F5, Inc. $FFIV Holdings Lowered by Truist Financial Corp

Truist Financial Corp cut its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 14.8% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 36,221 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 6,278 shares during the period. Truist Financial Corp’s holdings in F5 were worth $11,706,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. One Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 17.6% in the third quarter. One Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 1,527 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $494,000 after acquiring an additional 228 shares in the last quarter. Scalar Gauge Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $323,000. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC grew its stake in F5 by 6.3% in the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 10,228 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $3,306,000 after buying an additional 606 shares during the last quarter. LBP AM SA bought a new stake in F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $1,778,000. Finally, CIBC Asset Management Inc boosted its holdings in F5 by 3.0% in the 3rd quarter. CIBC Asset Management Inc now owns 8,312 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,686,000 after purchasing an additional 242 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about F5

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

F5 Stock Down 2.4%

FFIV opened at $275.61 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $15.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.80, a PEG ratio of 8.19 and a beta of 0.98. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $346.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $259.57 and a 200-day moving average price of $286.73.

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

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,041,517.10. This represents a 13.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the business’s 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 transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,110,672.20. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 37,158 shares of company stock valued at $9,319,717 in the last ninety days. 0.52% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts recently commented on FFIV shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, November 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Barclays raised 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. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus 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.