Western Wealth Management LLC Takes $566,000 Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Western Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm bought 2,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $566,000.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. Torren Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $43,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the period. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at about $49,000. Finally, MUFG Securities EMEA plc bought a new position in F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $50,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $362.58 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $20.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.74, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.34 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $365.83. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $306.91 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $276.69.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business 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. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $316.44.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total value of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This trade represents a 20.39% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $525,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer owned 2,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,017,100. This trade represents a 34.04% decrease in their position. 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 90 days, insiders have sold 29,328 shares of company stock worth $9,319,571. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research increased its FY2026 EPS estimate for F5 to $12.80 from $12.33, above the broader consensus of $12.71, signaling improving near-term earnings expectations.
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts also lifted FY2027 EPS to $13.02 from $12.67 and FY2028 EPS to $13.48 from $13.34, reinforcing the view that F5’s earnings trajectory remains strong.
• Positive Sentiment: Several quarterly estimates were nudged higher, including Q1 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027, Q1 2028, and Q2 2028, which may add confidence in the company’s longer-term outlook.
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks lowered its Q2 2027 EPS estimate slightly to $2.92 from $2.96 and trimmed Q4 2026 to $3.22 from $3.28, though these minor cuts do not offset the broader upward revisions.
• Neutral Sentiment: F5 recently reported solid quarterly results, beating EPS and revenue expectations, which continues to provide a supportive backdrop for the stock. Article Title

About F5

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.