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F5 (FFIV)

Market Price (9/17/2025): $321.29 | Market Cap: $18.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Communications Equipment

F5 (FFIV)

Market Price (9/17/2025): $321.29
Market Cap: $18.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Communications Equipment

Investment Highlights

0	Attractive operating margins Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 25%	Trading close to highs Dist 52W High is -3.2%, Dist 3Y High is -3.2%
1	Attractive cash flow generation CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 33%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 32%
2	Attractive yield FCF Yield is 5.1%
3	Low stock price volatility Vol 12M is 29%

0	Attractive operating margins Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 25%
1	Attractive cash flow generation CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 33%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 32%
2	Attractive yield FCF Yield is 5.1%
3	Low stock price volatility Vol 12M is 29%
4	Trading close to highs Dist 52W High is -3.2%, Dist 3Y High is -3.2%

Market Valuation

	9/17/25	2024	2023	2022	2021
Share Price CYE	$321.29	$251.47	$178.98	$143.51	$244.71
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)	18.6	14.7	10.6	8.6	14.9
Total Debt ($ Bil)	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.7	0.7
Total Cash ($ Bil)	1.4	1.1	0.8	0.9	0.9
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)	17.4	14.9	10.9	9.3	15.6
Valuation Ratios
P/S TTM	6.1	5.2	3.8	3.2	5.7
P/EBIT TTM	24.3	22.1	19.9	21.0	37.7
P/E TTM	27.8	26.1	27.1	26.9	44.9
Sector Ratios
P/S TTM (Sector)	3.2	3.1	2.8	2.5	5.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)	4.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.5	1.7
P/E TTM (Sector)	-0.4	-0.3	-0.4	-0.5	0.0

	9/17/25	2024	2023
Share Price CYE	$321.29	$251.47	$178.98
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)	18.6	14.7	10.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)	0.3	0.2	0.3
Total Cash ($ Bil)	1.4	1.1	0.8
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)	17.4	14.9	10.9
Valuation Ratios
P/S TTM	6.1	5.2	3.8
P/EBIT TTM	24.3	22.1	19.9
P/E TTM	27.8	26.1	27.1
Sector Ratios
P/S TTM (Sector)	3.2	3.1	2.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)	4.0	-0.0	-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)	-0.4	-0.3	-0.4

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Business Description

F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions for the security, performance, and availability of network applications, servers, and storage systems. The company's multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions enable its customers to develop, deploy, operate, secure, and govern applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total [1]
Returns
FFIV Return	26%	39%	-41%	25%	41%	29%	130%
Peers Return	22%	35%	-17%	17%	40%	36%	203%
S&P 500 Return	16%	27%	-19%	24%	23%	12%	104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: UI, NTAP, FN, LFUS, CSCO. See FFIV Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/16/2025 (YTD)

Interactive Breakdown

F5 Interactive Breakdown Analysis

Better Bets than F5 (FFIV)

	FFIV	Better Performance than FFIV
Metric	Value	Industry (Communications Equipment)
Rev Chg LTM	8.9%	ANET (26.0%), UI (33.4%), CIEN (13.0%), LITE (21.0%), ASTS (249.4%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	4.2%	ANET (32.1%), MSI (9.5%), UI (15.8%), CIEN (7.4%), ASTS (35.3%)
Op Mgn LTM	25.2%	ANET (43.1%), UI (32.5%), IDCC (60.4%), TSAT (29.0%)
CFO/Rev LTM	32.7%	ANET (50.9%), IDCC (39.7%)
FCF/Rev LTM	31.6%	ANET (50.0%)
Total Yield	3.6%	CSCO (6.3%), ERIC (65.2%), NOK (4.1%), IDCC (6.1%), COMM (22.8%)

