United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund Buys 32,857 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund grew its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 1,216.9% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 35,557 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 32,857 shares during the period. United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund’s holdings in F5 were worth $9,076,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Pacific Sage Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. raised its stake in F5 by 4.4% in the fourth quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $247,000 after buying an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 3.8% in the third quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $457,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund raised its stake in F5 by 0.8% in the fourth quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 6,569 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,677,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on F5 from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 19th. Morgan Stanley upped their price objective on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $358.56.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $383.43 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $21.63 billion, a PE ratio of 31.45, a P/E/G ratio of 8.92 and a beta of 1.00. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $325.16 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $285.18. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $399.59.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $3.42 earnings per share. 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, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity

In other news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $525,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,906 shares in the company, valued at $1,017,100. This trade represents a 34.04% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 24,491 shares of company stock valued at $7,966,227. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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.