Junto Capital Management LP Trims Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Junto Capital Management LP cut its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 59.0% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 145,175 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 209,002 shares during the period. Junto Capital Management LP’s holdings in F5 were worth $60,387,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in FFIV. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its position in F5 by 14.6% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 22,144 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $9,211,000 after purchasing an additional 2,814 shares during the period. National Pension Service grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 10.5% during the 2nd quarter. National Pension Service now owns 14,091 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,861,000 after purchasing an additional 1,341 shares during the period. Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter worth about $459,000. Baird Financial Group Inc. increased its position in shares of F5 by 9.8% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 4,536 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,887,000 after purchasing an additional 405 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Allworth Financial LP raised its holdings in F5 by 419.3% in the 2nd quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 779 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $324,000 after buying an additional 629 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $404.63 on Thursday. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.91 billion, a PE ratio of 32.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.81 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 firm’s 50-day moving average is $403.61 and its two-hundred day moving average is $359.23.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 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 net margin of 21.95% and a return on equity of 21.54%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $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. Analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other F5 news, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were 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 of the company’s stock, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This trade represents a 2.51% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 12,199 shares of company stock worth $4,917,061 over the last 90 days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on the stock. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. 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 research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Evercore raised shares of F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price target on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 26th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, F5 presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $416.62.

F5 Profile

F5, Inc is a technology company that provides application delivery, security and traffic-management solutions for enterprises, service providers and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers ensure the availability, performance and security of applications across on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge environments.

The company’s portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.