F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Pacer Advisors Inc.

Pacer Advisors Inc. trimmed its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 76.2% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 64,646 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 207,061 shares during the quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc.’s holdings in F5 were worth $16,502,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. increased its position in F5 by 109.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. UMB Bank n.a. raised its holdings in F5 by 64.5% in the fourth quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 153 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $39,000 after buying an additional 60 shares during the period. Finally, Torren Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $43,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $385.49 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $357.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $302.66. The company has a market cap of $21.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.62, a PEG ratio of 4.52 and a beta of 1.04. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $411.52.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $3.42 EPS. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on FFIV shares. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $382.67.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total transaction of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,295,158.08. This trade represents a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last quarter, insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 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.