	FFIV	Better Performance than FFIV
Metric	Value	Sector (Information Technology)
Rev Chg LTM	8.9%	NVDA (71.6%), MSFT (14.9%), AVGO (28.0%), PLTR (38.8%), SAP (10.3%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	4.2%	NVDA (92.0%), MSFT (12.5%), AVGO (24.0%), ORCL (10.7%), PLTR (25.7%)
Op Mgn LTM	25.2%	NVDA (58.1%), MSFT (45.6%), AAPL (31.9%), AVGO (39.0%), ORCL (31.5%)
CFO/Rev LTM	32.7%	NVDA (46.6%), MSFT (48.3%), AVGO (42.4%), ORCL (36.3%), PLTR (50.3%)
FCF/Rev LTM	31.6%	NVDA (43.6%), AVGO (41.6%), PLTR (49.7%), CRM (31.6%), INTU (32.3%)
Total Yield	3.6%	CSCO (6.3%), IBM (5.0%), QCOM (8.6%), MU (3.8%), TXN (6.2%)

	FFIV	Better Performance than FFIV
Metric	Value	All Other Sectors
Rev Chg LTM	8.9%	GOOGL (13.1%), AMZN (10.9%), META (19.4%), LLY (36.8%), V (11.4%)
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	4.2%	GOOGL (10.2%), AMZN (11.3%), META (13.0%), TSLA (12.9%), BRK-B (16.6%)
Op Mgn LTM	25.2%	GOOGL (32.7%), META (42.9%), LLY (43.0%), V (66.5%), MA (58.0%)
CFO/Rev LTM	32.7%	GOOGL (36.0%), META (56.4%), V (60.4%), MA (53.3%), ABBV (33.1%)
FCF/Rev LTM	31.6%	V (56.8%), MA (49.2%), RY (131.7%), APP (53.7%), BKNG (36.9%)
Total Yield	3.6%	GOOGL (4.1%), META (3.6%), BRK-B (5.9%), JPM (6.6%), V (3.8%)

Latest Trefis Analyses

	Title	Topic	Date
0	DASHBOARDS
1	F5 Earnings Notes
2	Day 7 of Gains Streak for F5 Stock with 9.1% Return (vs. 33% YTD) [9/11/2025]	Notification
3	Day 6 of Gains Streak for F5 Stock with 6.5% Return (vs. 30% YTD) [9/10/2025]	Notification
4	F5 vs Alphabet: Which Is A Better Investment?	Counter-Intuitive Comparisons
5	F5 vs InterDigital: Which Is A Better Investment?	Counter-Intuitive Comparisons
6	How Does FFIV Stack Up Against Its Peers?	Peer Comparison
7	Better Bet Than FFIV Stock: Pay Less Than F5 To Get More From RTX, BKNG
8	Better Bet Than FFIV Stock: Pay Less Than F5 To Get More From MU, SMCI
9	Better Bet Than FFIV Stock: Pay Less Than F5 To Get More From IDCC
10	FFIV Dip Buy Analysis
11	ARTICLES
12	FFIV Stock Up 9.1% after 7-Day Win Streak		September 11th, 2025
13	S&P 500 Stocks Trading At 52-Week High		September 11th, 2025
14	FFIV Stock Up 6.5% after 6-Day Win Streak		September 11th, 2025
15	S&P 500 Stocks Trading At 52-Week High		August 13th, 2025
16	Mid Cap Stocks Trading At 52-Week High		August 7th, 2025

	Title
0	DASHBOARDS
1	FFIV Stock Up 9.1% after 7-Day Win Streak
2	S&P 500 Stocks Trading At 52-Week High
3	FFIV Stock Up 6.5% after 6-Day Win Streak
4	S&P 500 Stocks Trading At 52-Week High
5	Mid Cap Stocks Trading At 52-Week High
6	ARTICLES
7	F5 Earnings Notes
8	Day 7 of Gains Streak for F5 Stock with 9.1% Return (vs. 33% YTD) [9/11/2025]
9	Day 6 of Gains Streak for F5 Stock with 6.5% Return (vs. 30% YTD) [9/10/2025]
10	F5 vs Alphabet: Which Is A Better Investment?
11	F5 vs InterDigital: Which Is A Better Investment?
12	How Does FFIV Stack Up Against Its Peers?
13	Better Bet Than FFIV Stock: Pay Less Than F5 To Get More From RTX, BKNG
14	Better Bet Than FFIV Stock: Pay Less Than F5 To Get More From MU, SMCI
15	Better Bet Than FFIV Stock: Pay Less Than F5 To Get More From IDCC
16	FFIV Dip Buy Analysis

