Hsbc Holdings PLC Has $208.28 Million Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Hsbc Holdings PLC lowered its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 13.8% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 499,823 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 79,856 shares during the quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $208,277,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth $205,706,000. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 127.0% in the fourth quarter. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. now owns 34,529 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $8,814,000 after buying an additional 19,315 shares during the last quarter. iA Global Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in F5 during the 1st quarter valued at $6,469,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth about $140,460,000. Finally, Tredje AP fonden lifted its position in F5 by 98.2% during the fourth quarter. Tredje AP fonden now owns 7,683 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,961,000 after acquiring an additional 3,807 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,341,917.80. This trade represents a 13.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at approximately $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% 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 quarter, insiders have sold 13,199 shares of company stock valued at $5,316,411. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 target price for the company in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $390.47 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $22.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.09, a P/E/G ratio of 3.82 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $223.76 and a 1 year high of $435.00. The business’s 50-day moving average is $404.93 and its 200-day moving average is $356.71.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $4.16 EPS. 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 anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS 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.