Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Trims Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. trimmed its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 63.4% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 59,776 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 103,749 shares during the quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A.’s holdings in F5 were worth $15,258,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $37,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. increased its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the period. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth about $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 in the third quarter valued at approximately $49,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its position in shares of 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 acquiring an additional 149 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and raised their price target for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,621,080.19. This represents a 2.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total value of $190,610.40. Following the transaction, the executive vice president 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. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 21,281 shares of company stock valued at $5,835,218. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $293.15 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $278.40 and its 200-day moving average price is $278.59. The firm has a market capitalization of $16.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.25, a PEG ratio of 8.44 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 posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

F5 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.