FineMark National Bank & Trust Acquires Shares of 721 F5, Inc. $FFIV

FineMark National Bank & Trust acquired a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor acquired 721 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $212,000.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its stake in F5 by 275.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in F5 by 134.1% during the first quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the first quarter worth approximately $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the first quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $225.83 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $12.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The business’s fifty day moving average is $292.87 and its 200-day moving average is $297.09.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $227.44, for a total transaction of $252,458.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 21,383 shares in the company, valued at $4,863,349.52. The trade was a 4.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total value of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,357,586.54. This represents a 0.85% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 25,227 shares of company stock worth $6,549,963. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms recently weighed in on FFIV. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 11th. Bank of America dropped their target price on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays reduced their target price on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada lowered their price target on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

F5 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.