Swiss National Bank Lowers Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Swiss National Bank cut its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 5.2% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 165,500 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 9,000 shares during the quarter. Swiss National Bank owned 0.29% of F5 worth $53,488,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Alberta Investment Management Corp bought a new stake in F5 during the second quarter worth about $883,000. Railway Pension Investments Ltd increased its position in shares of F5 by 27.0% during the 3rd quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,510,000 after purchasing an additional 5,600 shares during the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. increased its position in shares of F5 by 53.0% during the 2nd quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 5,204 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,532,000 after purchasing an additional 1,802 shares during the last quarter. Convergence Investment Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 128.1% during the 3rd quarter. Convergence Investment Partners LLC now owns 7,931 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,563,000 after buying an additional 4,454 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 217.7% during the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $74,142,000 after buying an additional 157,318 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Down 2.4%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $282.69 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.98 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.38, a PEG ratio of 8.20 and a beta of 1.01. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $274.45 and a 200 day moving average of $280.35. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The business had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.84 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,110,672.20. The trade was a 29.32% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. This trade represents a 2.44% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 23,501 shares of company stock worth $6,415,370 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have issued reports on FFIV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and upped their target price for the stock from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 15th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Barclays upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $309.89.

About F5

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.