Diversified Trust Co Sells 2,450 Shares of F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Diversified Trust Co has reduced its stake in F5, Inc. by 35.9%, now holding shares worth $1.29 million after selling 2,450 shares in the 2nd quarter.
• Several institutional investors, including Hotchkis & Wiley and Northern Trust Corp, increased their positions in F5, with institutional ownership now at 90.66% of the company's stock.
• F5, Inc. reported $4.16 EPS last quarter, surpassing estimates, and anticipates a FY 2025 guidance of 15.240-15.380 EPS.

Diversified Trust Co reduced its position in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 35.9% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 4,382 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 2,450 shares during the period. Diversified Trust Co's holdings in F5 were worth $1,290,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other large investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 6.2% during the 1st quarter. Hotchkis & Wiley Capital Management LLC now owns 5,387,700 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $1,434,583,000 after acquiring an additional 312,415 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp increased its stake in shares of F5 by 15.5% during the 1st quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 1,054,701 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $280,835,000 after purchasing an additional 141,680 shares during the last quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of F5 by 24.0% during the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 828,966 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $220,693,000 after buying an additional 160,708 shares during the period. AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in F5 by 37.5% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 828,900 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $216,757,000 after purchasing an additional 226,231 shares during the period. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of F5 by 34,698.9% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 746,089 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $198,661,000 after acquiring an additional 743,945 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Lyra Amber Schramm sold 2,701 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 8th. The shares were sold at an average price of $316.57, for a total value of $855,055.57. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 1,300 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.14, for a total transaction of $400,582.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 110,153 shares in the company, valued at approximately $33,942,545.42. This trade represents a 1.17% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 11,945 shares of company stock worth $3,762,365 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.52% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently commented on FFIV shares. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of F5 from $305.00 to $312.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $274.00 to $321.00 and gave the company an "equal weight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Needham & Company LLC lifted their price objective on shares of F5 from $320.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on shares of F5 from $304.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on F5 from $285.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 17th. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, seven have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $309.89.

F5 Trading Up 0.5%

FFIV traded up $1.50 during trading on Monday, hitting $330.19. The company's stock had a trading volume of 460,369 shares, compared to its average volume of 428,241. The firm has a market capitalization of $18.97 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.09, a P/E/G ratio of 3.79 and a beta of 1.08. The business's fifty day simple moving average is $314.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $289.79. F5, Inc. has a twelve month low of $213.24 and a twelve month high of $337.39.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The network technology company reported $4.16 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.49 by $0.67. F5 had a return on equity of 21.77% and a net margin of 22.06%.The company had revenue of $780.37 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $750.64 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $3.36 EPS. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 12.2% compared to the same quarter last year. F5 has set its FY 2025 guidance at 15.240-15.380 EPS. Q4 2025 guidance at 3.870-3.990 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

F5 Company Profile

F5, Inc provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company's distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.