Recent Active Movers

1 Day Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	FGI	FGI Industries	139.3%	145.2%
2	CODX	Co-Diagnostics	80.8%	-14.8%
3	CNFR	Conifer	55.5%	50.4%
4	BGI	Birks	55.4%	-18.1%
5	FLUX	Flux Power	52.2%	99.4%
6	BOXL	Boxlight	45.7%	32.1%
7	LVRO	Lavoro	45.5%	-57.4%
8	NFE	New Fortress Energy	44.9%	-86.8%
9	WBTN	Webtoon Entertainment	39.0%	53.2%
10	HCWC	Healthy Choice Wellness	37.5%	-34.7%

1 Day Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	REX	REX American Resources	-50.1%	46.1%
2	XAGE	Longevity Health	-39.3%	-86.1%
3	BNGO	Bionano Genomics	-35.7%	-89.7%
4	IHT	InnSuites Hospitality Trust	-30.7%	7.3%
5	LUD	Luda Technology	-28.6%
6	NAOV	NanoVibronix	-28.5%	-88.2%
7	GDC	GD Culture	-28.2%	269.8%
8	ASST	Strive	-28.0%	813.4%
9	BIAF	bioAffinity Technologies	-25.5%	-71.3%
10	FAAS	DigiAsia	-23.9%	-87.2%

1 Week Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	BDSX	Biodesix	1313.2%	-78.6%
2	CLSD	Clearside Biomedical	954.0%	-74.9%
3	SDOT	Sadot	624.1%	-79.4%
4	WLDS	Wearable Devices	498.0%	-30.0%
5	CHEK	Check-Cap	285.6%	154.6%
6	ATCH	AtlasClear	275.9%	-91.0%
7	HSDT	Helius Medical Technologies	262.5%	-95.6%
8	OPI	Office Properties Income Trust	261.7%	-13.4%
9	FGI	FGI Industries	156.8%	145.2%
10	AIRE	ReAlpha Tech	154.0%	-56.1%

1 Week Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	NAKA	Kindly MD	-81.4%
2	ATYR	aTyr Pharma	-79.7%	-70.2%
3	LGCL	Lucas GC	-73.6%	-77.1%
4	EPSM	Epsium Enterprise	-70.1%
5	BNGO	Bionano Genomics	-59.4%	-89.7%
6	FAAS	DigiAsia	-58.5%	-87.2%
7	QMMM	QMMM	-57.5%	6775.0%
8	VCIG	VCI Global	-56.9%	-99.1%
9	YYGH	YY	-56.6%	-78.5%
10	XAGE	Longevity Health	-55.5%	-86.1%

1 Month Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1M Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	PMI	Picard Medical	11963.5%	11963.5%
2	GIBO	GIBO	9734.4%
3	CHSN	Chanson International	7565.0%	-99.3%
4	LNZA	LanzaTech Global	7287.5%	-86.0%
5	QMMM	QMMM	3031.7%	6775.0%
6	OESX	Orion Energy Systems	1497.9%	22.9%
7	CURX	Curanex Pharmaceuticals	1401.6%	1401.6%
8	ENTO	Entero Therapeutics	565.6%	117.6%
9	PTNM	Pitanium	553.2%
10	WLDS	Wearable Devices	449.5%	-30.0%

1 Month Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1M Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	CJET	Chijet Motor	-92.2%	-95.0%
2	STFS	Star Fashion Culture	-92.2%	-97.8%
3	ELPW	Elong Power	-91.6%	-76.7%
4	NXTT	Next Technology	-89.6%	-95.1%
5	NAKA	Kindly MD	-89.0%
6	BINI	Bollinger Innovations	-88.9%	-100.0%
7	JEM	707 Cayman	-88.4%	-98.2%
8	YAAS	Youxin Technology	-82.5%	-98.3%
9	NEON	Neonode	-82.0%	-50.2%
10	NVNO	enVVeno Medical	-81.5%	-69.8%

