Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd Boosts Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd increased its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 16.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 36,277 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 5,122 shares during the quarter. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd owned 0.06% of F5 worth $11,724,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Cambria Investment Management L.P. boosted its position in F5 by 8.9% in the 3rd quarter. Cambria Investment Management L.P. now owns 1,028 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $332,000 after buying an additional 84 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 4.8% during the third quarter. CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 2,623 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $848,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the third quarter worth about $2,561,000. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Danske Bank A S acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the third quarter worth about $30,315,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total transaction of $1,064,655.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $42,621,080.19. The trade was a 2.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total value of $487,192.50. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 22,391 shares of company stock valued at $6,121,487 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

FFIV has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price target on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price target (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $309.89.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $284.28 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average of $276.64 and a 200-day moving average of $279.12. The company has a market cap of $16.07 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.51, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.22 and a beta of 1.01. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year 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 for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. F5’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

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.