Commerce Bank Makes New $1.17 Million Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Commerce Bank acquired a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor acquired 2,819 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,173,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter worth $36,000. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 963.6% during the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after buying an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total value of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares in the company, valued at approximately $162,400. The trade was a 86.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total value of $1,559,848.08. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% 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. Insiders sold a total of 15,699 shares of company stock worth $6,316,411 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $382.75 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $21.68 billion, a PE ratio of 30.47, a P/E/G ratio of 3.70 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $403.35 and a 200 day moving average price of $349.82. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during 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 company’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.16 EPS. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

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.