Legal & General Group Plc Cuts Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Legal & General Group Plc lessened its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 4.0% in the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 481,058 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 19,982 shares during the quarter. Legal & General Group Plc’s holdings in F5 were worth $122,795,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hantz Financial Services Inc. boosted its holdings in F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth about $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 3rd quarter worth about $37,000. Torren Management LLC acquired a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth about $43,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in F5 by 288.1% in the 1st quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other news, CTO Kunal Anand sold 3,123 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $322.33, for a total transaction of $1,006,636.59. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer owned 12,194 shares in the company, valued at $3,930,492.02. This trade represents a 20.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 1,500 shares of F5 stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $525,000.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 2,906 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,017,100. The trade was a 34.04% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 24,491 shares of company stock worth $7,966,227. 0.48% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $383.43 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $21.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.45, a P/E/G ratio of 8.92 and a beta of 1.00. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $325.16 and its 200-day simple moving average is $285.18. F5, Inc. has a 1-year low of $223.76 and a 1-year high of $399.59.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its 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 business 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 revenue for the quarter was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.42 EPS. 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, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.79 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms recently issued reports on FFIV. Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, March 30th. Bank of America lifted their price objective on F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Tuesday. Evercore upgraded F5 from an “in-line” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $475.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Monday, May 18th. Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on F5 from $375.00 to $425.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, May 19th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Seven investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $358.56.

About F5

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.