Intech Investment Management LLC Cuts Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Intech Investment Management LLC reduced its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 39.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 34,708 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 22,390 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $11,217,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Alberta Investment Management Corp bought a new stake in F5 in the second quarter valued at approximately $883,000. Railway Pension Investments Ltd grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 27.0% in the third quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $8,510,000 after purchasing an additional 5,600 shares during the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 53.0% in the second quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 5,204 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,532,000 after buying an additional 1,802 shares during the period. Genus Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in F5 by 91.9% during the 2nd quarter. Genus Capital Management Inc. now owns 13,760 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $4,050,000 after buying an additional 6,590 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC raised its holdings in F5 by 124.1% during the 2nd quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC now owns 8,381 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,467,000 after buying an additional 4,641 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total value of $487,192.50. Following the sale, the director directly owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 22,918 shares of company stock worth $6,044,189 in the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have issued reports on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Weiss Ratings lowered F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $277.52 on Friday. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $269.73 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $282.80. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.69 billion, a PE ratio of 22.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.89 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

F5 Profile

F5 Inc (NASDAQ:FFIV) specializes in application services and delivery networking, helping organizations ensure the availability, performance and security of their applications. The company’s core offerings include advanced load balancing, traffic management and application security solutions designed to optimize user experiences and protect against threats such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and web application exploits.

At the heart of F5’s product portfolio is the BIG-IP platform, which provides a suite of software modules for local and global traffic management, secure web application firewalling and DNS service delivery.