F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by TD Asset Management Inc

TD Asset Management Inc cut its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 9.3% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 30,508 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 3,112 shares during the period. TD Asset Management Inc’s holdings in F5 were worth $7,787,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. raised its position in shares of F5 by 109.8% during the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in F5 in the third quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in F5 by 288.1% in the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,783 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on 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 directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at $49,592,618.71. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 1,328 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $330.58, for a total value of $439,010.24. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,664,474.80. The trade was a 14.15% 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 have sold 21,579 shares of company stock worth $7,437,510 in the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Weiss Ratings raised F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, March 30th. Bank of America increased 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. Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on F5 from $340.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their target price on shares of F5 from $356.00 to $423.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 29th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $382.67.

F5 Stock Down 0.2%

F5 stock opened at $395.23 on Wednesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $22.30 billion, a PE ratio of 32.42, a P/E/G ratio of 9.12 and a beta of 1.04. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $411.52. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $342.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $294.44.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The business had revenue of $811.70 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.42 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 11.0% on a year-over-year basis. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 12.78 EPS for the current fiscal year.

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.