Nisa Investment Advisors LLC Reduces Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 37.0% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 15,869 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 9,302 shares during the quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in F5 were worth $4,051,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in FFIV. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the third quarter valued at $37,000. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in F5 by 288.1% during the 1st 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 during the period. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 2nd quarter valued at about $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $49,000. Finally, SJS Investment Consulting Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 2,128.6% in the 3rd quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 156 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $50,000 after buying an additional 149 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 90.66% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their target price on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upgraded F5 from a “neutral” rating to an “overweight” rating and lifted their price target for the company from $295.00 to $345.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 15th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $325.00 price target (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a “hold (c+)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their target price on shares of F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Stock Up 2.6%

NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $303.35 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 $17.15 billion, a PE ratio of 25.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.27 and a beta of 0.93. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $281.01 and its 200-day moving average price is $277.34.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The company had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.F5’s quarterly revenue was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at F5

In related news, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total value of $487,192.50. Following the sale, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,882,710. This trade represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, insider John Anthony Maddison sold 1,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.66, for a total transaction of $280,660.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 2,925 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $820,930.50. This represents a 25.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 20,181 shares of company stock worth $5,546,072. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.