Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Cuts Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Assenagon Asset Management cut its stake in F5 by 63.4% in Q4, selling 103,749 shares and retaining 59,776 shares worth about $15.26 million (≈0.10% of the company).
• F5 beat quarterly expectations with $4.45 EPS vs. $3.63 estimate and $822.5M revenue, and issued Q2 and FY 2026 EPS guidance of 3.340–3.460 and 15.650–16.050, respectively.
• Insiders have been net sellers — including the CEO and a director — with 21,281 shares sold (~$5.84 million) last quarter, and analysts maintain a consensus "Hold" rating with a $309.89 target.

Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lowered its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 63.4% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 59,776 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 103,749 shares during the quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. owned 0.10% of F5 worth $15,258,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Abich Financial Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in shares of F5 during the third quarter valued at about $37,000. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the 2nd quarter worth about $45,000. Root Financial Partners LLC bought a new stake in F5 in the 3rd quarter worth about $49,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its stake in 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 last quarter. Finally, Geneos Wealth Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of 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 buying an additional 121 shares in the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

FFIV has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Weiss Ratings downgraded F5 from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Zacks Research raised F5 from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $325.00 price objective (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Barclays upped their price objective on F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have assigned a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $309.89.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at approximately $42,621,080.19. The trade was a 2.44% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Alan Higginson sold 1,770 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.25, for a total transaction of $487,192.50. Following the transaction, the director owned 6,840 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,882,710. This represents a 20.56% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 21,281 shares of company stock worth $5,835,218 in the last quarter. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

F5 Trading Down 1.6%

F5 stock opened at $293.15 on Friday. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $278.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $278.59. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $346.00. The company has a market cap of $16.57 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.25, a PEG ratio of 8.44 and a beta of 1.01.

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

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.

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