Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ Acquires 6,905 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ grew its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 7.5% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 99,481 shares of the network technology company’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,905 shares during the period. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ owned 0.17% of F5 worth $32,151,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 275.0% during the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the third quarter worth $37,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its position 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 acquiring an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the second quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, CNB Bank bought a new position in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $49,000. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently commented on FFIV shares. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their target price for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Wall Street Zen cut F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Bank of America lowered their price objective 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, Weiss Ratings lowered F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Stock Down 1.2%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $270.58 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $267.50 and a 200 day simple moving average of $284.44. The company has a market cap of $15.29 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.38, a P/E/G ratio of 7.76 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.84 earnings per share. 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 anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

More F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest data released Feb. 16 appears anomalous/erroneous (shows 0 shares / NaN change) and does not provide a clear signal on positioning or covering — treat this as noisy data until clarified.
• Negative Sentiment: Hagens Berman and other firms highlight allegations that F5 executives misled the market about the security of BIG‑IP products and that a long‑term, allegedly nation‑state linked intrusion went undetected — allegations that raise regulatory, remediation and liability risk. Hagens Berman Alert
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple national plaintiff firms (Rosen, Faruqi & Faruqi, Robbins Geller, Schall, DJS, Levi & Korsinsky, Faruqi, etc.) are publicly soliciting lead‑plaintiff roles and reminding investors of the Feb. 17, 2026 deadline for claims covering Oct. 28, 2024–Oct. 27, 2025 — increased publicity and multiple competing plaintiffs can amplify litigation costs and settlement risk. Example: Rosen Law Firm notice. Rosen Law Notice
• Negative Sentiment: Levi & Korsinsky published a chronology of alleged events (breach discovered Aug. 9, 2025; initial disclosure Oct. 15, 2025), which frames a concrete timeline investors and regulators can use to assess disclosure adequacy — this increases the clarity and potential momentum of litigation. Levi & Korsinsky Chronology

Insider Activity at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total value of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at $2,041,517.10. This trade represents a 13.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,625,047.77. This trade represents a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 19,191 shares of company stock valued at $4,951,595 in the last quarter. 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.