Shell Asset Management Co. Sells 13,852 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Shell Asset Management Co. lowered its position in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 68.2% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,470 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 13,852 shares during the period. Shell Asset Management Co.’s holdings in F5 were worth $2,091,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the second quarter valued at about $207,492,000. Nordea Investment Management AB increased its stake in shares of F5 by 217.7% during the 3rd quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 229,591 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $74,142,000 after purchasing an additional 157,318 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. raised its stake in shares of F5 by 503.9% in the third quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 163,525 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $52,850,000 after buying an additional 136,445 shares during the period. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina lifted its holdings in F5 by 223.2% during the second quarter. Treasurer of the State of North Carolina now owns 140,547 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $41,366,000 after purchasing an additional 97,057 shares during the last quarter. Finally, First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in F5 by 5.8% in the 2nd quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 1,615,555 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $475,490,000 after buying an additional 87,923 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

FFIV has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Evercore reaffirmed a “cautious” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, December 17th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 target price (up previously from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a “strong sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

More F5 News

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zacks Research raised several near‑term and multi‑year EPS forecasts for F5 (including FY2026–FY2028 and certain quarterly tweaks), which supports upside to consensus earnings expectations and helped sentiment. Zacks estimates summary
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional buying reported in Q4 (notable positions added by Northwestern Mutual, Norges Bank, Deutsche Bank and UBS) signals strong fund conviction and may underpin the share price. Institutional ownership details
• Positive Sentiment: F5’s January quarter earlier this year beat EPS and revenue estimates and management set FY26 guidance above some expectations — a fundamental driver supporting the recent rally. Quarterly results and guidance
• Neutral Sentiment: Short‑interest reporting for mid‑February shows anomalous zero values in some feeds (likely a reporting glitch); treat the strange numbers cautiously and rely on the January short‑interest snapshot instead.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or are soliciting lead‑plaintiff claims in a securities class action alleging F5 misled investors about security issues in its BIG‑IP products (claims reference an alleged long‑term undetected intrusion). The Feb. 17 lead‑plaintiff deadline is driving a cluster of notices and heightening litigation risk and reputational uncertainty. Hagens Berman filing GlobeNewswire notice
• Negative Sentiment: Clustered insider selling disclosed Feb. 10 (including sales by the CTO and multiple EVPs) can spook investors even if sales are for diversification/liquidity — review the Form 4s for context. SEC Form 4

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Thomas Dean Fountain sold 3,343 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $261.87, for a total transaction of $875,431.41. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 8,060 shares in the company, valued at $2,110,672.20. The trade was a 29.32% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,309 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, December 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $237.11, for a total transaction of $310,376.99. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 8,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,041,517.10. The trade was a 13.20% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 20,301 shares of company stock worth $5,204,053. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $273.93 on Friday. F5, Inc. has a 52-week low of $223.76 and a 52-week high of $346.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.66, a PEG ratio of 7.76 and a beta of 1.00. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $266.74 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $285.07.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $755.97 million. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $3.84 EPS. F5’s revenue 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. As a group, equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

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.