Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Acquires 8,979 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. lifted its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 78.4% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 20,425 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 8,979 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.’s holdings in F5 were worth $6,589,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Norges Bank bought a new position in F5 in the 2nd quarter worth about $207,492,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 40.8% in 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 buying an additional 228,790 shares in the last quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB boosted its position in shares of F5 by 217.7% in the third quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $74,142,000 after acquiring an additional 157,318 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. grew its stake in F5 by 503.9% during the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 163,525 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $52,850,000 after acquiring an additional 136,445 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its stake in F5 by 223.2% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 140,547 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $41,366,000 after acquiring an additional 97,057 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: J.P. Morgan upgraded F5 to “overweight” and raised its price target (to $345), a bullish analyst action that can support buying interest and offset some negative headlines. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product momentum: F5 highlighted advances in AI/security and NGINXaaS for Google Cloud that support long‑term cloud adoption and recurring revenue potential (business growth catalyst). Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider selling: EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares on Jan. 12 (part of a series of periodic sales) — a disclosed sale investors often view as neutral-to-mildly negative absent further context. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/estimate moves: Zacks and some research houses have trimmed near‑term estimates or ratings recently, signaling caution but not large downward revisions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple plaintiff firms have filed or are soliciting plaintiffs in securities‑fraud suits tied to F5’s disclosed “material cybersecurity incident” (discovered Aug. 9, 2025) and subsequent revenue impacts; notices (Hagens Berman, Kuehn Law, Robbins, Rosen, Faruqi, Bragar, others) allege misstatements about security and seek lead‑plaintiff status (Feb. 17, 2026 deadline). Litigation risk, potential financial exposure, and reputational damage are the primary negative drivers today. Representative notices: Read More. Read More.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. The trade was a 27.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at $2,041,517.10. This represents a 13.20% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 32,705 shares of company stock worth $8,152,655 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of several analyst reports. Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada upgraded F5 from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their price objective for the stock from $315.00 to $325.00 in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Monday, December 29th. Bank of America decreased their target price 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, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $299.78.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $268.22 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.58 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.71, a PEG ratio of 8.55 and a beta of 0.98. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $252.23 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $288.67.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.67 EPS. 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, equities analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 Company 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.