PCM Encore LLC Makes New $660,000 Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

PCM Encore LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm acquired 1,586 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $660,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth $36,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. bought a new position in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 963.6% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Barclays lifted their target price on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, 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 report on Tuesday, May 26th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $377.79 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $404.06 and its 200 day moving average is $347.60. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $435.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $21.39 billion, a PE ratio of 30.08, a P/E/G ratio of 3.74 and a beta of 1.03.

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

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total transaction of $158,614.96. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,586 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,092,673.18. This represents a 3.02% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $549,115.05. The trade was a 42.50% 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 90 days, insiders sold 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411. 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.