Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. Buys 2,100 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

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Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc. lifted its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) by 50.0% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 6,300 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,100 shares during the period. Hussman Strategic Advisors Inc.’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,854,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Private Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the first quarter valued at approximately $469,000. Vestcor Inc increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 689.3% in the 1st quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 7,364 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,961,000 after buying an additional 6,431 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 17.4% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 9,622 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,832,000 after buying an additional 1,428 shares in the last quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at $240,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.4% during the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 18,477 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,438,000 after acquiring an additional 2,461 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FFIV has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday. Finally, Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

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Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total value of $1,706,905.28. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 23,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,601,963.84. This trade represents a 18.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 107,553 shares in the company, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This represents a 1.19% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 9,298 shares of company stock worth $2,978,754. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $249.04 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $227.04 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $313.90 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $299.95. The company has a market capitalization of $14.31 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.09, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. The business’s revenue 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 expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 Company Profile

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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.

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