Recent Active Movers

1 Day Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	FGI	FGI Industries	139.3%	145.2%
2	CODX	Co-Diagnostics	80.8%	-14.8%
3	CNFR	Conifer	55.5%	50.4%
4	BGI	Birks	55.4%	-18.1%
5	FLUX	Flux Power	52.2%	99.4%
6	BOXL	Boxlight	45.7%	32.1%
7	LVRO	Lavoro	45.5%	-57.4%
8	NFE	New Fortress Energy	44.9%	-86.8%
9	WBTN	Webtoon Entertainment	39.0%	53.2%
10	HCWC	Healthy Choice Wellness	37.5%	-34.7%

1 Day Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1D Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	REX	REX American Resources	-50.1%	46.1%
2	XAGE	Longevity Health	-39.3%	-86.1%
3	BNGO	Bionano Genomics	-35.7%	-89.7%
4	IHT	InnSuites Hospitality Trust	-30.7%	7.3%
5	LUD	Luda Technology	-28.6%
6	NAOV	NanoVibronix	-28.5%	-88.2%
7	GDC	GD Culture	-28.2%	269.8%
8	ASST	Strive	-28.0%	813.4%
9	BIAF	bioAffinity Technologies	-25.5%	-71.3%
10	FAAS	DigiAsia	-23.9%	-87.2%

1 Week Top Gainers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	BDSX	Biodesix	1313.2%	-78.6%
2	CLSD	Clearside Biomedical	954.0%	-74.9%
3	SDOT	Sadot	624.1%	-79.4%
4	WLDS	Wearable Devices	498.0%	-30.0%
5	CHEK	Check-Cap	285.6%	154.6%
6	ATCH	AtlasClear	275.9%	-91.0%
7	HSDT	Helius Medical Technologies	262.5%	-95.6%
8	OPI	Office Properties Income Trust	261.7%	-13.4%
9	FGI	FGI Industries	156.8%	145.2%
10	AIRE	ReAlpha Tech	154.0%	-56.1%

1 Week Top Losers

#	Ticker	Company	1W Rtn	YTD Rtn
1	NAKA	Kindly MD	-81.4%
2	ATYR	aTyr Pharma	-79.7%	-70.2%
3	LGCL	Lucas GC	-73.6%	-77.1%
4	EPSM	Epsium Enterprise	-70.1%
5	BNGO	Bionano Genomics	-59.4%	-89.7%
6	FAAS	DigiAsia	-58.5%	-87.2%
7	QMMM	QMMM	-57.5%	6775.0%
8	VCIG	VCI Global	-56.9%	-99.1%
9	YYGH	YY	-56.6%	-78.5%
10	XAGE	Longevity Health	-55.5%	-86.1%

Peer Comparisons for F5

Financials

	FFIV	UI	NTAP	FN	LFUS	CSCO	Median
Name	F5	Ubiquiti	NetApp	Fabrinet	Littelfu.	Cisco Sy.
Mkt Price	323.73	597.91	123.37	355.53	263.53	66.93	293.63
Mkt Cap	18.7	36.2	24.8	12.7	6.5	265.1	21.7
Rev LTM	3,025	2,574	6,590	3,419	2,265	56,654	3,222
Op Inc LTM	763	836	1,436	326	313	12,504	799
FCF LTM	955	627	1,658	207	315	13,288	791
FCF 3Y Avg	741	330	1,380	241	328	14,178	535
CFO LTM	988	640	1,838	328	389	14,193	814
CFO 3Y Avg	781	345	1,563	318	409	14,986	595

