Wellington Management Group LLP Reduces Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Wellington Management Group LLP reduced its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 38.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 506,870 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 310,796 shares during the quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP owned about 0.90% of F5 worth $210,838,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. purchased a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its holdings in F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 963.6% in the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $34,000 after purchasing an additional 106 shares during the period. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 113.8% during the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after purchasing an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Research downgraded shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $461.00 target price (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $416.62.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $407.13 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $435.00. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $404.64 and its 200 day moving average is $353.35. The stock has a market cap of $23.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.41, a P/E/G ratio of 3.85 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. Analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, Director Elizabeth Buse sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The shares were sold at an average price of $399.35, for a total transaction of $399,350.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 4,947 shares in the company, valued at $1,975,584.45. This trade represents a 16.82% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total transaction of $500,873.04. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,341,917.80. This trade represents a 13.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 13,199 shares of company stock worth $5,316,411 in the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.