F5, Inc. $FFIV Stock Holdings Cut by Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd

Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd cut its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 41.3% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 21,303 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 14,974 shares during the period. Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd’s holdings in F5 were worth $5,438,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Pacific Sage Partners LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after buying an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd raised 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 worth $2,387,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $338,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in F5 by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $457,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 5.0% during 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 purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of several recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their target price on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $316.44.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total value of $525,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer owned 2,906 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,017,100. This trade represents a 34.04% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total transaction of $439,010.24. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. The trade was a 14.15% 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. Insiders have sold 29,328 shares of company stock worth $9,319,571 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

F5 Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of FFIV opened at $357.40 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $303.72 and its 200 day moving average price is $275.62. The stock has a market capitalization of $20.16 billion, a P/E ratio of 29.32, a P/E/G ratio of 8.21 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $362.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company 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. On average, research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.71 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.