F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG cut its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 42.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,200 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 5,400 shares during the period. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,838,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of FFIV. State Street Corp boosted its position in F5 by 1.7% during the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after purchasing an additional 53,712 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP increased its position in shares of F5 by 1.2% in the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $528,209,000 after buying an additional 18,806 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp raised its stake in shares of F5 by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,017,715 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $328,915,000 after buying an additional 25,052 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 4.1% during the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 839,648 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $271,366,000 after buying an additional 32,970 shares during the period. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 6.4% during the 3rd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 839,561 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $271,338,000 after buying an additional 50,278 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total transaction of $273,451.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,497,071. This trade represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total transaction of $190,610.40. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 26,329 shares in the company, valued at $7,294,449.45. This trade represents a 2.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 20,181 shares of company stock valued at $5,546,072 in the last three months. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $289.33 on Wednesday. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $279.50 and its 200 day moving average price is $277.03. The company has a market cap of $16.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.93, a PEG ratio of 7.82 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.84 EPS. The firm’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 predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About F5

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.