Corient Private Wealth LP Takes Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Corient Private Wealth LP bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm bought 50,745 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,102,000.

Other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $419,000 after acquiring an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $309,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. increased its position in shares of F5 by 4.4% during the fourth quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $247,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of F5 by 4.5% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $338,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Finally, Optas LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 4.7% in the first quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $299,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

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 value of $158,614.96. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,586 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,092,673.18. This represents a 3.02% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed 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, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total transaction of $500,873.04. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,341,917.80. This trade represents a 13.03% 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. Insiders have sold 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411 in the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $394.24 on Friday. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $404.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $351.96. The firm has a market cap of $22.33 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.39, a P/E/G ratio of 4.01 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 announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $4.16 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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. On average, research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts recently commented on the company. Bank of America raised 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. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price target (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Barclays upped their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

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.