Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. Buys 1,162,519 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 15,103.5% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 1,162,519 shares during the quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co.’s holdings in F5 were worth $298,709,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension bought a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth about $23,014,000. Western Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth about $566,000. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its stake in shares of F5 by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 6,569 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,677,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the period. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR raised its stake in F5 by 19.8% during the 4th quarter. Generali Asset Management SPA SGR now owns 9,449 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,412,000 after purchasing an additional 1,559 shares during the period. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in F5 by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 19,787 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $5,051,000 after purchasing an additional 311 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently issued reports on FFIV. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays lifted their target price on F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $316.44.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $362.58 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $365.83. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $306.91 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $276.69. The company has a market cap of $20.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.74, a PEG ratio of 8.38 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.42 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 EPS for the current year.

Trending Headlines about F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research increased its FY2026 EPS estimate for F5 to $12.80 from $12.33, above the broader consensus of $12.71, signaling improving near-term earnings expectations.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts also lifted FY2027 EPS to $13.02 from $12.67 and FY2028 EPS to $13.48 from $13.34, reinforcing the view that F5’s earnings trajectory remains strong.
• Positive Sentiment: Several quarterly estimates were nudged higher, including Q1 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027, Q1 2028, and Q2 2028, which may add confidence in the company’s longer-term outlook.
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks lowered its Q2 2027 EPS estimate slightly to $2.92 from $2.96 and trimmed Q4 2026 to $3.22 from $3.28, though these minor cuts do not offset the broader upward revisions.
• Neutral Sentiment: F5 recently reported solid quarterly results, beating EPS and revenue expectations, which continues to provide a supportive backdrop for the stock. Article Title

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $525,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 2,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,017,100. The trade was a 34.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 29,328 shares of company stock worth $9,319,571. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.