Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. Grows Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Jupiter Asset Management Ltd. boosted its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 1.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 301,317 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,026 shares during the period. F5 accounts for about 0.7% of Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 28th largest position. Jupiter Asset Management Ltd.’s holdings in F5 were worth $88,684,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Vise Technologies Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $2,475,000. Allworth Financial LP raised its position in shares of F5 by 13.7% during the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 414 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $122,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund lifted its stake in F5 by 39.6% in the 2nd quarter. Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund now owns 23,502 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $6,917,000 after buying an additional 6,667 shares in the last quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 3.8% in the 2nd quarter. ProShare Advisors LLC now owns 17,060 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $5,021,000 after buying an additional 618 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at $419,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,618,301.54. The trade was a 27.00% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total value of $2,356,829.72. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. The trade was a 26.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research 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 on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price objective on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $238.51 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $305.43 and its 200 day moving average price is $299.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $227.04 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $13.70 billion, a PE ratio of 20.20, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, research analysts predict 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.