F5, Inc. FFIV

443.06 (3.49) (0.78%) as of 25 Sep
Market cap
$25.3B
P/E
34.9×
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F5, Inc. (FFIV) Return on invested capital

F5, Inc.'s return on invested capital over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 22.6%, up 6.8 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (15.8%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 11.4% (fiscal 2022) to 165.9% (fiscal 2017); the current reading is higher than 36% 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

Annual

Period Return on invested capital Change (points)
FY2025 15.8% (4.25)
FY2024 20.0% 7.06
FY2023 13.0% 1.53
FY2022 11.4% (2.10)
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
FY2016 113.0% 49.25

Against its own ten years

Low 11.4% High 165.9%
Ten-year median 20.0%
Current reading's percentile 36

Return on invested capital against peers

Company Return on invested capital
FFIV F5, Inc. 22.6%
AKAM Akamai Technologies, Inc. compare 3.18%
GPN Global Payments Inc. compare 2.01%
IOT Samsara Inc. compare 1.57%
RBRK Rubrik, Inc. compare 0.00%
VRSN VeriSign, Inc. compare 0.00%
CPAY Corpay, Inc. compare 0.00%
MDB MongoDB, Inc. compare −1.60%
ZS Zscaler, Inc. compare −10.2%
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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