Vanguard Group Inc. Sells 25,378 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Vanguard Group Inc. reduced its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 7,399,099 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 25,378 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. owned 12.88% of F5 worth $2,177,703,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also made changes to their positions in FFIV. Private Advisory Group LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $469,000. Vestcor Inc grew 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 valued at $1,961,000 after buying an additional 6,431 shares during the period. Alberta Investment Management Corp bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at $883,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its position 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 buying an additional 1,428 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Morningstar Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $240,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Evercore ISI reaffirmed a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays cut their price target on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Bank of America dropped their price objective on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the business’s 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. The trade was a 27.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 25,227 shares of company stock valued at $6,549,963 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $234.29 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.84, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $291.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $296.86. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm 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. Research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.