Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC Makes New Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Elevation Point Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 253 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $74,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 275.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in F5 by 134.1% in the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise bought a new position in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth about $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Barclays cut their price target on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price target on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This trade represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total value of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. This represents a 26.90% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 26,337 shares of company stock worth $6,810,713 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $238.57 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $280.48 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $295.60. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.86 billion, a PE ratio of 20.20, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

F5 Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.