Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Has $5.86 Million Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. boosted its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 12.5% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 22,983 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,558 shares during the quarter. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.’s holdings in F5 were worth $5,864,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. UBS Group AG grew its position in F5 by 141.2% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,023,869 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $261,353,000 after purchasing an additional 599,384 shares in the last quarter. M&T Bank Corp grew its position in F5 by 17,181.1% in the fourth quarter. M&T Bank Corp now owns 309,158 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $78,916,000 after purchasing an additional 307,369 shares in the last quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec grew its position in F5 by 169.2% in the third quarter. Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec now owns 462,740 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $149,553,000 after purchasing an additional 290,828 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. grew its position in F5 by 422.7% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 347,125 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $112,187,000 after purchasing an additional 280,719 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nordea Investment Management AB grew its position in F5 by 217.7% in the third quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $74,142,000 after purchasing an additional 157,318 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 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 $322,330.00. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 2,149 shares in the company, valued at approximately $692,687.17. The trade was a 31.76% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. 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 value of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. This trade represents a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 19,577 shares of company stock valued at $5,762,036. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 3.0%

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $339.90 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $19.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.63 and a beta of 1.00. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $294.44 and its 200-day moving average is $273.38. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.42 earnings per share. 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, equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 EPS for the current year.

Key Headlines Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: April-quarter earnings beat and raised guidance — F5 reported $3.90 EPS vs. $3.47 expected and revenue of $811.7M vs. ~$783.8M, with Q3 and fiscal?year 2026 EPS guidance above prior levels. Those fundamental beats and guidance are the most likely driver of the stock’s rise today. MarketBeat Earnings Summary
• Neutral Sentiment: CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), reducing his holding ~20.4%. Large but pre-planned insider sales generally limit negative signaling. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: SVP John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares under a Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), a ~31.8% position reduction. Again, the 10b5-1 structure reduces the likelihood this reflects new negative company information. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: EVP Angelique M. Okeke sold 842 shares under a Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), trimming her stake ~28.5%. The pre-arranged nature weighs against interpreting this as a near-term red flag. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 599 shares under a Rule 10b5-1 plan (avg $322.33), an ~12.0% reduction of his direct holding. As above, the plan reduces the negative signal. SEC Filing
• Neutral Sentiment: EVP Chad M. Whalen sold 704 shares (avg $330.30), a small (~2.5%) trim; this sale was also via a pre-arranged plan. SEC Filing

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $316.44.

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.