Invesco Ltd. Sells 39,470 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Invesco Ltd. lessened its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 2.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,509,670 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 39,470 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd.’s holdings in F5 were worth $444,326,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth about $207,492,000. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.2% in the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,434,583,000 after buying an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. raised its position in F5 by 40.8% during the second 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 purchasing an additional 228,790 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its position in F5 by 37.5% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $216,757,000 after buying an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC bought a new position in F5 during the first quarter valued at $46,920,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

F5 Trading Up 1.1%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $243.33 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $14.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.60, a P/E/G ratio of 7.67 and a beta of 0.99. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $275.47 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $294.53.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The firm 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total value of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 151,623 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $38,357,586.54. This trade represents a 0.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total transaction of $855,055.57. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 30,056 shares of company stock valued at $7,692,236. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have issued reports on the company. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. Bank of America cut their price objective on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI reiterated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Zacks Research lowered shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target 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.