§ COMMUNICATIONS
USD · Communications

FFIV

F5 INC
USDSector · CommunicationsMarket cap · $17.1BBeta · 1.00
LAST · MARKET CLOSE · OCT 05
457.55
+3.51 ▲ 0.77%PREV CLOSE · $454.04
§ 01 · PRICE
Price action
1D5D1M6MYTD1YMAX
OPEN 453.16HIGH 459.69LOW 452.8852W 223.76 — 346.00
EVENTSSEP 15 · MMF SELLJUN 30 · EARNINGS +15.9%

§ 03 · SIGNAL STACK · WHAT THE INPUTS SAY

13F FLOW
493 increased/new, 245 decreased/exited (13F)
AC 13F Analysis
INSIDER
−$2M
10 txns · 90d

§ 04 · FUNDAMENTALS · THE BOOKS

P/E24.3P/B5.19
EPS (TTM)12.08
§ 05 · WHO OWNS IT
Top institutional holders
All holders →
FundShares% portΔ Q/Q
BlackRock, Inc.6.2M0.0%−1%
HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC4.6M4.1%−16%
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC3.7Mn/an/a
State Street3.0M0.0%−4%
VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC3.0Mn/an/a
Jericho Capital Asset Management L.P.2.6M11.3%+16%
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Top institutional owners for FFIV as of the most recent 13F reporting period (Q1 2026 · Period ended Mar 31). Δ Q/Q reflects share-count change vs. the prior filing — positive green means adding, negative red means trimming. Cross-reference with the ownership-mix bars below to see which strategy cohort is driving the flow.

§ 06 · WHO OWNS IT · BY STRATEGY

OTHER52.1% · 546 holders
PASSIVE / INDEX21.5% · 15 holders
DEALER / BANK16.0% · 60 holders
QUALITY / COMPOUNDER13.4% · 34 holders
INCOME / DEFENSIVE2.3% · 44 holders
TACTICAL / MACRO1.1% · 5 holders
SYSTEMATIC / QUANT0.9% · 15 holders
DEEP VALUE0.1% · 2 holders
GROWTH / MOMENTUM0.0% · 1 holder
ACTIVIST0.0% · 1 holder
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

Ownership mix by behavioral cohort. Top bars indicate which style of capital dominates the float — passive indexing, quality compounders, dealer/bank, systematic quant, etc. Big quality-compounder share means concentrated active conviction; heavy passive share means flows are dictated by index rebalances, not fundamentals.

§ 07 · INSIDER ACTIVITY · LAST 180 DAYS

DateInsiderActionShares$ value
SEP 15MONTOYA MICHAEL FSELL80−$33K
SEP 15Maddison John AnthonySELL204−$83K
AUG 06Locoh-Donou FrancoisSELL40−$17K
AUG 06FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEANSELL1K−$501K
AUG 04WHALEN CHAD MICHAELSELL703−$285K
AUG 04Werner Edward CooperSELL599−$243K
◇ AC INTELLIGENCE

0 insider buys, 20 sells in the last 180 days. Scheduled 10b5-1 sales are pre-programmed and neutral; discretionary clusters are the tape worth reading. Cross-reference with the signal stack above for context.

§ 08 · COVERAGE · OUR RECENT NOTES

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