F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Fisher Asset Management LLC

Fisher Asset Management LLC cut its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 29.4% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 52,748 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 21,964 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC owned approximately 0.09% of F5 worth $15,525,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the second quarter valued at approximately $207,492,000. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in 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 valued at $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its stake in F5 by 40.8% during the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $232,302,000 after buying an additional 228,790 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in F5 by 37.5% in the 1st 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 in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $46,920,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,404,352.57. The trade was a 26.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the transaction, 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 position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 28,747 shares of company stock worth $7,381,859. 0.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV stock opened at $240.63 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $13.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.38, a PEG ratio of 7.60 and a beta of 0.99. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $277.08 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $294.89.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted 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 during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.67 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock 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 report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler reduced their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

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.