F5, Inc. $FFIV Holdings Trimmed by Assenagon Asset Management S.A.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. reduced its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 46.7% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 31,842 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 27,934 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A.’s holdings in F5 were worth $9,213,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter valued at about $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 109.8% during the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the fourth quarter worth approximately $28,000. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC lifted its position in F5 by 113.8% in the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UMB Bank n.a. lifted its position in F5 by 64.5% in the 4th quarter. UMB Bank n.a. now owns 153 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $39,000 after buying an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ FFIV opened at $394.53 on Monday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $366.71 and a 200 day simple moving average of $308.23. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $223.76 and a twelve month high of $411.52. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.26 billion, a PE ratio of 32.37, a P/E/G ratio of 4.63 and a beta of 1.04.

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Evercore raised F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Piper Sandler boosted their target price on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their target price on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $382.67.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed 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, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total transaction of $1,276,346.37. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.