F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG

J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG lowered its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 42.9% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 7,200 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 5,400 shares during the quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,838,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of FFIV. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd increased its position in shares of F5 by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,387,000 after purchasing an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 4.5% in the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its position in F5 by 3.8% in the third quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $457,000 after buying an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC boosted its stake in F5 by 42.1% during the third quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 189 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $61,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Finally, Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 5.0% during the third quarter. Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,180 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $381,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Zacks Research raised shares of F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded shares of F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their target price for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC restated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $289.33 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $16.35 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.82 and a beta of 1.01. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $279.50 and its two-hundred day moving average is $277.03. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.84 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other F5 news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total transaction of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. The trade was a 2.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total transaction of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 1,309 shares in the company, valued at approximately $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 20,181 shares of company stock valued at $5,546,072 over the last ninety days. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

F5 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.