Magnetar Financial LLC Lowers Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Magnetar Financial LLC lessened its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 74.9% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 895 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 2,666 shares during the period. Magnetar Financial LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $263,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 6.2% during the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,434,583,000 after buying an additional 312,415 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its position 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 acquiring an additional 228,790 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in F5 by 37.5% in the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $216,757,000 after acquiring an additional 226,231 shares during the last quarter. Nuveen LLC purchased a new stake in F5 during the first quarter valued at about $46,920,000. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 24.0% in the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $220,693,000 after purchasing an additional 160,708 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $238.22 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $13.69 billion, a PE ratio of 20.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $285.97 and a 200-day moving average price of $296.41.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $810.09 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.67 earnings per share. F5 has set its FY 2026 guidance at 14.500-15.500 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 3.350-3.850 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $252.98, for a total transaction of $328,874.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 151,623 shares in the company, valued at $38,357,586.54. The trade was a 0.85% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders sold 26,337 shares of company stock valued at $6,810,713. 0.52% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the topic of a number of research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. decreased their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Barclays cut their price objective on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 1st. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $295.56.

F5 Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.