Systematic Financial Management LP Lowers Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Systematic Financial Management LP reduced its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 19.0% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 12,899 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 3,016 shares during the period. Systematic Financial Management LP’s holdings in F5 were worth $3,293,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Pacific Sage Partners LLC lifted its position in F5 by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. lifted its position in F5 by 4.4% during the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $247,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 4.5% during 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 period. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 3.8% during 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 period. Finally, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund lifted its position in F5 by 0.8% during the 4th quarter. Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund now owns 6,569 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,677,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares in the company, valued at $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 available through this link. 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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,664,474.80. This represents a 14.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last three months, insiders sold 24,491 shares of company stock valued at $7,966,227. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Barclays lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $353.00.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $393.63 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $22.21 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.29, a P/E/G ratio of 9.05 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $395.77. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average of $316.75 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $281.09.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.47 by $0.43. The business had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. F5’s revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.42 EPS. 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, equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 EPS for the current year.

About F5

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.