Forsta AP Fonden Has $6.02 Million Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Forsta AP Fonden lowered its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 30.0% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 23,600 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 10,100 shares during the period. Forsta AP Fonden’s holdings in F5 were worth $6,024,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 109.8% in the fourth quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares in the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at about $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the third quarter valued at about $37,000. Torren Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at about $43,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $395.62 on Tuesday. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $399.59. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $329.29 and its 200 day simple moving average is $287.29. The stock has a market capitalization of $22.32 billion, a PE ratio of 32.45, a PEG ratio of 8.82 and a beta of 1.04.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The firm had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.42 earnings per share. The company’s revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 6,200 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.19, for a total value of $2,171,178.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 20,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,295,158.08. The trade was a 22.94% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed 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 the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. This trade represents a 14.15% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 24,491 shares of company stock valued at $7,966,227. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages have commented on FFIV. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, April 29th. Morgan Stanley upped their price target on shares of F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 20th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Bank of America upped their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $425.00 price target on shares of F5 in a report on Friday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $379.89.

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.