Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. Buys 10,646 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd. increased its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 10.3% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 113,937 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 10,646 shares during the quarter. Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co. Ltd.’s holdings in F5 were worth $33,534,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. MGO One Seven LLC increased its holdings in 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 buying an additional 40 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 1,805 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $481,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares in the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC increased its stake in F5 by 2.6% in the second quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,834 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $540,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Ethic Inc. increased its stake in F5 by 0.5% in the second quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 9,849 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,913,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC raised its position in F5 by 6.3% during the first 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 in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Piper Sandler reduced their target price on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Bank of America decreased their target price on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reduced 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 note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total value of $262,282.14. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,404,352.57. The trade was a 26.90% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 24,117 shares of company stock valued at $6,297,504. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $238.51 on Wednesday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The stock has a market cap of $13.70 billion, a PE ratio of 20.20, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $227.04 and a 12-month high of $346.00. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $305.43 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $299.22.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced 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 firm had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About F5

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.