Growth & Margins

	FFIV	UI	NTAP	FN	LFUS	CSCO	Median
Name	F5	Ubiquiti	NetApp	Fabrinet	Littelfu.	Cisco Sy.
Rev Chg LTM	8.9%	33.4%	3.3%	18.6%	1.3%	5.3%	7.1%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg	4.2%	15.8%	0.8%	14.8%	-0.7%	3.4%	3.8%
Rev Chg Q	12.2%	49.6%	1.2%	20.8%	9.8%	7.6%	11.0%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM	2.9%	10.8%	0.3%	4.8%	2.5%	1.9%	2.7%
Op Mgn LTM	25.2%	32.5%	21.8%	9.5%	13.8%	22.1%	21.9%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg	21.8%	28.8%	20.2%	9.6%	14.8%	24.5%	21.0%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM	0.4%	1.8%	0.1%	0.0%	0.8%	0.3%	0.3%
CFO/Rev LTM	32.7%	24.9%	27.9%	9.6%	17.2%	25.1%	25.0%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg	27.1%	15.2%	24.4%	10.7%	17.6%	26.7%	21.0%
FCF/Rev LTM	31.6%	24.4%	25.2%	6.0%	13.9%	23.5%	23.9%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg	25.7%	14.4%	21.5%	8.1%	14.1%	25.3%	18.0%

Valuation

	FFIV	UI	NTAP	FN	LFUS	CSCO	Median
Name	F5	Ubiquiti	NetApp	Fabrinet	Littelfu.	Cisco Sy.
Mkt Cap	18.7	36.2	24.8	12.7	6.5	265.1	21.7
P/S	6.2	14.1	3.8	3.7	2.9	4.7	4.2
P/EBIT	24.5	43.2	16.9	35.8	31.1	20.9	27.8
P/E	28.0	50.8	21.2	38.3	60.9	26.0	33.1
P/CFO	18.9	56.5	13.5	38.7	16.8	18.7	18.8
Total Yield	3.6%	2.4%	6.4%	2.6%	2.7%	6.3%	3.1%
Dividend Yield	0.0%	0.4%	1.7%	0.0%	1.1%	2.4%	0.7%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg	6.3%	2.3%	6.6%	3.1%	5.2%	6.4%	5.8%
D/E	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1
Net D/E	-0.1	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0	-0.0

Returns

	FFIV	UI	NTAP	FN	LFUS	CSCO	Median
Name	F5	Ubiquiti	NetApp	Fabrinet	Littelfu.	Cisco Sy.
1M Rtn	2.7%	48.7%	13.4%	7.8%	5.1%	1.1%	6.5%
3M Rtn	12.2%	57.9%	19.5%	37.4%	22.5%	2.4%	21.0%
6M Rtn	22.2%	90.1%	34.6%	59.5%	26.8%	11.7%	30.7%
12M Rtn	51.7%	194.4%	6.3%	58.6%	5.7%	33.9%	42.8%
3Y Rtn	117.4%	100.8%	92.0%	260.5%	28.6%	68.3%	96.4%
1M Excs Rtn	0.2%	46.2%	11.0%	5.4%	2.7%	-1.3%	4.0%
3M Excs Rtn	2.0%	48.3%	8.9%	28.1%	9.7%	-7.3%	9.3%
6M Excs Rtn	4.6%	71.4%	16.7%	44.2%	7.0%	-5.8%	11.8%
12M Excs Rtn	39.1%	180.9%	-10.5%	42.2%	-9.0%	19.7%	29.4%
3Y Excs Rtn	39.6%	36.2%	19.5%	185.3%	-44.9%	-3.2%	27.9%

Comparison Analyses

	Title
0	How Does FFIV Stack Up Against Its Peers?
1	With 12% Gains On The Table, CHKP May Outshine FFIV
2	With 30% Gains On The Table, ANF May Outshine FFIV
3	VRSN Looks Stronger Than FFIV With 9.0% Return Potential
4	F5 vs. Teleflex: With Return Forecast Of 23%, Teleflex Is A Better Bet
5	F5 vs. Juniper Networks: Both Seem Similar Bets
6	FFIV Looks Stronger Than NTAP With 7.2% Return Potential
7	With 20% Gains On The Table, CIEN May Outshine FFIV
8	With 7.1% Gains On The Table, FFIV May Outshine VSAT
9	F5 Networks vs. Autodesk: With Return Forecast Of 15%, F5 Networks Is A Better Bet

