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F5, Inc. (FFIV) vs VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN)

F5, Inc. and VeriSign, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. F5, Inc. and VeriSign, Inc. are of similar size ($27.5B and $25.9B). VeriSign, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 32.8× against 34.8×. F5, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 9.41% against 6.86%. VeriSign, Inc. has the higher net margin (49.8% vs 22.0%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 22.6%). Across the 21 metrics below, VeriSign, Inc. leads on 11 and F5, Inc. on 10.

Valuation

Metric FFIV VRSN Software Infrastructure median
P/E 34.81 32.76 28.38
P/S 7.58 16.07 2.98
P/B 6.50 n/m 2.93
Price to free cash flow 26.52 25.75 16.28
EV/EBITDA 27.05 24.48 13.92
EV/Sales 7.43 16.84 2.90
Earnings yield 2.87% 3.05% 0.14%
Free cash flow yield 3.77% 3.88% 1.24%

Profitability

Metric FFIV VRSN Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 81.87% 88.47% 61.00%
Operating margin 24.54% 67.86% 0.00%
Net margin 21.95% 49.77% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 29.30% 62.42% 1.67%
Return on equity 19.83% (40.02%) 0.60%
Return on assets 11.23% 52.95% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 22.56% 0.00% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FFIV VRSN Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 9.41% 6.86% 13.41%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 23.56% 10.13% 27.10%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 5.61% 5.54% 15.57%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 17.63% 0.26% 0.00%

Health

Metric FFIV VRSN Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.00 (1.04) 0.05
Current ratio 1.66 0.59 1.55
Net debt to EBITDA (0.65) 1.06 0.08

Dividend

Metric FFIV VRSN Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — 1.06% 1.20%
Payout ratio — 0.35 0.29

Size

Metric FFIV VRSN Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 25.85b 27.46b 752.37m

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