F5, Inc.

FFIV Technology Software Infrastructure

F5, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2026 (year ended September 2026) was $3.4 billion, up 10.6% from fiscal 2025.

Revenue
+13.3%
EPS
−0.63%
Free cash flow
−52.4%

Quarter to September 2026, against a year earlier

312.01 17.71 −5.37%
Market cap
$17.7B
P/E
24.6×
Fwd P/E
36.4×
Dividend yield
—
F-score
6/9
Altman Z
6.86
Beneish M
−2.59
Dividend safety
n/a

F5, Inc. (FFIV) Free cash flow margin

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F5, Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 25.4%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 15.2% (fiscal 2022) to 33.4% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 33% of that period. That is above the Software Infrastructure industry median of 0.00% and above the Technology sector median of 0.67%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2026 25.4% (3.92)
FY2025 29.4% 2.29
FY2024 27.1% 5.76
FY2023 21.3% 6.13
FY2022 15.2% (8.44)
FY2021 23.6% (1.95)
FY2020 25.6% (3.17)
FY2019 28.7% (4.05)
FY2018 32.8% (0.60)
FY2017 33.4% 1.14

Against its own ten years

Low 15.2% High 33.4%
Ten-year median 27.9%
Current reading's percentile 33

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. compare 40.9%
GEN Gen Digital Inc. compare 34.0%
GDDY GoDaddy Inc. compare 33.7%
NTNX Nutanix compare 29.5%
FFIV F5, Inc. 25.4%
KSPI Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz Sponsored ADR compare 22.4%
RBRK Rubrik, Inc. compare 18.6%
IOT Samsara Inc. compare 13.8%
TOST Toast, Inc. compare 8.45%
Software Infrastructure industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.67%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

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