Danske Bank A S Sells 33,749 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Danske Bank A/S cut its F5 stake by 36% in Q4, selling 33,749 shares and now holds 60,050 shares worth about $15.3 million (≈0.11% ownership).
• F5 beat expectations, reporting $3.90 EPS vs. $3.47 expected and $811.7M revenue (up 11% year-over-year), and set FY2026 guidance of 16.25–16.55 EPS.
• Insiders have been net sellers (13,508 shares worth $3.79M sold in the last 90 days), while analysts are mixed—average rating "Hold" with a consensus price target of $316.44 and several recent price-target upgrades.

Danske Bank A S lowered its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 36.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 60,050 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 33,749 shares during the period. Danske Bank A S owned approximately 0.11% of F5 worth $15,328,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the stock. Pacific Sage Partners LLC lifted its stake in F5 by 0.6% during the 4th quarter. Pacific Sage Partners LLC now owns 7,122 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $1,818,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares during the period. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its stake in F5 by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 7,386 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $2,387,000 after acquiring an additional 42 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. lifted its stake in F5 by 4.5% during the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $338,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Alps Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of F5 by 3.8% during the 3rd quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $457,000 after purchasing an additional 52 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Salomon & Ludwin LLC increased its position in shares of F5 by 42.1% during the 3rd quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 189 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $61,000 after purchasing an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 90.66% of the company's stock.

F5 Stock Performance

F5 stock opened at $323.20 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $293.21 and a 200 day moving average of $273.31. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.27 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.51, a P/E/G ratio of 7.53 and a beta of 1.00. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $346.00.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, April 28th. The network technology company reported $3.90 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.47 by $0.43. The company had revenue of $811.70 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $783.82 million. F5 had a net margin of 21.96% and a return on equity of 21.50%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 11.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.42 EPS. F5 has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 3.910-4.030 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.250-16.550 EPS. On average, analysts predict that F5, Inc. will post 12.62 EPS for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Michael L. Dreyer sold 3,067 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.41, for a total value of $866,151.47. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 1,309 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $369,674.69. This represents a 70.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total transaction of $273,451.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,497,071. This trade represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 13,508 shares of company stock worth $3,792,053 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on FFIV. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price target on shares of F5 from $345.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Barclays upped their price target on shares of F5 from $283.00 to $292.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Weiss Ratings raised shares of F5 from a "hold (c+)" rating to a "buy (b-)" rating in a research report on Monday, March 30th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target 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. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on shares of F5 from $355.00 to $365.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 29th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, F5 has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of $316.44.

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.

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