Quantum Portfolio Management LLC Grows Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Quantum Portfolio Management LLC grew its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 54.6% in the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,816 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,055 shares during the quarter. Quantum Portfolio Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,880,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. State Street Corp boosted its position in F5 by 1.5% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,172,614 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $933,764,000 after buying an additional 48,057 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 3.8% during the second quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 1,741,117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $511,016,000 after acquiring an additional 64,420 shares during the period. First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in shares of F5 by 5.8% during the second quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,615,555 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $475,490,000 after acquiring an additional 87,923 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.4% in the third quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 839,561 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $271,338,000 after purchasing an additional 50,278 shares during the period. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in F5 in the second quarter worth approximately $207,492,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Price Performance

FFIV opened at $268.22 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.58 billion, a PE ratio of 22.71, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.55 and a beta of 0.98. The business’s 50-day moving average is $252.23 and its two-hundred day moving average is $288.62. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The business had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: J.P. Morgan upgraded F5 to “overweight” and raised its price target (to $345), a bullish analyst action that can support buying interest and offset some negative headlines. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Product momentum: F5 highlighted advances in AI/security and NGINXaaS for Google Cloud that support long‑term cloud adoption and recurring revenue potential (business growth catalyst). Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Insider selling: EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares on Jan. 12 (part of a series of periodic sales) — a disclosed sale investors often view as neutral-to-mildly negative absent further context. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/estimate moves: Zacks and some research houses have trimmed near‑term estimates or ratings recently, signaling caution but not large downward revisions. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple plaintiff firms have filed or are soliciting plaintiffs in securities‑fraud suits tied to F5’s disclosed “material cybersecurity incident” (discovered Aug. 9, 2025) and subsequent revenue impacts; notices (Hagens Berman, Kuehn Law, Robbins, Rosen, Faruqi, Bragar, others) allege misstatements about security and seek lead‑plaintiff status (Feb. 17, 2026 deadline). Litigation risk, potential financial exposure, and reputational damage are the primary negative drivers today. Representative notices: Read More. Read More.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, December 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the sale, the director owned 8,610 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $265.00, for a total transaction of $294,150.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 12,513 shares in the company, valued at $3,315,945. The trade was a 8.15% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 32,705 shares of company stock worth $8,152,655. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Royal Bank Of Canada raised F5 from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $315.00 to $325.00 in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their price objective for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b-)” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Monday, December 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $299.78.

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.