F5, Inc.
FFIV Technology Software Infrastructure
F5, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 9.66% from fiscal 2024. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.
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F5, Inc. (FFIV) Altman Z-score
F5, Inc.'s Altman Z-score for fiscal 2025 is 5.97, in the safe zone (above 2.99).
Altman Z-score, annual
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Annual newest first
| Period | Altman Z-score | Change (points) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 5.97 | 1.04 |
| FY2024 | 4.93 | 0.90 |
| FY2023 | 4.03 | 0.75 |
| FY2022 | 3.28 | (0.91) |
| FY2021 | 4.19 | 0.87 |
| FY2020 | 3.33 | (1.77) |
| FY2019 | 5.09 | (2.94) |
| FY2018 | 8.04 | 1.79 |
| FY2017 | 6.24 | (0.86) |
| FY2016 | 7.10 | (0.57) |
How fiscal 2025’s score is made up
| Component | This year | Year before | Result | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Working capital / total assets | 0.14 | — | 0.17 | |
| Retained earnings / total assets | 0.56 | — | 0.79 | |
| EBIT / total assets | 0.12 | — | 0.40 | |
| Market value of equity / total liabilities | 6.86 | — | 4.12 | |
| Sales / total assets | 0.49 | — | 0.49 | |
| Altman Z-score | Safe zone | 5.97 | ||
| Z″ Variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies (drops the sales/assets term, uses book equity) | Safe zone | 4.98 | ||
How the Altman Z-score works
Z = 1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets (Altman, 1968). The market value of equity is the close on the last trading day of the fiscal year times weighted basic shares.
Z″ = 6.56 × working capital ÷ total assets + 3.26 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 6.72 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 1.05 × book equity ÷ total liabilities (Altman, Hartzell and Peck, 1995), the variant for non-manufacturing and asset-light companies.
| Zone | Z | Z″ |
|---|---|---|
| Safe zone | above 2.99 | above 2.60 |
| Grey zone | 1.81–2.99 | 1.10–2.60 |
| Distress zone | below 1.81 | below 1.10 |
Not worked out for banks, insurers and REITs, whose balance sheets the model does not describe, nor when a figure is missing or there is no share price in the week to the fiscal year end.
Altman Z-score against peers
| Company | Altman Z-score |
|---|---|
| MDB MongoDB, Inc. compare | 23.0× |
| IOT Samsara Inc. compare | 8.6× |
| FFIV F5, Inc. | 6.0× |
| ZS Zscaler, Inc. compare | 3.2× |
| NTNX Nutanix compare | 2.2× |
| CPAY Corpay, Inc. compare | 1.5× |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. compare | 0.9× |
| RBRK Rubrik, Inc. compare | 0.9× |
| VRSN VeriSign, Inc. compare | −5.1× |
What Altman Z-score is
The Altman Z-Score weighs working capital, retained earnings, operating profit, market value and sales against assets and debts to gauge the risk of distress.
1.2 × working capital ÷ total assets + 1.4 × retained earnings ÷ total assets + 3.3 × EBIT ÷ total assets + 0.6 × market value of equity ÷ total liabilities + 1.0 × revenue ÷ total assets
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