Corient Private Wealth LLC Has $2.20 Million Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Corient Private Wealth LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 84.0% in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,483 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 3,416 shares during the quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $2,202,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% during the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise bought a new position in shares of F5 during the first quarter valued at $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the first quarter valued at $35,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter worth $45,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 288.1% during the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $264.76, for a total transaction of $293,883.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 16,943 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,485,828.68. The trade was a 6.15% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders have sold 29,575 shares of company stock worth $7,407,076. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 1.4%

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $260.40 on Tuesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $257.99 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $292.27. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.13 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.05, a PEG ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 0.99.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The company had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.67 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Equities analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Key Stores Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple law firms are soliciting F5 investors and encouraging lead plaintiff applications; these notices are procedural but signal concentrated legal activity and possible consolidation of claims. Law Offices of Howard G. Smith Notice
• Negative Sentiment: Hagens Berman filed a securities class action (Smith v. F5, Inc.) alleging that F5’s disclosure timing and handling of a cybersecurity incident misled investors about business risk and growth prospects — the complaint cites potential revenue/reputational impact. Hagens Berman Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Robbins Geller alleges F5 misled investors with overly optimistic growth outlooks while withholding material facts about a security breach — an accusation that directly targets management statements and could increase legal exposure. Robbins Geller Notice
• Negative Sentiment: Several firms (Kahn Swick, Rosen, Bernstein Liebhard, Kirby McInerney, Bragar Eagel & Squire, Robbins LLP, etc.) have filed or announced lawsuits and investor alerts alleging securities fraud tied to a data breach and stock decline — the volume of firms increases the likelihood of consolidated litigation and higher defense/settlement costs. Kahn Swick Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Bragar Eagel & Squire and other firms published investor alerts as of Dec. 23, reinforcing that new claims are still being solicited — this continued legal attention can keep headline risk elevated and add volatility to the stock. Bragar Eagel & Squire Alert

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Barclays decreased their price target on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Evercore ISI restated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Monday, December 15th. Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $291.11.

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.