Versor Investments LP Acquires 1,594 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Versor Investments LP lifted its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 63.8% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 4,094 shares of the network technology company’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,594 shares during the quarter. Versor Investments LP’s holdings in F5 were worth $1,205,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Private Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the first quarter worth approximately $469,000. Vestcor Inc raised its stake in shares of F5 by 689.3% in the first quarter. Vestcor Inc now owns 7,364 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,961,000 after purchasing an additional 6,431 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 17.4% in the second quarter. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC now owns 9,622 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,832,000 after purchasing an additional 1,428 shares during the last quarter. Morningstar Investment Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the second quarter worth approximately $240,000. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of F5 by 15.4% in the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 18,477 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $5,438,000 after purchasing an additional 2,461 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 5,297 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, August 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $322.24, for a total transaction of $1,706,905.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 23,591 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,601,963.84. This represents a 18.34% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $320.61, for a total value of $416,793.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 107,553 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $34,482,567.33. This trade represents a 1.19% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 9,298 shares of company stock valued at $2,978,754. Company insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have recently commented on FFIV. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their price objective on F5 from $320.00 to $295.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on F5 from $352.00 to $336.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Zacks Research downgraded F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. Evercore ISI reissued a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Piper Sandler decreased their price target on F5 from $355.00 to $277.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $253.05 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22. The company has a market capitalization of $14.54 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.43, a PEG ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $315.24 and a 200 day moving average of $300.02. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $227.04 and a 12 month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The company had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $794.06 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $3.67 earnings per share. F5’s revenue was up 8.5% on a year-over-year basis. 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, sell-side analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

F5 Profile

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.