F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Telemark Asset Management LLC

by · The Cerbat Gem

Telemark Asset Management LLC decreased its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) by 33.3% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 40,000 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 20,000 shares during the period. F5 comprises 1.1% of Telemark Asset Management LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 27th largest holding. Telemark Asset Management LLC owned 0.07% of F5 worth $11,773,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC lifted its position in F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares during the period. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 134.1% during the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter worth $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 in the 1st quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Piper Sandler dropped their price objective on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays cut their price target on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research report on Tuesday, November 11th. Bank of America lowered their price target on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

Read Our Latest Research Report on F5

F5 Stock Up 0.8%

FFIV stock opened at $225.83 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $346.00. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $292.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $297.09. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.97 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.12, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The business had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.67 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. 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.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 9,436 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.77, for a total transaction of $2,356,829.72. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 25,641 shares in the company, valued at $6,404,352.57. This represents a 26.90% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at $38,357,586.54. This represents a 0.85% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 25,227 shares of company stock worth $6,549,963. 0.52% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About F5

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F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.

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