Savant Capital LLC Cuts Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Savant Capital LLC lowered its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 39.0% during the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 3,525 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 2,256 shares during the period. Savant Capital LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,037,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC increased its stake in F5 by 6.2% in the first 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 acquiring an additional 312,415 shares during the last quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 659.3% in the 1st quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 316,992 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $84,405,000 after purchasing an additional 275,244 shares in the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. increased its position in shares of F5 by 40.8% during the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 789,283 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $232,302,000 after purchasing an additional 228,790 shares during the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of F5 by 37.5% during the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $216,757,000 after buying an additional 226,231 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 1st quarter valued at about $46,920,000. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $238.87 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $302.54 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $298.39. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $227.04 and a 12-month high of $346.00. The firm has a market cap of $13.72 billion, a PE ratio of 20.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a quick ratio of 1.56, a current ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. F5 had a net margin of 22.42% and a return on equity of 21.76%. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $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. As a group, equities analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 EPS for the current year.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.78, for a total transaction of $2,077,670.04. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 22,493 shares in the company, valued at $5,618,301.54. This represents a 27.00% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total value of $262,282.14. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 24,117 shares of company stock worth $6,297,504. Corporate insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Royal Bank Of Canada cut their price objective on shares of F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley reduced their target price on shares of F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler cut their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have issued a Hold rating and three have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, F5 has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $295.56.

About F5

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.