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) Return on invested capital

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F5, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 September 2026 was 15.3%. Over the past ten years it has ranged from 13.1% (fiscal 2022) to 165.9% (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 0.00%.

Return on invested capital, annual

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Annual newest first

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2026 15.3% (0.53)
FY2025 15.8% (4.25)
FY2024 20.0% 5.24
FY2023 14.8% 1.74
FY2022 13.1% (0.49)
FY2021 13.5% (3.84)
FY2020 17.4% (23.68)
FY2019 41.1% (109.02)
FY2018 150.1% (15.82)
FY2017 165.9% 52.94

Against its own ten years

Low 13.1% High 165.9%
Ten-year median 18.7%
Current reading's percentile 33

Return on invested capital against peers

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TOST Toast, Inc. compare 79.6%
KSPI Joint Stock Company Kaspi.kz Sponsored ADR compare 61.4%
GDDY GoDaddy Inc. compare 33.1%
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. compare 19.8%
FFIV F5, Inc. 15.3%
GEN Gen Digital Inc. compare 13.3%
IOT Samsara Inc. compare 1.57%
RBRK Rubrik, Inc. compare 0.00%
NTNX Nutanix compare 0.00%
Software Infrastructure industry median 0.00%
Technology sector median 0.00%
Market median 0.00%

What Return on invested capital is

Return on Invested Capital shows how much after-tax operating profit a company earns on the money its lenders and shareholders have put in.

TTM: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) (latest quarter) + Long Term Debt (Total) (latest quarter) + Current Part of Debt (latest quarter) − Cash & Short Term Investments (latest quarter)); Annual: (Operating Income × 0.625) ÷ (Shareholders Equity (Total) + Long Term Debt (Total) + Current Part of Debt − Cash & Short Term Investments)

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