F5, Inc. $FFIV Stock Sold by Curated Wealth Partners LLC

Curated Wealth Partners LLC decreased its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 92.4% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 1,055 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 12,821 shares during the quarter. Curated Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $470,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 963.6% during the first quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 113.8% in the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the last quarter. Persistent Asset Partners Ltd bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth about $36,000. Bell Investment Advisors Inc purchased a new position in F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at about $49,000. Finally, Elevation Wealth Partners LLC increased its holdings in F5 by 373.1% during the 2nd quarter. Elevation Wealth Partners LLC now owns 123 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $51,000 after purchasing an additional 97 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, Director Nikhil Mehta sold 4,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $388.95, for a total value of $1,555,800.00. Following the sale, the director owned 7,043 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,739,374.85. This trade represents a 36.22% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 16,829 shares of company stock valued at $6,815,302. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on FFIV shares. Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, August 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $508.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, October 12th. Morgan Stanley raised their target price on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Zacks Research lowered shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $426.00.

F5 Price Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $442.03 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $483.30. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $423.56 and its 200 day simple moving average is $389.42. The firm has a market capitalization of $25.03 billion, a P/E ratio of 35.19, a PEG ratio of 4.33 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $834.60 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $4.16 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About F5

F5, Inc develops application delivery, security and management technologies that help organizations deploy, protect and optimize applications across data centers, public clouds, edge environments and distributed networks. Its offerings are designed to support application availability, performance, scalability and security across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP application delivery and security solutions, NGINX web and application delivery technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud services.