F5 Ownership | Who Owns F5?

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F5 Ownership Summary

F5 is owned by 27.58% institutional investors, 0.67% insiders, and 71.75% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 12.54% of FFIV shares. Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv is the top mutual fund, with 4.23% of its assets in F5 shares.

FFIV Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	F5	27.58%	0.67%	71.75%
Sector	Technology Stocks	50.72%	12.57%	36.71%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	7.24M	12.54%	$2.34B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	6.40M	11.08%	$2.07B
Blackrock	6.34M	10.79%	$1.09B
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	4.84M	8.37%	$1.56B
State street	3.23M	5.58%	$1.04B
Geode capital management	1.77M	3.07%	$572.08M
First trust advisors lp	1.63M	2.83%	$528.21M
Invesco	1.43M	2.48%	$462.51M
Lyrical asset management lp	1.04M	1.80%	$336.17M
Northern trust	1.02M	1.76%	$328.92M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Touchstone capital	23.41K	6.33%	$4.03M
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	4.84M	4.83%	$1.56B
Lyrical asset management lp	1.04M	4.74%	$336.17M
Axecap investments	21.98K	4.39%	$7.10M
Cookson peirce	212.84K	2.82%	$68.79M
S&t bank/pa	26.75K	2.43%	$8.65M
Cairn investment group	15.38K	2.26%	$4.97M
Chase investment counsel	19.91K	1.91%	$6.43M
Hamilton point investment advisors	29.23K	1.47%	$9.45M
Wilkins investment counsel	30.45K	1.39%	$9.84M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	680.51K	0.02%	680.51K
Caisse de depot et placement du quebec	462.74K	0.27%	290.83K
Victory capital management	347.13K	0.07%	280.72K
Edge capital group	237.10K	0.00%	237.10K
Acadian asset management	1.01M	0.57%	187.24K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Hotchkis & wiley capital management	4.84M	4.83%	-393.69K
Ameriprise financial	481.92K	0.04%	-199.79K
Freestone grove partners lp	-	-	-172.55K
Vanguard group	7.24M	0.04%	-156.34K
Bnp paribas asset management	-	-	-153.61K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	680.51K	0.02%	680.51K	$171.13M
Edge capital group	237.10K	0.00%	237.10K	$21.12K
Axa investment managers	70.38K	0.06%	70.38K	$22.75M
Capital fund management	30.15K	0.03%	30.15K	$9.74M
Rakuten investment management	27.66K	0.01%	27.66K	$2.95M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Traub capital management	-1.00
Perkins coie trust	-1.00
Total investment management	-1.00
Thurston, springer, miller, herd & titak	-2.00
American capital advisory	-2.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2025	396	-46.34%	15,931,433	-71.07%	27	0.30%	195	-48.82%	115	-50.85%
Jun 30, 2025	734	5.16%	55,062,284	0.88%	95	1.07%	379	3.84%	233	3.10%
Mar 31, 2025	7	-98.94%	130,227	-99.77%	-	0.00%	6	-98.20%	-	-100.00%
Dec 31, 2024	630	5.18%	55,503,311	3.59%	95	1.14%	320	12.68%	209	0.97%
Sep 30, 2024	594	9.39%	53,193,865	-4.45%	90	1.01%	280	3.32%	206	10.75%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv	2.45M	4.23%	-43.70K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	1.86M	3.22%	1.39K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	1.80M	3.14%	-41.04K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	1.64M	2.85%	10.58K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	1.42M	2.47%	-207.97K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	1.39M	2.43%	-9.07K
First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF	1.26M	2.19%	1.74K
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	897.27K	1.56%	1.86K
Fidelity 500 Index	728.01K	1.27%	310.00
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	717.20K	1.24%	-16.24K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Dec 08, 2025	FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEAN	EVP Global Services & Strategy	Sell	$276.01K
Dec 03, 2025	HIGGINSON ALAN	-	Sell	$310.38K
Dec 01, 2025	Locoh-Donou Francois	President, CEO & Director	Sell	$308.09K
Dec 01, 2025	FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEAN	EVP Global Services & Strategy	Sell	$263.06K
Nov 24, 2025	FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEAN	EVP Global Services & Strategy	Sell	$260.76K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q4	-	19
2025 Q3	-	9
2025 Q2	-	8
2025 Q1	-	17
2024 Q4	-	18

FFIV Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of F5?

F5’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (7.24M shares, 12.54%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (6.4M shares, 11.08%), and Blackrock (6.34M shares, 10.79%). Together, they hold 34.40% of F5’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own F5?

Yes, BlackRock owns 10.79% of F5, totaling 6.34M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.02% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.09B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -77.395K shares, a -1.21% change.

Who is F5’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Touchstone capital is F5’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 6.33% of its assets in 23.42K F5 shares, valued at 4.03M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of F5 shares?

Vanguard Windsor™ II Inv is the top mutual fund holder of F5 shares, with 4.23% of its total shares outstanding invested in 2.45M F5 shares.

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