Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. Has $70.37 Million Stock Position in F5, Inc. $FFIV

Key Points

• Robeco Institutional cut its F5 stake by 67.2% in Q4, leaving it with 275,676 shares valued at $70.37 million, while institutional investors overall own about 90.66% of the company.
• F5 beat expectations in the latest quarter with $4.45 EPS vs. $3.63 expected and $822.5M revenue (up 7.3% YoY), and the company provided Q2 and FY 2026 earnings guidance.
• Company insiders sold 17,961 shares worth about $4.96 million over the past three months (including recent sales by the EVP and CFO), leaving insiders with roughly 0.48% ownership.

Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lowered its holdings in F5, Inc. (NASDAQ:FFIV - Free Report) by 67.2% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 275,676 shares of the network technology company's stock after selling 563,885 shares during the quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. owned 0.47% of F5 worth $70,369,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Pacific Sage Partners LLC grew its holdings in F5 by 0.6% in 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 buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew 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 buying an additional 42 shares during the last quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in F5 by 4.5% in the 3rd quarter. Coldstream Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,047 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $338,000 after buying an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. lifted its position in shares of F5 by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. Alps Advisors Inc. now owns 1,414 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $457,000 after acquiring an additional 52 shares during the period. Finally, Salomon & Ludwin LLC lifted its position in shares of F5 by 42.1% in the 3rd quarter. Salomon & Ludwin LLC now owns 189 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $61,000 after acquiring an additional 56 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 90.66% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Chad Michael Whalen sold 688 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, March 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $277.05, for a total transaction of $190,610.40. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 26,329 shares of the company's stock, valued at $7,294,449.45. This trade represents a 2.55% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CFO Edward Cooper Werner sold 969 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $282.20, for a total value of $273,451.80. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 5,305 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,497,071. This represents a 15.44% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 17,961 shares of company stock worth $4,959,115. 0.48% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

FFIV has been the subject of a number of research reports. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on F5 from $285.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of F5 in a research report on Wednesday, January 28th. Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on F5 from $336.00 to $296.00 and set an "equal weight" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, December 17th. Zacks Research upgraded F5 from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, January 9th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lifted their price objective on F5 from $325.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Six equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of $309.89.

F5 Price Performance

Shares of FFIV stock opened at $289.81 on Monday. F5, Inc. has a 12-month low of $223.76 and a 12-month high of $346.00. The company has a market capitalization of $16.38 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.97, a P/E/G ratio of 8.10 and a beta of 0.93. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $284.25 and a 200 day moving average price of $275.60.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 27th. The network technology company reported $4.45 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.63 by $0.82. F5 had a net margin of 22.45% and a return on equity of 22.08%. The firm had revenue of $822.47 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $755.97 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $3.84 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 7.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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, research analysts expect that F5, Inc. will post 11.2 earnings per share for the current year.

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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