Wellington Management Group LLP Sells 310,796 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Wellington Management Group LLP decreased its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 38.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 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’s holdings in F5 were worth $210,838,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter valued at about $2,611,637,000. Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P. bought a new stake in F5 in the fourth quarter worth $579,699,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. increased its position in F5 by 15,103.5% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,170,216 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $298,709,000 after purchasing an additional 1,162,519 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP raised its stake in F5 by 68.5% during the fourth quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 2,753,652 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $702,897,000 after purchasing an additional 1,119,291 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new position in F5 during the fourth quarter valued at $205,706,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, Director Nikhil Ramesh Mehta sold 4,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Thursday, July 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $388.95, for a total transaction of $1,555,800.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 7,043 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,739,374.85. This trade represents a 36.22% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the business’s 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,341,917.80. This represents a 13.03% 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. Insiders have sold 13,199 shares of company stock worth $5,316,411 over the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

FFIV has been the topic of a number of research reports. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday, July 16th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “buy (b)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 11th. Zacks Research lowered F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

F5 Price Performance

F5 stock opened at $407.13 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $23.06 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.85 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 company’s 50-day moving average is $404.64 and its 200 day moving average is $353.35.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its 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%.The company’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 earned $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. Research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 Company 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.