Citigroup Inc. Sells 16,912 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Citigroup Inc. reduced its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 20.4% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 65,827 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 16,912 shares during the period. Citigroup Inc. owned 0.11% of F5 worth $21,275,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in F5 in the third quarter worth approximately $37,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter worth $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth $49,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 2,128.6% during the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock opened at $277.52 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $269.73 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $282.80. The company has a market cap of $15.69 billion, a PE ratio of 22.95, a PEG ratio of 7.89 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00.

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

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of several recent research reports. Morgan Stanley dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, F5 presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 377 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total value of $104,926.64. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 8,971 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,496,808.72. This represents a 4.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,297 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total value of $360,981.04. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,243,259.20. This represents a 13.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 22,918 shares of company stock worth $6,044,189. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

About F5

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.