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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. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue grew 10.9%, EPS grew 11.6% and free cash flow grew 12.5%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Member of the S&P 500; revenue growth for ten consecutive years, operating cash flow growth for three.
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Free accountTen years at a glance Fiscal years to September
| Group | Line | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Trend | 2026e | 2027e | 2028e |
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| Price, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Price, $ | Low | 86.03 | 114.63 | 131.31 | 121.36 | 79.78 | 173.41 | 133.68 | 127.05 | 159.01 | 223.76 |
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| High | 148.34 | 149.50 | 199.71 | 173.44 | 178.09 | 249.00 | 245.59 | 180.70 | 264.50 | 346.00 | |||||
| People | |||||||||||||||
| People | Employees | 4,395 | 4,366 | 4,409 | 5,325 | 6,109 | 6,461 | 7,089 | 6,524 | 6,557 | 6,578 | ||||
| Revenue/emp, $m | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.47 | |||||
| Income, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Income, $m | Revenue | 1,995 | 2,090 | 2,161 | 2,242 | 2,351 | 2,603 | 2,696 | 2,813 | 2,816 | 3,088 | ||||
| Gross margin, % | 83.10 | 83.09 | 83.28 | 84.10 | 82.65 | 81.06 | 79.98 | 78.91 | 80.20 | 81.41 | |||||
| EBT | 550 | 576 | 604 | 541 | 396 | 387 | 385 | 486 | 695 | 808 | |||||
| EBT margin, % | 27.56 | 27.54 | 27.93 | 24.13 | 16.86 | 14.86 | 14.30 | 17.28 | 24.70 | 26.18 | |||||
| Net income | 366 | 421 | 454 | 428 | 307 | 331 | 322 | 395 | 567 | 692 | |||||
| Depreciation | 57 | 61 | 59 | 69 | 96 | 115 | 116 | 113 | 107 | 92 | |||||
| Per share, $ | |||||||||||||||
| Per share, $ | Revenue | 29.59 | 32.57 | 35.28 | 37.35 | 38.59 | 42.88 | 44.73 | 46.96 | 47.96 | 53.33 | ||||
| Earnings | 5.43 | 6.56 | 7.41 | 7.12 | 5.05 | 5.46 | 5.34 | 6.59 | 9.65 | 11.96 | |||||
| Cash flow | 10.55 | 11.54 | 12.42 | 12.45 | 10.85 | 10.63 | 7.34 | 10.91 | 13.49 | 16.40 | |||||
| Capex | (1.01) | (0.67) | (0.86) | (1.72) | (0.98) | (0.50) | (0.56) | (0.90) | (0.52) | (0.75) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 9.54 | 10.87 | 11.57 | 10.73 | 9.87 | 10.12 | 6.79 | 10.00 | 12.98 | 15.65 | |||||
| Book value | 17.58 | 19.16 | 20.98 | 29.34 | 36.65 | 38.88 | 40.96 | 46.74 | 53.29 | 62.03 | |||||
| Shares, m | 67 | 64 | 61 | 60 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 60 | 59 | 58 | |||||
| Valuation, × | |||||||||||||||
| Valuation, × | P/E | 22.91 | 18.83 | 25.73 | 19.75 | 24.31 | 36.41 | 27.05 | 24.54 | 22.82 | 27.05 | ||||
| P/S | 4.21 | 3.80 | 5.41 | 3.76 | 3.18 | 4.64 | 3.24 | 3.45 | 4.59 | 6.06 | |||||
| P/B | 7.09 | 6.46 | 9.10 | 4.79 | 3.35 | 5.11 | 3.53 | 3.47 | 4.13 | 5.21 | |||||
| EV/Sales | 3.77 | 3.31 | 4.93 | 3.33 | 2.83 | 4.43 | 3.17 | 3.41 | 4.46 | 5.99 | |||||
| EV/FCF | 11.69 | 9.92 | 15.12 | 11.65 | 11.15 | 18.88 | 21.07 | 16.12 | 16.56 | 20.98 | |||||
| Cash, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Cash, $m | Operating cash flow | 712 | 740 | 761 | 748 | 661 | 645 | 443 | 653 | 792 | 950 | ||||
| Capex | (68) | (43) | (52) | (104) | (60) | (31) | (34) | (54) | (30) | (43) | |||||
| Free cash flow | 643 | 698 | 709 | 644 | 601 | 615 | 409 | 599 | 762 | 906 | |||||
| Balance, $m | |||||||||||||||
| Balance, $m | Working capital | 445 | 472 | 463 | 406 | 505 | 220 | 72 | 376 | 620 | 906 | ||||
| Total debt | — | — | — | — | 388 | 369 | 350 | 281 | — | 786 | |||||
| Net debt | (882) | (1,017) | (1,039) | (972) | (822) | (542) | (535) | (803) | (1,075) | (558) | |||||
| Shareholders’ equity | 1,185 | 1,229 | 1,285 | 1,761 | 2,232 | 2,360 | 2,469 | 2,800 | 3,129 | 3,592 | |||||
| Returns, % | |||||||||||||||
| Returns, % | ROA | 15.84 | 17.59 | 17.85 | 14.27 | 7.62 | 6.85 | 6.27 | 7.51 | 10.44 | 11.60 | ||||
| ROIC | 112.96 | 165.90 | 150.08 | 41.06 | 17.38 | 13.54 | 13.05 | 14.79 | 20.03 | 15.78 | |||||
| ROE | 29.25 | 34.85 | 36.08 | 28.08 | 15.40 | 14.43 | 13.34 | 14.99 | 19.12 | 20.60 | |||||
Negative figures in brackets.
