F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd

Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd cut its stake in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 81.7% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,104 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 4,913 shares during the quarter. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd’s holdings in F5 were worth $325,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of FFIV. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its stake in shares of F5 by 275.0% in the second quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 90 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $26,000 after buying an additional 66 shares in the last quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 134.1% in the 1st quarter. Annis Gardner Whiting Capital Advisors LLC now owns 103 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares during the period. Groupe la Francaise acquired a new stake in F5 in the first quarter valued at approximately $34,000. Flaharty Asset Management LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the first quarter valued at approximately $35,000. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 288.1% during the first quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 163 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $43,000 after purchasing an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of F5 stock opened at $245.74 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.22, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 1.56. F5, Inc. has a 1 year low of $227.04 and a 1 year high of $346.00. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $308.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $299.06. The firm has a market cap of $14.12 billion, a PE ratio of 20.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.08.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Monday, October 27th. The network technology company reported $4.39 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.96 by $0.43. F5 had a return on equity of 21.76% and a net margin of 22.42%.The firm had revenue of $810.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $794.06 million. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $3.67 earnings per share. F5’s quarterly 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. Equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at F5

In related news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 1,062 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $246.97, for a total transaction of $262,282.14. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 8,318 shares of F5 stock in a transaction 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 directly owned 22,493 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,618,301.54. This represents a 27.00% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold a total of 29,414 shares of company stock valued at $8,004,410 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.52% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Barclays lowered their price target on shares of F5 from $321.00 to $267.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of F5 from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, November 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on F5 from $350.00 to $315.00 and set a “sector perform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, October 28th. Bank of America cut their price target on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Evercore ISI restated a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $295.56.

F5 Company 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.