Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC Increases Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC increased its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 59.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,385 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 516 shares during the period. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $416,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. MGO One Seven LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.8% in the 2nd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 4,927 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,450,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 1,805 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $481,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,834 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $540,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Spire Wealth Management lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 11.9% in the 1st quarter. Spire Wealth Management now owns 451 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $120,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.3% in the 1st quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 845 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $225,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 107,553 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,796,542 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the subject of several research reports. Needham & Company LLC boosted their target price on F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen cut F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, October 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on F5 from $314.00 to $326.00 and gave the company a “sector perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $314.33.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $297.83 on Thursday. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $320.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $298.15. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.24, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.29 and a beta of 1.06. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $213.24 and a 12 month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.49 by $0.67. F5 had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%.The business had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.36 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 12.2% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. On average, equities analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 Company Profile

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.