F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by QRG Capital Management Inc.

QRG Capital Management Inc. lowered its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 75.0% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,173 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 3,520 shares during the period. QRG Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in F5 were worth $379,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Millennium Management LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 166.5% during the first quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 62,906 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $16,750,000 after purchasing an additional 39,305 shares in the last quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC increased its stake in F5 by 1,281.4% during the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 967 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $257,000 after buying an additional 897 shares during the period. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. raised its position in shares of F5 by 38.4% during the 1st quarter. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. now owns 298,297 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $79,428,000 after buying an additional 82,835 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter worth about $257,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Key Stories Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts expect F5 to beat or at least print resilient metrics in the coming Q1 release; commentary highlights the company’s history of earnings surprises and favorable metric-level projections that could support upside if results and guidance come in strong. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Preview pieces are flagging the upcoming Q1 report as a catalyst — if F5 repeats its recent earnings-beat pattern or raises forward assumptions, sentiment and the stock could recover from the current pullback. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider activity: EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares at roughly $262.7 on Jan. 20 — part of a sequence of routine sales; such disposals are often portfolio management and not a definitive signal on company fundamentals. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have launched or solicited participation in securities class actions following F5’s disclosure of a material cybersecurity incident (discovered Aug. 9, 2025) and the company’s guidance hit — litigation risk and potential settlements could be costly and create headline-driven volatility. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Additional plaintiff firm notices (Hagens Berman, Rosen, Faruqi, Bragar Eagel & Squire, Pomerantz, Bernstein Liebhard, etc.) are circulating and reminding investors of a Feb. 17, 2026 lead‑plaintiff deadline — continued legal solicitations keep the issue in the news and increase the odds of protracted litigation and settlement costs. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Firms highlighting alleged investor harm point to the prior share decline after the breach disclosure; until the company resolves the revenue impact and legal exposure, valuation may face downward pressure and elevated volatility. Read More.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. Barclays lowered their price objective on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America lowered their price target on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Evercore ISI reaffirmed a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $299.78.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total transaction of $308,087.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $35,625,047.77. This represents a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 33,815 shares of company stock worth $8,444,286. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $259.26 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.06 billion, a PE ratio of 21.95, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 0.98. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $254.60 and a 200-day moving average of $287.47. 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 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. The business had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.67 EPS. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 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.