Los Angeles Capital Management LLC Sells 20,483 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Los Angeles Capital Management LLC lessened its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 11.9% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 151,760 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 20,483 shares during the period. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $38,955,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position 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 acquiring an additional 114,533 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in F5 by 1.7% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 3,226,326 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,042,716,000 after acquiring an additional 53,712 shares during the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP grew its position in F5 by 1.2% in the third quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,634,361 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $528,209,000 after acquiring an additional 18,806 shares during the last quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew 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 valued at $298,709,000 after acquiring an additional 1,162,519 shares during the last quarter. Finally, UBS Group AG grew its position in F5 by 141.2% in the fourth quarter. UBS Group AG now owns 1,023,869 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $261,353,000 after acquiring an additional 599,384 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,930,492.02. The trade was a 20.39% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $337.39, for a total value of $1,276,346.37. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $49,592,618.71. This trade represents a 2.51% 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 90 days, insiders sold 21,579 shares of company stock valued at $7,437,510. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have recently commented on FFIV. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. Barclays increased their price target on F5 from $292.00 to $386.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $425.00 price target on shares of F5 in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 29th. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price target on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 26th. Six 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’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $379.89.

F5 Stock Performance

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $393.35 on Monday. The stock has a market cap of $22.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 9.05 and a beta of 1.04. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $338.41 and its 200-day moving average is $292.04. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $411.52.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $783.82 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.50% and a net margin of 21.96%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.42 earnings per share. 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, equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current 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.