F5, Inc. $FFIV Holdings Lowered by New York Life Investment Management LLC

New York Life Investment Management LLC trimmed its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 1.0% during the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 13,882 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 142 shares during the quarter. New York Life Investment Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $4,086,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Private Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter worth approximately $469,000. Vestcor Inc raised 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 purchasing an additional 6,431 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 17.4% in the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 9,622 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,832,000 after purchasing an additional 1,428 shares in the last quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $240,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.4% in the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 18,477 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,438,000 after purchasing an additional 2,461 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock opened at $256.69 on Friday. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $316.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $299.55. The company has a market cap of $14.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 21.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.06. 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 fifty-two week low of $227.04 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $810.09 million for 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 21.76%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently commented on FFIV. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday. Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Barclays dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday. Three 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total transaction of $1,706,905.28. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 23,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,601,963.84. The trade was a 18.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,347 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $309.73, for a total transaction of $417,206.31. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,699 shares in the company, valued at $6,411,101.27. The trade was a 6.11% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 10,645 shares of company stock valued at $3,395,960. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

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.