Junto Capital Management LP Lowers Stock Holdings in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Junto Capital Management cut its F5 holdings by 59% in the second quarter, selling 209,002 shares and retaining 145,175 shares valued at approximately $60.4 million. Institutional investors collectively own 90.66% of F5.
• F5 insiders sold 12,199 shares worth about $4.9 million over the past three months, while insiders retain only 0.48% of the company.
• F5 exceeded quarterly expectations with earnings of $4.73 per share and revenue of $865.1 million, up 10.9% year over year. Analysts’ consensus rating is “Hold,” with an average price target of $416.62.

Junto Capital Management LP reduced its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 59.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 145,175 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 209,002 shares during the period. Junto Capital Management LP owned about 0.26% of F5 worth $60,387,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in FFIV. Hazlett Burt & Watson Inc. acquired a new position in shares of F5 during the 4th quarter worth approximately $26,000. Hantz Financial Services Inc. grew its stake in F5 by 109.8% in the 4th quarter. Hantz Financial Services Inc. now owns 107 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $27,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Elyxium Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in F5 in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. increased its holdings in F5 by 963.6% in the 1st quarter. SJS Investment Consulting Inc. now owns 117 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $34,000 after acquiring an additional 106 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC raised its position in F5 by 113.8% during the first quarter. Capital Advisors Ltd. LLC now owns 124 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 66 shares during the period. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at F5

In other F5 news, EVP Thomas Fountain sold 1,208 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $414.63, for a total value of $500,873.04. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 8,060 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,341,917.80. This trade represents a 13.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider John Maddison sold 1,000 shares of F5 stock in a transaction on Monday, August 3rd. The stock was 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 approximately $549,115.05. This represents a 42.50% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders have sold a total of 12,199 shares of company stock valued at $4,917,061 in the last three months. Company insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have issued reports on FFIV. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating on shares of F5 in a report on Thursday, July 16th. Evercore upgraded shares of F5 from an "in-line" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $475.00 price target for the company in a research report on Monday, May 18th. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of F5 from $250.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an "underperform" rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 26th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a report on Tuesday, July 28th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on F5 from $500.00 to $515.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 28th. Five investment 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. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $416.62.

F5 Trading Up 3.9%

FFIV stock opened at $404.63 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $22.91 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.22, a PEG ratio of 3.81 and a beta of 1.03. F5, Inc. has a 12 month low of $223.76 and a 12 month high of $435.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $403.61 and a two-hundred day moving average of $359.23.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, July 27th. The network technology company reported $4.73 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.00 by $0.73. The business had revenue of $865.08 million for 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 business's revenue for the quarter was up 10.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $4.16 EPS. F5 has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 4.140-4.260 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.210-17.330 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that F5, Inc. will post 13.65 earnings per share for the current year.

About F5

F5, Inc is a technology company that provides application delivery, security and traffic-management solutions for enterprises, service providers and government organizations. Its offerings are designed to help customers ensure the availability, performance and security of applications across on-premises data centers, public clouds and edge environments.

The company's portfolio includes BIG-IP software and appliances, NGINX application delivery and web server technologies, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services.

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