Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ Purchases 18,257 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

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Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ raised its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) by 24.6% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 92,576 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 18,257 shares during the period. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ’s holdings in F5 were worth $27,247,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Neuberger Berman Group LLC raised its stake in F5 by 60.4% during the 2nd quarter. Neuberger Berman Group LLC now owns 18,360 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,404,000 after buying an additional 6,914 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth about $207,492,000. Scotia Capital Inc. increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 8.3% in the second quarter. Scotia Capital Inc. now owns 2,281 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $671,000 after acquiring an additional 175 shares in the last quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. raised its position in shares of F5 by 17.9% during the second quarter. Johnson Financial Group Inc. now owns 8,471 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,493,000 after purchasing an additional 1,286 shares during the period. Finally, United Super Pty Ltd in its capacity as Trustee for the Construction & Building Unions Superannuation Fund bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at about $383,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Zacks Research cut F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Bank of America reduced their price target on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada reduced their target price on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. cut their price target on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

Check Out Our Latest Analysis on FFIV

F5 Trading Up 0.5%

F5 stock opened at $239.41 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $13.75 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.27, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $282.32 and a 200-day moving average of $295.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last released 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 return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5’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. On average, equities analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, November 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $234.91, for a total transaction of $260,750.10. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 20,273 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $4,762,330.43. This represents a 5.19% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 26,337 shares of company stock worth $6,810,713. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

F5 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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