F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Intech Investment Management LLC

Intech Investment Management LLC decreased its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 23.5% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 57,098 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 17,543 shares during the quarter. Intech Investment Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $16,805,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 6.2% in the first quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in F5 by 3.8% in the 2nd 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 boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 15.5% in the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $280,835,000 after buying an additional 141,680 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its position in shares of F5 by 24.0% during the first quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $220,693,000 after buying an additional 160,708 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of F5 by 37.5% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $216,757,000 after buying an additional 226,231 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Down 2.0%

F5 stock opened at $234.00 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $13.44 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.81, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $227.04 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $300.90 and a 200-day simple moving average of $298.17.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results 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. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.67 EPS. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on FFIV. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Barclays dropped their target price on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler decreased their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at approximately $38,357,586.54. This trade represents a 0.85% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504 over the last quarter. 0.52% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.