Nordea Investment Management AB Cuts Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Nordea Investment Management AB decreased its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV) by 70.8% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 66,947 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 162,644 shares during the period. Nordea Investment Management AB’s holdings in F5 were worth $17,346,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Procyon Advisors LLC raised its position in F5 by 30.1% in the fourth quarter. Procyon Advisors LLC now owns 7,810 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,994,000 after purchasing an additional 1,808 shares during the period. Private Client Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter worth about $497,000. Avior Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the fourth quarter valued at about $377,000. Triumph Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of F5 in the third quarter valued at about $100,000. Finally, CTC Alternative Strategies Ltd. purchased a new stake in shares of F5 during the 3rd quarter valued at about $582,000. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

F5 Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of NASDAQ FFIV opened at $289.04 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $277.41 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $278.35. The firm has a market cap of $16.34 billion, a PE ratio of 23.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.21 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (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 company had revenue of $822.47 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.84 EPS. F5’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley decreased their price target on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of F5 from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, November 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted 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. Barclays upped their target price on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $309.89.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total value of $273,451.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,497,071. This represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total transaction of $1,064,655.15. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. This trade represents a 2.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 21,281 shares of company stock valued at $5,835,218. 0.48% of the stock is owned by insiders.

F5 Company 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.