F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Purchased by Jefferies Financial Group Inc.

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 127.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 34,529 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 19,315 shares during the quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc.’s holdings in F5 were worth $8,814,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the third quarter worth approximately $37,000. Torren Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $43,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the period. Finally, Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the third quarter worth approximately $49,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $525,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,017,100. The trade was a 34.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders sold 24,491 shares of company stock worth $7,966,227. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock opened at $393.63 on Monday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $395.77. The company has a market capitalization of $22.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.29, a PEG ratio of 9.05 and a beta of 1.00. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $316.75 and a 200-day simple moving average of $281.09.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.42 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. 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 forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on F5 from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $353.00.

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.