Fiscal years to Sep 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026
Charts ten years each
F5, Inc. vs peers in Software Infrastructure (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier
| Company | Market cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | Revenue growth (Q) | EPS growth (Q) | FCF growth (Q) | Gross margin (Q) | EBIT margin (Q) | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDB MongoDB, Inc. | $29.5B | 456× | 2,423× | +30.50% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +94.79% (above 0%: growing) | 73.83% | 3.68% | Compare |
| VRSN VeriSign, Inc. | $27.5B | 32.8× | 31.1× | +6.03% (above 0%: growing) | +7.69% (above 0%: growing) | +9.30% (above 0%: growing) | 88.50% | 68.18% | Compare |
| CPAY Corpay, Inc. | $26.7B | 24.0× | 16.3× | +21.49% (above 0%: growing) | −6.95% (below 0%: shrinking) | +30.16% (above 0%: growing) | 100.00% | 35.28% | Compare |
| FFIV F5, Inc. | $25.9B | 34.8× | 33.5× | +10.85% (above 0%: growing) | +11.55% (above 0%: growing) | +12.46% (above 0%: growing) | 82.25% | 24.65% | |
| IOT Samsara Inc. | $24.9B | 241× | 208× | +29.88% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +46.50% (above 0%: growing) | 77.21% | 0.96% | Compare |
| RBRK Rubrik, Inc. | $24.6B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +37.89% (above 0%: growing) | n/m | +14.13% (above 0%: growing) | 78.44% | (16.83%) | Compare |
| GPN Global Payments Inc. | $22.3B | — (loss-making) | — (loss-making) | +68.63% (above 0%: growing) | −94.95% (below 0%: shrinking) | −35.83% (below 0%: shrinking) | 61.04% | 10.15% | Compare |
| NTNX Nutanix | $18.9B | 12.0× | 42.2× | +15.89% (above 0%: growing) | +3,250.00% (above 0%: growing) | +33.59% (above 0%: growing) | 86.03% | 9.24% | Compare |
| TOST Toast, Inc. | $18.7B | 38.0× | 27.8× | +23.10% (above 0%: growing) | +92.86% (above 0%: growing) | −37.50% (below 0%: shrinking) | 27.04% | 7.97% | Compare |
| Median of peers | $24.8B | 35.4× | 36.7× | +26.49% | +7.69% | +22.14% | 77.83% | 8.60% |
FFIV metrics, ten years each
- Revenue
- Net income
- EPS (diluted)
- EBITDA
- Free cash flow
- Operating cash flow
- Gross margin
- Operating margin
- Net margin
- Free cash flow margin
- P/E ratio
- P/S ratio
- P/B ratio
- Price to free cash flow
- EV/EBITDA
- EV/Sales
- EV/FCF
- Return on equity
- Return on assets
- Return on invested capital
- Debt to equity
- Current ratio
- Total debt
- Shares outstanding
- Book value per share
- Revenue growth
- Piotroski F-score
- Altman Z-score
- Beneish M-score
F5, Inc. (FFIV) key facts
- Strength: F5, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended September 2025) was $3.1 billion, up 9.66% from fiscal 2024.
- Strength: Net income was $692.4 million, or $11.96 per share (basic), a net margin of 22.4%.
- F5, Inc. (FFIV) is a Software Infrastructure company in the Technology sector, listed on Nasdaq.
- As of October 16, 2026, FFIV traded at $442.03, a market capitalization of $25.9 billion.
- At that price the stock trades at 34.8× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 7.6× sales; its P/E is higher than 87% of its own readings over the past ten years.
- Return on equity was 20.6% and debt-to-equity 0.00.
- Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 5.97 (safe zone) for fiscal 2025.