Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Sells 12,369 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH trimmed its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 11.6% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 94,048 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 12,369 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in F5 were worth $23,718,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Evergreen Capital Management LLC raised its position in F5 by 259.3% during the 4th quarter. Evergreen Capital Management LLC now owns 3,165 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $808,000 after purchasing an additional 2,284 shares during the last quarter. Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its position in F5 by 14.4% during the 4th quarter. Tokio Marine Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 2,545 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $650,000 after purchasing an additional 321 shares during the last quarter. Berger Financial Group Inc raised its position in F5 by 1.0% during the 4th quarter. Berger Financial Group Inc now owns 21,828 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,572,000 after purchasing an additional 221 shares during the last quarter. Lipe & Dalton raised its position in F5 by 6.5% during the 4th quarter. Lipe & Dalton now owns 3,530 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $901,000 after purchasing an additional 215 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Patton Fund Management Inc. raised its position in F5 by 13.0% during the 4th quarter. Patton Fund Management Inc. now owns 921 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $235,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Trading Up 1.1%

FFIV stock opened at $303.16 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $290.16 and a 200-day moving average price of $274.91. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $17.13 billion, a PE ratio of 25.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.36 and a beta of 0.93.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $755.97 million. During the same period last year, the company posted $3.84 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. On average, analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.32 earnings per share for the current year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FFIV has been the subject of several analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on F5 from $345.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 16th. Finally, Barclays raised their target price on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $311.00.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total value of $487,192.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 6,840 shares in the company, valued at $1,882,710. This trade represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total value of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 1,309 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 16,851 shares of company stock worth $4,667,485. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Company 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.