Swedbank AB Buys 3,668 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Swedbank AB grew its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 1.8% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 207,206 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,668 shares during the period. Swedbank AB’s holdings in F5 were worth $52,891,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Elyxium Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $49,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zions Bancorporation National Association UT lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 400.0% during the 3rd quarter. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT now owns 165 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $53,000 after acquiring an additional 132 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $525,000.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,906 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,017,100. This trade represents a 34.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last three months, insiders have sold 24,491 shares of company stock worth $7,966,227. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Morgan Stanley raised their price target on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Evercore raised F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on F5 from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $353.00.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $393.63 on Monday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $316.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $281.09. The firm has a market cap of $22.21 billion, a PE ratio of 32.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.05 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $395.77.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.F5’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 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.