Savant Capital LLC Sells 2,338 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Savant Capital LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 69.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 1,050 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 2,338 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $268,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 15,103.5% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,519 shares during the period. UBS Group AG lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 141.2% during the 4th quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,023,869 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $261,353,000 after acquiring an additional 599,384 shares during the period. William Blair Investment Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth about $140,460,000. M&T Bank Corp lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 17,181.1% during the 4th quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 309,158 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $78,916,000 after acquiring an additional 307,369 shares during the period. Finally, Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 169.2% during the 3rd quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec now owns 462,740 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $149,553,000 after acquiring an additional 290,828 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other F5 news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 21,579 shares of company stock worth $7,437,510 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $425.00 price objective on shares of F5 in a report on Friday, May 29th. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $379.89.

F5 Stock Down 3.7%

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $393.35 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $411.52. The company has a market capitalization of $22.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.27, a P/E/G ratio of 9.05 and a beta of 1.04. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $338.41 and a 200 day moving average price of $291.60.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The firm had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $783.82 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.42 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 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.