F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt

Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt decreased its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 11.2% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 28,487 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 3,600 shares during the quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt’s holdings in F5 were worth $7,270,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the business. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP lifted its position in F5 by 1,634.3% in the fourth quarter. Westfield Capital Management Co. LP now owns 281,299 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $71,804,000 after acquiring an additional 265,079 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc lifted its position in F5 by 66.6% in the fourth quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 13,845 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $3,534,000 after acquiring an additional 5,533 shares during the last quarter. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC lifted its position in F5 by 182.9% in the fourth quarter. Kesler Norman & Wride LLC now owns 3,666 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $936,000 after acquiring an additional 2,370 shares during the last quarter. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at $26,000. Finally, Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 0.6% in the fourth quarter. Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. now owns 21,772 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $5,558,000 after buying an additional 134 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on FFIV shares. Bank of America upped their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $379.89.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. The trade was a 2.51% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total transaction of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 21,579 shares of company stock worth $7,437,510 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $408.66 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $336.50 and its 200-day simple moving average is $290.88. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $411.52. The company has a market cap of $23.06 billion, a PE ratio of 33.52, a P/E/G ratio of 9.33 and a beta of 1.04.

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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The business’s revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.