Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Has $71.98 Million Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership cut its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 33.7% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 244,565 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 124,351 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership owned about 0.43% of F5 worth $71,980,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its position 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 worth $1,434,583,000 after acquiring an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 3.8% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $511,016,000 after purchasing an additional 64,420 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.5% during the first quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $280,835,000 after purchasing an additional 141,680 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC increased 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 during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC raised 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 valued at $216,757,000 after buying an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on the stock. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reduced their target price on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price target 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. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, F5 has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $243.33 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $275.47 and a 200 day simple moving average of $294.53. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $14.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.60, a PEG ratio of 7.67 and a beta of 0.99.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company 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. On average, sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the transaction, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 30,056 shares of company stock worth $7,692,236 in the last quarter. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

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.