UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC Has $302.34 Million Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC boosted its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 24.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 726,844 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 144,534 shares during the period. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC owned 1.28% of F5 worth $302,338,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth about $205,706,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 127.0% in the 4th quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,529 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,814,000 after buying an additional 19,315 shares during the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. bought a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $6,469,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $140,460,000. Finally, Tredje AP fonden lifted its position in F5 by 98.2% during the fourth quarter. Tredje AP fonden now owns 7,683 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,961,000 after acquiring an additional 3,807 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on FFIV. Barclays boosted their price objective on F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Evercore raised F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Bank of America boosted their price target on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Stock Up 3.3%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $407.13 on Tuesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $404.64 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $353.35. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $435.00. The company has a market capitalization of $23.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.41, a P/E/G ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Equities analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,341,917.80. The trade was a 13.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at 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 company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $549,115.05. The trade was a 42.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 13,199 shares of company stock worth $5,316,411. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.