F5, Inc. $FFIV Position Cut by Curated Wealth Partners LLC

Key Points

• Curated Wealth Partners cut its F5 stake by 92.4% in the third quarter, selling 12,821 shares and retaining 1,055 shares valued at approximately $470,000.
• Institutional ownership remains high at 90.66%, with major investors including Bank of America, BlackRock, HSBC and Amundi recently establishing or increasing positions.
• F5 reported stronger-than-expected quarterly results, posting $4.73 in EPS and $865.08 million in revenue, while analyst sentiment remains mixed with a consensus “Hold” rating and a $426 price target.

Curated Wealth Partners LLC decreased its holdings in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 92.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,055 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 12,821 shares during the period. Curated Wealth Partners LLC's holdings in F5 were worth $470,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. iA Global Asset Management Inc. acquired a new stake in F5 in the first quarter valued at $6,469,000. Bank of America Corp DE bought a new stake in shares of F5 during the second quarter worth $70,355,000. Hsbc Holdings PLC boosted its stake in shares of F5 by 24.8% in the 4th quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 581,855 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $148,580,000 after purchasing an additional 115,639 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new stake in F5 in the second quarter worth $2,611,637,000. Finally, Amundi grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 96.0% during the second quarter. Amundi now owns 555,809 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $231,194,000 after buying an additional 272,273 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:FFIV opened at $442.03 on Friday. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $423.56 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $389.42. F5, Inc. has a one year low of $223.76 and a one year high of $483.30. The company has a market cap of $25.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.19, a PEG ratio of 4.33 and a beta of 1.03.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data 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 company had revenue of $865.08 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $834.60 million. F5 had a return on equity of 21.54% and a net margin of 21.95%. F5's revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm 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. Equities research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $405.85, for a total value of $405,850.00. Following the transaction, the insider owned 1,353 shares in the company, valued at $549,115.05. This trade represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,782 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was 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 of the company's stock, valued at $60,624,143.16. This represents a 2.51% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold 16,829 shares of company stock worth $6,815,302 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on FFIV shares. Wall Street Zen raised shares of F5 from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Tuesday, July 28th. Weiss Ratings upgraded shares of F5 from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "buy (b)" rating in a research note on Friday, October 9th. Zacks Research cut shares of F5 from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Piper Sandler reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $461.00 price objective (up from $423.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, F5 has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $426.00.

About F5

F5, Inc develops application delivery, security and management technologies that help organizations deploy, protect and optimize applications across data centers, public clouds, edge environments and distributed networks. Its offerings are designed to support application availability, performance, scalability and security across hybrid and multi-cloud architectures.

The company's portfolio includes BIG-IP application delivery and security solutions, NGINX web and application delivery technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud services.

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