F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd

OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd lowered its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 17.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,448 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 313 shares during the period. OVERSEA CHINESE BANKING Corp Ltd’s holdings in F5 were worth $426,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 6.2% in the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its position in shares of F5 by 15.5% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $280,835,000 after buying an additional 141,680 shares in the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its stake in F5 by 24.0% in the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $220,693,000 after acquiring an additional 160,708 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its stake in F5 by 37.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $216,757,000 after acquiring an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its holdings in F5 by 40.8% during the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $232,302,000 after acquiring an additional 228,790 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Zacks Research lowered F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Wolfe Research initiated coverage on F5 in a research report on Monday, July 7th. They set an “outperform” rating for the company. Barclays reduced their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their price objective on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

F5 Trading Down 7.9%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $267.58 on Wednesday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $318.81 and its 200 day moving average price is $299.87. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $227.04 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $15.37 billion, a PE ratio of 22.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.19 and a beta of 1.06.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 22.17%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.67 EPS. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total transaction of $855,055.57. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total value of $1,706,905.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 23,591 shares in the company, valued at $7,601,963.84. The trade was a 18.34% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,796,542. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Company Profile

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.