F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Acquired by Johnson Financial Group Inc.

Johnson Financial Group Inc. boosted its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 17.9% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 8,471 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,286 shares during the quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in F5 were worth $2,493,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 6.2% in the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after buying an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its position in shares of F5 by 40.8% during the second quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $232,302,000 after acquiring an additional 228,790 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 37.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $216,757,000 after acquiring an additional 226,231 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $46,920,000. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 24.0% during the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $220,693,000 after purchasing an additional 160,708 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.91, for a total transaction of $260,750.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 20,273 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,762,330.43. This trade represents a 5.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 26,337 shares of company stock valued at $6,810,713 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on FFIV. Barclays decreased their target price on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Bank of America lowered their target price on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report 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 for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $238.22 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $285.97 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $296.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. The firm has a market cap of $13.69 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.17, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 EPS. The company’s quarterly 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. Research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About F5

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.