F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Penserra Capital Management LLC

Penserra Capital Management LLC reduced its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 10.4% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 310,750 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 36,146 shares during the period. F5 comprises approximately 1.2% of Penserra Capital Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 11th largest position. Penserra Capital Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $100,430,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $49,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. raised its position in F5 by 2,128.6% in the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $50,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares during the period. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Down 2.2%

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $274.63 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $261.16 and its 200 day moving average price is $286.35. The stock has a market cap of $15.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.04 and a beta of 1.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $3.84 EPS. The firm’s 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, equities analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the company’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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. This represents a 13.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total value of $308,087.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 17,042 shares of company stock valued at $4,294,061 over the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Key F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Recent fundamentals and investor focus from the Q4 call: analysts’ takeaways and key questions from F5’s Q4 earnings call (the company reported an EPS beat and raised guidance previously), which provide a fundamental counterbalance to legal headlines. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest note in the feed appears to show anomalous/zero reported short data for early February — not a clear market signal on its own; treat that entry as unreliable until corroborated by official exchange short‑interest reports.
• Negative Sentiment: Widespread class‑action notices and solicitations from multiple law firms alleging that F5 misled investors about product security and an alleged undetected intrusion/source‑code exposure — firms include Hagens Berman, Rosen, Glancy, Pomerantz and others; the publicity and potential damages/legal costs are likely pressuring the stock. Read More. Read More. Read More. Read More.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Bank of America lowered their target price on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Five investment 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $309.89.

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.