Redwood Investment Management LLC Buys Shares of 3,669 F5, Inc. $FFIV

Redwood Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund purchased 3,669 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,062,000.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its position in F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its position in F5 by 963.6% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC grew 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 purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were 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 approximately $49,592,618.71. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total transaction of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. This trade represents a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 16,311 shares of company stock worth $5,810,885 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Barclays raised their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $416.62.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $402.57 on Monday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $401.57 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $334.36. The stock has a market cap of $22.71 billion, a PE ratio of 32.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $4.16 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 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.