Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Cuts Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC cut its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 16.8% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 25,171 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 5,077 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $8,135,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at $207,492,000. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in F5 by 40.8% in the second quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $232,302,000 after purchasing an additional 228,790 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in F5 by 503.9% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 163,525 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $52,850,000 after purchasing an additional 136,445 shares during the last quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC boosted its position in F5 by 61.8% during the first quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 356,362 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $94,889,000 after buying an additional 136,071 shares during the period. Finally, Treasurer of the State of North Carolina grew its stake in shares of F5 by 223.2% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 140,547 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $41,366,000 after buying an additional 97,057 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

F5 Stock Performance

FFIV opened at $269.31 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.64 billion, a PE ratio of 22.80, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.58 and a beta of 0.98. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $249.85 and its 200-day moving average price is $289.51. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings results 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. The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The firm’s revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS and its Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,110 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $263.79, for a total value of $292,806.90. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 13,623 shares in the company, valued at $3,593,611.17. This trade represents a 7.53% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $236.99, for a total value of $308,087.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $35,625,047.77. The trade was a 0.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 31,595 shares of company stock valued at $7,858,505. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on FFIV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays lowered their price objective on F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America dropped their price objective on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. Finally, Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $294.22.

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.