F5 Networks Inc Q3 2018 Big Money Sentiment Better Than Expected, now at 0.9

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“Big money” Positions

In Q3 2018 F5 Networks Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) big money sentiment decreased to 0.9, according to SEC filings. That’s down -0.11, from 2018Q2’s 1.01. 190 hedge funds increased and opened new holdings, while 212 sold and trimmed positions in F5 Networks Inc so the sentiment dived. These funds own 54.96 million shares, that’s down from 58.10 million shares in 2018Q2. Funds holding F5 Networks Inc in top 10 decreased from 8 to 5 for a decrease of 3. 35 Investors Sold All; 177 Reduced Holdings; 127 increased stakes while 63 hedge funds bought stakes.

Biggest F5 Networks Inc Shareholders

As of Q3 2018 Wilkins Investment Counsel Inc has 3.53% invested in F5 Networks Inc. As of Q3 2018, 313,237 shares of F5 Networks Inc are owned by Sawgrass Asset Management Llc. American Beacon Advisors Inc. reported 1,852 shares. The Pennsylvania-based fund S&T Bank Pa have invested about 2.49% of the fund’s stock portfolio in F5 Networks Inc. The Pennsylvania-based fund Cs Mckee Lp looks positive on F5 Networks Inc, having 128,190 shares.

F5 Networks, Inc. develops, markets, and sells application delivery networking products that optimize the security, performance, and availability of network applications, servers, and storage systems.The company has $10.23 billion market cap. It offers Local Traffic Manager, which provides intelligent load-balancing, traffic management, and application health checking; BIG-IP DNS that automatically directs users to the closest or best-performing physical, virtual, or cloud environment; Link Controller, which monitors the health and availability of each connection in organizations with more than one Internet service provider; Advanced Firewall Manager, a network firewall; and Application Security Manager, an Web application firewall that provides comprehensive, proactive, and application-layer protection against generalized and targeted attacks.The P/E ratio is 21.32. The firm also provides Access Policy Manager, which provides secure, granular, and context-aware access to networks and applications; Carrier-Grade Network Address Translation, which offers a set of tools that enables service providers to migrate to IPv6 while continuing to support and interoperate with existing IPv4 devices and content; and Policy Enforcement Manager that offers traffic classification capabilities to identify the specific applications and services to service providers.

Ticker’s shares touched $172.08 during the last trading session after 1.33% change.Currently F5 Networks, Inc. is uptrending after 26.82% change in last February 24, 2018. FFIV has 349,846 shares volume. The stock outperformed the S&P500 by 26.82%.

Rowland And Counsel Adv accumulated 0% or 915 shs. Franklin Resource Inc has 38,597 shs. Jlb Associate Incorporated invested in 1,179 shs. Earnest has 0% invested in F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV). Louisiana State Employees Retirement System accumulated 3,600 shs. Seizert Cap Ptnrs Ltd Liability Com holds 227,699 shs or 1.67% of its capital. Regions Financial stated it has 0% in F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV). Amica Mutual Comm has invested 0.09% in F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV). Ancora Ltd reported 100 shs. Banque Pictet & Cie Sa, Switzerland-based fund reported 47,971 shs. Moreover, Staley Capital Advisers Incorporated has 0.04% invested in F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) for 2,768 shs. 600,642 were accumulated by Deutsche Bank Ag. Bokf Na stated it has 0.02% in F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV). Element Cap Management Limited Liability owns 16,725 shs for 0.07% of their capital. Wilbanks Smith And Thomas Asset Mngmt Ltd Llc stated it has 0% in F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV).

F5 Networks, Inc. registered $11.98 million net activity with 0 insider purchases and 24 sales since November 1, 2018. Another trade for 8,900 shs valued at $1.51 million was sold by BERGERON SANDRA E.. MCMILLAN STEPHEN sold $316,909 worth of stock or 1,971 shs. The insider FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEAN sold $109,998. 4,036 shs were sold by Locoh-Donou Francois, worth $643,757. BEVIER DEBORAH L also sold $460,375 worth of F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) shs. $367,337 worth of F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) was sold by WHITE ANA MARIA.

F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) Ratings Coverage

A total of 5 analysts rate F5 Networks (NASDAQ:FFIV) as follows: 3 “Buy”, 1 “Hold” and 1 “Sell”. Тherefore 60% are bullish. (NASDAQ:FFIV) has 6 ratings reports on 24 Feb 2019 according to StockzIntelligence. In Wednesday, September 5 report Credit Suisse maintained the stock with “Outperform” rating. The stock rating was downgraded by William Blair to “Market Perform” on Thursday, January 17. The company rating was downgraded by PiperJaffray on Monday, October 1. On Thursday, October 25 the rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets with “Outperform”. In Thursday, October 25 report Credit Suisse maintained it with “Outperform” rating and $218 target. On Friday, October 12 Standpoint Research upgraded the shares of FFIV in report to “Buy” rating.

For more F5 Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) news posted briefly go to: Globenewswire.com, Businesswire.com, Nasdaq.com, Nasdaq.com or Businesswire.com. The titles are as follows: “Recent Analysis Shows F5 Networks, Mondelez International, Ringcentral, McDermott International, Crane, and MoSys Market Influences — Renewed Outlook, Key Drivers of Growth – GlobeNewswire” posted on February 01, 2019, “F5 Named One of Fortune’s Most Admired Companies – Business Wire” on January 30, 2019, “FFIV March 22nd Options Begin Trading – Nasdaq” with a publish date: January 31, 2019, “F5 (FFIV) Up 8.8% Since Last Earnings Report: Can It Continue? – Nasdaq” and the last “F5 Teams with Equinix to Enhance Security for Multi-Cloud Environments – Business Wire” with publication date: February 06, 2019.

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