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Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (CHKP) vs F5, Inc. (FFIV)

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. and F5, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. F5, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $20.6B against $15.7B — 1.3× the size. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. trades at the lower P/E: 15.3× against 26.6×. F5, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.41% against 4.64%. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. has the higher net margin (37.9% vs 22.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (20.6% vs 22.6%). Across the 22 metrics below, Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. leads on 17 and F5, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric CHKP FFIV Software Infrastructure median
P/E 15.26 26.64 26.96
P/S 5.62 5.80 2.98
P/B 5.68 4.98 2.95
Price to free cash flow 14.09 20.30 18.12
EV/EBITDA 17.41 20.58 16.85
EV/Sales 5.51 5.66 2.99
Earnings yield 6.55% 3.75% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 7.10% 4.93% 0.36%

Profitability

Metric CHKP FFIV Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 87.49% 81.87% 59.48%
Operating margin 29.02% 24.54% 0.00%
Net margin 37.93% 21.95% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 39.91% 29.30% 0.79%
Return on equity 37.64% 19.83% 0.29%
Return on assets 15.89% 11.23% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 20.61% 22.56% 0.00%

Growth

Metric CHKP FFIV Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 4.64% 9.41% 12.70%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 28.95% 23.56% 20.51%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.71% 5.61% 15.81%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 4.54% 17.63% 0.00%

Health

Metric CHKP FFIV Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.72 0.00 0.02
Current ratio 1.67 1.66 1.52
Net debt to EBITDA (1.14) (0.65) 0.05

Dividend

Metric CHKP FFIV Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.04%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric CHKP FFIV Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 15.67b 20.58b 691.78m

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