F5, Inc. $FFIV Shares Sold by Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC

Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC trimmed its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 7.5% in the third quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 4,835,512 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 393,688 shares during the quarter. F5 comprises about 4.8% of Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its biggest holding. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC owned 0.08% of F5 worth $1,562,789,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Alberta Investment Management Corp bought a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter valued at about $883,000. Railway Pension Investments Ltd grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 27.0% during the 3rd quarter. Railway Pension Investments Ltd now owns 26,330 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $8,510,000 after purchasing an additional 5,600 shares in the last quarter. Candriam S.C.A. increased its position in shares of F5 by 53.0% in the second quarter. Candriam S.C.A. now owns 5,204 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $1,532,000 after purchasing an additional 1,802 shares during the period. Genus Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in F5 by 91.9% in the second quarter. Genus Capital Management Inc. now owns 13,760 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $4,050,000 after purchasing an additional 6,590 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC grew its stake in F5 by 124.1% during the second quarter. Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC now owns 8,381 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $2,467,000 after buying an additional 4,641 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of F5 from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Bank of America dropped their price target on F5 from $260.00 to $250.00 and set an “underperform” rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Barclays lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Wall Street Zen downgraded F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, November 28th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on shares of F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the company 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 assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $309.89.

F5 Stock Performance

Shares of FFIV opened at $273.93 on Tuesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $267.25 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $284.70. F5, Inc. has a 52 week low of $223.76 and a 52 week high of $346.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $15.48 billion, a P/E ratio of 22.66, a P/E/G ratio of 7.76 and a beta of 1.00.

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

Insider Transactions at F5

In other news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 199 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $281.37, for a total value of $55,992.63. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 177 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $49,802.49. This represents a 52.93% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 377 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $278.32, for a total transaction of $104,926.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief technology officer directly owned 8,971 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,496,808.72. The trade was a 4.03% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 19,191 shares of company stock valued at $4,951,595. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Key Stories Impacting F5

Here are the key news stories impacting F5 this week:

• Positive Sentiment: F5 reported a solid beat on its most recent quarter (EPS $4.45 vs. $3.63 est.; revenue $822.5M vs. $756M est.) and issued Q2 and FY 2026 EPS guidance, supporting the stock’s rally by reinforcing the company’s profitability and outlook.
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/valuation coverage is mixed but constructive — recent articles examine whether the recent pullback creates value and review long‑ and short‑term returns, providing background for investors assessing entry points. A Look At F5 (FFIV) Valuation After Mixed Short And Long Term Share Returns
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks published updated Q2 estimates for F5, which investors often use to gauge near-term expectations and compare to company guidance. Zacks Research Estimates F5’s Q2 Earnings
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest data in the feed appears to be a data anomaly (shows zero shares and NaN change). The published figures are not actionable until validated by official exchanges; current days-to-cover metrics are effectively meaningless based on that entry.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms have filed or are soliciting lead‑plaintiff interest in a securities class action (lead‑plaintiff deadline Feb. 17) alleging F5 misled investors about security of its BIG‑IP products and a long‑running undetected hack — a material legal overhang that could pressure sentiment and increase potential litigation-related costs. Hagens Berman Feb. 16 Deadline Alert

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.