F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by DAVENPORT & Co LLC

DAVENPORT & Co LLC decreased its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 47.7% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,178 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 4,731 shares during the period. DAVENPORT & Co LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,322,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 during the third quarter worth $37,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter valued at about $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the third quarter worth about $49,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its stake in shares of F5 by 2,128.6% during the third quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $50,000 after purchasing an additional 149 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price target (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings lowered F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays lifted their price target on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $281.98 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.94 billion, a PE ratio of 23.32, a P/E/G ratio of 7.99 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $278.68 and its 200 day moving average price is $277.65.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The company’s revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.84 EPS. 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 forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,110,672.20. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the sale, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 20,181 shares of company stock valued at $5,546,072 over the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.