Los Angeles Capital Management LLC Lowers Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Los Angeles Capital Management LLC reduced its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 23.5% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 194,932 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 60,014 shares during the quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC owned about 0.34% of F5 worth $57,372,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Private Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $469,000. Vestcor Inc raised its stake 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 valued at $1,961,000 after acquiring an additional 6,431 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its stake 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 valued at $2,832,000 after acquiring an additional 1,428 shares during the period. Morningstar Investment Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at $240,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its position in 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 purchasing an additional 2,461 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the firm’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 sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 29,414 shares of company stock worth $8,004,410. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Trading Down 0.9%

FFIV opened at $245.74 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $227.04 and a 12-month high of $346.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.12 billion, a PE ratio of 20.81, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $308.24 and its 200 day moving average price is $299.06.

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. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. The company’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. As a group, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have commented on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, November 1st. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

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.