Synergy Asset Management LLC Has $358,000 Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Synergy Asset Management LLC cut its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 74.9% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,403 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 4,188 shares during the quarter. Synergy Asset Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $358,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd boosted its position in F5 by 0.6% in the third quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,387,000 after buying an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in shares of F5 by 4.5% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.8% during the third quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $457,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 42.1% in the 3rd quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 189 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $61,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 5.0% in the 3rd quarter. Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,180 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $381,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the topic of several recent research reports. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Barclays increased their target price on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings lowered F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Five equities research 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 company currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total value of $190,610.40. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 26,329 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $7,294,449.45. The trade was a 2.55% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. The trade was a 2.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 21,281 shares of company stock worth $5,835,218. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $281.98 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $15.94 billion, a PE ratio of 23.32, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.30 and a beta of 1.01. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $278.68 and its 200-day moving average is $278.32.

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

F5 Company 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.