Nordea Investment Management AB Decreases Stake in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Nordea Investment Management cut its stake in F5 by 70.8% in Q4, selling 162,644 shares and leaving 66,947 shares (about 0.12% of the company) valued at roughly $17.35 million.
• F5 beat quarterly expectations, reporting $4.45 EPS vs. $3.63 expected and $822.47M revenue vs. $755.97M expected, while setting Q2 2026 EPS guidance of 3.340–3.460 and FY2026 guidance of 15.650–16.050; analysts' consensus rating is "Hold" with an average target of $309.89.
• Company insiders have been selling recently: the CFO and CEO sold shares on March 4 and insiders disposed of 21,281 shares worth about $5.84 million over the past three months, leaving insiders owning 0.48% of F5.

Nordea Investment Management AB cut its stake in shares of F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 70.8% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 66,947 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 162,644 shares during the quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB owned approximately 0.12% of F5 worth $17,346,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd lifted its holdings in F5 by 0.6% in 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 purchasing an additional 42 shares in the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in shares of 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 in the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of F5 by 3.8% during the third quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $457,000 after buying an additional 52 shares in the last quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 42.1% in the third quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 189 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of F5 by 5.0% in the third quarter. Laird Norton Wetherby Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,180 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $381,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. 90.66% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

F5 Stock Down 0.2%

Shares of FFIV opened at $289.04 on Wednesday. F5, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $223.76 and a fifty-two week high of $346.00. The company's fifty day moving average is $277.41 and its two-hundred day moving average is $278.35. The firm has a market cap of $16.34 billion, a PE ratio of 23.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 8.21 and a beta of 1.01.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.63 by $0.82. The business had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. F5 had a return on equity of 22.08% and a net margin of 22.45%.The business's revenue for the quarter was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. F5 has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.340-3.460 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 15.650-16.050 EPS. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at F5

In other news, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total value of $273,451.80. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares in the company, valued at $1,497,071. This trade represents a 15.44% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Francois Locoh-Donou sold 3,755 shares of F5 stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.53, for a total value of $1,064,655.15. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 150,323 shares in the company, valued at $42,621,080.19. This represents a 2.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 21,281 shares of company stock valued at $5,835,218 over the last three months. Insiders own 0.48% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on FFIV shares. Barclays raised their target price on shares of F5 from $267.00 to $283.00 and gave the stock an "equal weight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Piper Sandler reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $325.00 price target (up from $295.00) on shares of F5 in a research note on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, December 17th. Weiss Ratings downgraded F5 from a "buy (b-)" rating to a "hold (c+)" rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 27th. Finally, Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Friday, January 9th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average target price of $309.89.

F5 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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