F5, Inc. $FFIV Stock Holdings Lowered by Strs Ohio

Strs Ohio cut its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 85.4% in the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 1,377 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 8,023 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in F5 were worth $445,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Rakuten Investment Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter worth $8,939,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 10.3% during the third quarter. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH now owns 106,417 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $34,393,000 after purchasing an additional 9,927 shares during the last quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 44.7% during the third quarter. Chicago Partners Investment Group LLC now owns 2,004 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $648,000 after purchasing an additional 619 shares during the last quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. boosted its position in shares of F5 by 105.1% in the 3rd quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 14,354 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $4,639,000 after purchasing an additional 7,354 shares during the period. Finally, Inscription Capital LLC increased its stake in F5 by 86.5% in the 3rd quarter. Inscription Capital LLC now owns 5,011 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,620,000 after purchasing an additional 2,324 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Down 2.4%

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $275.61 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $15.66 billion, a PE ratio of 22.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 0.98. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $259.57 and its 200-day simple moving average is $286.73.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates 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 analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.84 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter 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. As a group, analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on the stock. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Evercore ISI restated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

Insider Activity at F5

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total value of $875,431.41. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the transaction, the director directly 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 disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders sold 37,158 shares of company stock valued at $9,319,717. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Q1 results and guidance beat: F5 reported stronger-than-expected Q1 earnings and revenue and raised FY26 and Q2 EPS guidance, which sparked the post-earnings rally and underpins fundamental upside. Earnings Beat / Gap Up
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades/price-target increases: RBC raised its price target (boosting upside expectations) and other banks (Goldman, JPMorgan, Barclays) have lifted targets or maintained positive stances, supporting momentum from the earnings print. RBC PT Raise
• Positive Sentiment: Sell-side optimism: Zacks upgraded FFIV to a Strong Buy, adding near-term analyst support to the rally. Zacks Upgrade
• Neutral Sentiment: Barclays raised its target modestly but kept an equal-weight rating — supportive but not unequivocally bullish, so it tempers the upgrade-driven momentum. Barclays Note
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider selling: an F5 EVP disclosed the sale of ~3,343 shares (Form 4). Repeated, scheduled insider sales are being watched by the market but are not an explicit red flag by themselves. Insider Sale Filing
• Negative Sentiment: Legal and security risk: multiple law firms (Hagens Berman, Rosen, Robbins Geller, Pomerantz, Faruqi, etc.) have issued investor alerts and are soliciting plaintiffs in securities-class actions alleging F5 misled investors about a long-term, undetected hack and source-code theft. These filings raise potential litigation costs, settlement risk and reputational damage — likely the primary reason for today’s pullback. Hagens Berman Investor Alert

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.