B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG Sells 2,679 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG cut its F5 stake by 31% in the second quarter, selling 2,679 shares and retaining 5,952 shares valued at approximately $2.48 million. Institutional investors own 90.66% of F5.
• F5 reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results, with EPS of $4.73 versus the $4.00 consensus and revenue of $865.08 million, up 10.9% year over year. The company also issued fiscal 2026 earnings guidance.
• F5 shares opened at $390.47, while analysts maintain a consensus “Hold” rating and a $416.62 average price target. Company insiders sold 13,199 shares worth roughly $5.32 million over the past 90 days, primarily through pre-arranged trading plans.

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG reduced its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 31.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 5,952 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 2,679 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG's holdings in F5 were worth $2,476,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC boosted its position in shares of F5 by 2.6% during the 1st quarter. Pinnacle Wealth Management Advisory Group LLC now owns 1,447 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $419,000 after purchasing an additional 36 shares in the last quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 3.4% during the fourth quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 1,190 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $309,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares during the period. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. grew its position in F5 by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. Meiji Yasuda Asset Management Co Ltd. now owns 968 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $247,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. raised its holdings in F5 by 4.5% during the third quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optas LLC grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 4.7% during the first quarter. Optas LLC now owns 1,035 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $299,000 after buying an additional 46 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

F5 Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of F5 stock opened at $390.47 on Friday. The company's 50-day moving average price is $404.93 and its 200-day moving average price is $356.13. The company has a market cap of $22.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.09, a PEG ratio of 3.82 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $435.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%.The firm's revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $4.16 earnings per share. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $412.44, for a total transaction of $1,559,848.08. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 146,989 shares in the company, valued at approximately $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CTO Kunal Anand sold 392 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $404.63, for a total value of $158,614.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief technology officer directly owned 12,586 shares in the company, valued at $5,092,673.18. The trade was a 3.02% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 13,199 shares of company stock worth $5,316,411 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts have commented on FFIV shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on shares of F5 from $380.00 to $415.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $475.00 price objective for the company in a report on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Weiss Ratings upgraded F5 from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "buy (b)" rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $416.62.

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.

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