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,027,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 963.6% in the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 113.8% in the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday. Barclays lifted their target price on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Bank of America boosted their target price on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, F5 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Stock Up 3.6%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $402.57 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $22.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00. The business’s fifty day moving average is $401.57 and its 200 day moving average is $333.91.

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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm 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. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the company’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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $49,592,618.71. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This trade represents a 14.15% 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. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.