AE Wealth Management LLC Sells 312 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

AE Wealth Management LLC cut its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 6.3% during the second quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 4,654 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 312 shares during the period. AE Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,370,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 6.2% during 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 purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.5% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $280,835,000 after buying an additional 141,680 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 24.0% in the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $220,693,000 after buying an additional 160,708 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 37.5% during 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, 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 worth $232,302,000 after acquiring an additional 228,790 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have recently commented on FFIV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays cut their target price on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related 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 transaction of $855,055.57. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total value of $2,356,829.72. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. This trade represents a 26.90% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 24,117 shares of company stock valued at $6,297,504 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Up 0.7%

FFIV opened at $240.17 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $304.05 and a 200-day moving average of $298.81. The company has a market capitalization of $13.80 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.34, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $227.04 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating 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 business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5’s revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

About F5

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.