North Dakota State Investment Board Buys New Shares in F5, Inc. $FFIV

North Dakota State Investment Board bought a new stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 1,982 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $506,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 15,103.5% in the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $298,709,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,519 shares in the last quarter. Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $23,014,000. Western Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $566,000. Finally, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund lifted its position in shares of F5 by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 6,569 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,677,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of the 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 transaction, the chief financial officer owned 2,906 shares in the company, valued at $1,017,100. This represents a 34.04% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the firm’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 completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 24,491 shares of company stock worth $7,966,227 over the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Stock Up 0.3%

Shares of FFIV opened at $383.70 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average is $314.67 and its 200-day moving average is $280.07. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $391.25. The firm has a market cap of $21.65 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.79 and a beta of 1.00.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently commented on FFIV. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Barclays upped 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. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of F5 from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $353.00.

F5 Company 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.