F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Optimize Financial Inc

Optimize Financial Inc lessened its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 33.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,382 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 2,192 shares during the period. Optimize Financial Inc’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,416,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $49,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its position in F5 by 2,128.6% during the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after acquiring an additional 149 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock opened at $274.63 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $15.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a PEG ratio of 8.04 and a beta of 1.00. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $261.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $286.35. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The business had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.84 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

More F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Recent fundamentals and investor focus from the Q4 call: analysts’ takeaways and key questions from F5’s Q4 earnings call (the company reported an EPS beat and raised guidance previously), which provide a fundamental counterbalance to legal headlines. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest note in the feed appears to show anomalous/zero reported short data for early February — not a clear market signal on its own; treat that entry as unreliable until corroborated by official exchange short‑interest reports.
• Negative Sentiment: Widespread class‑action notices and solicitations from multiple law firms alleging that F5 misled investors about product security and an alleged undetected intrusion/source‑code exposure — firms include Hagens Berman, Rosen, Glancy, Pomerantz and others; the publicity and potential damages/legal costs are likely pressuring the stock. Read More. Read More. Read More. Read More.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total value of $310,376.99. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. The trade was a 29.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders sold 17,042 shares of company stock valued at $4,294,061. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

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.