Nykredit A S Invests $14.60 Million in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Nykredit A S bought a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 35,090 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,596,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Millennium Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 166.5% in the 1st quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares during the period. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its position in F5 by 1,281.4% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $257,000 after purchasing an additional 897 shares in the last quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its holdings in F5 by 38.4% in the first quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $79,428,000 after buying an additional 82,835 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth acquired a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Thursday, July 16th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

Insider Activity

In other news, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total transaction of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available 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 business’s stock in a transaction dated 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 approximately $60,624,143.16. The trade was 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 have sold 13,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,316,411 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $390.47 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $22.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.83 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $404.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $356.13.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $4.16 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 Company Profile

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.