Forsta AP Fonden Cuts Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

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Forsta AP Fonden decreased its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV – Free Report) by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 32,800 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 300 shares during the period. Forsta AP Fonden’s holdings in F5 were worth $9,654,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. MGO One Seven LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 0.8% during the 2nd quarter. MGO One Seven LLC now owns 4,927 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,450,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its holdings in F5 by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 1,805 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $481,000 after buying an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Signaturefd LLC increased its holdings in shares of F5 by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Signaturefd LLC now owns 1,834 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $540,000 after acquiring an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Ethic Inc. increased its stake in F5 by 0.5% during the second quarter. Ethic Inc. now owns 9,849 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,913,000 after purchasing an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Horizon Investments LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 6.3% in the 1st quarter. Horizon Investments LLC now owns 845 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $225,000 after purchasing an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have recently commented on FFIV shares. Piper Sandler lowered their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their target price on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley cut their target price on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Saturday, November 1st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $295.56.

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F5 Trading Down 0.5%

FFIV stock opened at $238.87 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $227.04 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $302.54 and a 200 day moving average price of $298.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a current ratio of 1.56 and a quick ratio of 1.56. The stock has a market capitalization of $13.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.23, a P/E/G 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, topping 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 firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. The company’s revenue 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. Analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total transaction of $855,055.57. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total value of $2,077,670.04. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 24,117 shares of company stock valued at $6,297,504 over the last three months. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by corporate 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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