Capstone Investment Advisors LLC Makes New $683,000 Investment in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Capstone Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm purchased 1,642 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $683,000.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. BlackRock Inc. bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at $2,611,637,000. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new position in F5 in the 4th quarter worth about $579,699,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in F5 by 15,103.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after purchasing an additional 1,162,519 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in F5 by 68.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $702,897,000 after buying an additional 1,119,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank purchased a new position in F5 during the 4th quarter valued at about $205,706,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 1,353 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at 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 shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction 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. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 15,699 shares of company stock valued at $6,316,411 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Down 3.9%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $394.24 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.39, a P/E/G ratio of 4.01 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $404.32 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $351.96. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $435.00.

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Thursday, July 16th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 11th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on shares of F5 from $386.00 to $397.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

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.