Ritholtz Wealth Management Cuts Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Ritholtz Wealth Management lessened its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 48.1% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 2,264 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 2,102 shares during the period. Ritholtz Wealth Management’s holdings in F5 were worth $655,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC bought a new position in F5 in the first quarter worth approximately $202,000. OP Asset Management Ltd bought a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter valued at $1,695,000. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise boosted its position in F5 by 42.8% during the 1st quarter. Banque Cantonale Vaudoise now owns 14,367 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $4,157,000 after acquiring an additional 4,304 shares in the last quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 113.8% in the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 233.0% in the 1st quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 118,072 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,162,000 after acquiring an additional 82,620 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 2,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $400.00, for a total transaction of $1,000,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 406 shares in the company, valued at $162,400. This represents a 86.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 22,579 shares of company stock worth $7,836,860 in the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

F5 Trading Up 1.3%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $415.96 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $370.86 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $310.42. The stock has a market cap of $23.47 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.12, a PEG ratio of 4.82 and a beta of 1.04. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $427.54.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the firm earned $3.42 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. Analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on FFIV. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 26th. Barclays raised their price target on shares of F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a report on Friday, May 29th. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, six have issued a Buy rating, four have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $382.67.

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.