Winnow Wealth LLC Makes New $88,000 Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Winnow Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 300 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $88,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc boosted its stake in F5 by 16.0% during the second quarter. Ensign Peak Advisors Inc now owns 52,668 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $15,501,000 after buying an additional 7,265 shares in the last quarter. FineMark National Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $212,000. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 29,949 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,815,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares in the last quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH grew its stake in shares of F5 by 2.2% in the 2nd quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH now owns 96,490 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $28,399,000 after purchasing an additional 2,073 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Integrated Quantitative Investments LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $895,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Piper Sandler cut their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Finally, Barclays reduced their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $226.74 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $13.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $295.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is $297.58. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. 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 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.67 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.44, for a total value of $252,458.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 21,383 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,863,349.52. This trade represents a 4.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total value of $262,282.14. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 25,227 shares of company stock valued at $6,549,963 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

F5 Company 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.