F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by California State Teachers Retirement System

California State Teachers Retirement System decreased its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 2.0% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 96,920 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 1,995 shares during the period. California State Teachers Retirement System’s holdings in F5 were worth $28,042,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of FFIV. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 7,357,293 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,878,023,000 after buying an additional 114,533 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in F5 by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,042,716,000 after buying an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP lifted its holdings in F5 by 68.5% during the 4th quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $702,897,000 after buying an additional 1,119,291 shares during the last quarter. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of F5 in the 4th quarter worth approximately $579,699,000. Finally, Invesco Ltd. grew its position in shares of F5 by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,537,680 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $392,508,000 after acquiring an additional 106,616 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on FFIV. Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday. Bank of America boosted their target price on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Five 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 has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

F5 Trading Up 3.6%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $402.57 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $435.00. The company has a market cap of $22.71 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.97 and a beta of 1.03. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $401.57 and its 200 day simple moving average is $333.91.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.00 by $0.73. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The firm had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $834.60 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $4.16 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 13.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $49,592,618.71. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% 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 ninety days, insiders have sold 22,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,836,860. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

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.