Forsta AP Fonden Sells 300 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Forsta AP Fonden trimmed its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 32,800 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 300 shares during the period. Forsta AP Fonden owned approximately 0.06% of F5 worth $9,654,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its position in F5 by 6.2% in the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,434,583,000 after purchasing an additional 312,415 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 15.5% during 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 boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 24.0% in the 1st 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 during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 37.5% in the 1st 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 last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 40.8% in the second quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $232,302,000 after acquiring an additional 228,790 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $238.87 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $227.04 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $302.54 and a 200-day moving average price of $298.39. The firm has a market cap of $13.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $3.67 EPS. The business’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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 25,641 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,404,352.57. This represents a 26.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 151,623 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $38,357,586.54. This trade represents a 0.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 24,117 shares of company stock valued at $6,297,504. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays cut their target price on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, Bank of America dropped 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. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

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.