Financials

Annual
Quarterly

$ Mil \| FY: 9/30	LTM	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019
Period End	6/30/2025	9/30/2024	9/30/2023	9/30/2022	9/30/2021	9/30/2020	9/30/2019
Filing Date	8/6/2025	11/18/2024	11/14/2023	11/15/2022	11/16/2021	11/19/2020	11/15/2019
Key Financials
Total Revenue	3,025	2,816	2,813	2,696	2,603	2,351	2,242
EBITDA	853	774	651	527	509	496	587
Operating Income	763	667	538	412	394	400	518
Net Income	667	567	395	322	331	307	428
EPS	11.48	9.65	6.59	5.34	5.46	5.05	7.12
Growth Rates
Total Revenue Growth	8.9%	0.1%	4.4%	3.6%	10.7%	4.8%	3.7%
EBITDA Growth	12.0%	19.0%	23.4%	3.5%	2.7%	-15.5%	-12.2%
Operating Income Growth	17.7%	24.0%	30.7%	4.5%	-1.5%	-22.8%	-14.9%
Net Income Growth	20.5%	43.5%	22.6%	-2.7%	7.7%	-28.1%	-5.7%
Margins
EBITDA Margin	28.2%	27.5%	23.1%	19.6%	19.6%	21.1%	26.2%
Operating Income Margin	25.2%	23.7%	19.1%	15.3%	15.1%	17.0%	23.1%
Net Income Margin	22.1%	20.1%	14.0%	12.0%	12.7%	13.1%	19.1%
Cash & Debt
Total Cash	1,427	1,075	803	885	911	1,210	972
Total Debt	260	250	281	665	715	773	0
Net Debt / (Cash)	-1,167	-825	-522	-220	-195	-437	-972
Cash Flows
Net Cash from Operations	988	792	653	443	645	661	748
Free Cash from Operations	955	762	599	409	615	601	644
Returns to Shareholders
Dividends	0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0	-0
Share Repurchases	478	501	350	500	500	100	201

$ Mil \| FY: 9/30	2025Q3	2025Q2	2025Q1	2024Q4	2024Q3	2024Q2	2024Q1	2023Q4	2023Q3	2023Q2	2023Q1	2022Q4
Period End	6/30/2025	3/31/2025	12/31/2024	9/30/2024	6/30/2024	3/31/2024	12/31/2023	9/30/2023	6/30/2023	3/31/2023	12/31/2022	9/30/2022
Filing Date	8/6/2025	5/6/2025	2/7/2025	11/18/2024	8/6/2024	5/6/2024	2/5/2024	11/14/2023	8/4/2023	5/5/2023	2/3/2023	11/15/2022
Key Financials Quarterly
Total Revenue	780	731	766	747	695	681	693	707	703	703	700	700
Ebitda	219	181	239	214	190	168	202	201	189	133	127	135
Operating Income	196	159	216	191	163	140	173	172	160	106	100	108
Net Income	190	146	166	165	144	119	138	152	89	81	72	89
EPS	3.29	2.51	2.85	2.83	2.46	2.02	2.34	2.57	1.48	1.35	1.20	1.50
Key Financials TTM
Total Revenue TTM	3,025	2,940	2,890	2,816	2,776	2,784	2,805	2,813	2,806	2,778	2,709	2,696
Ebitda TTM	853	824	811	774	762	760	725	651	584	532	502	527
Operating Income TTM	763	730	711	667	648	645	611	538	474	421	390	412
Net Income TTM	667	621	595	567	554	499	461	395	332	326	301	322
Growth Rates Quarterly
Total Revenue Growth	12.2%	7.3%	10.7%	5.6%	-1.0%	-3.1%	-1.1%	1.0%	4.2%	10.9%	1.9%	2.6%
EBITDA Growth	15.2%	7.9%	18.2%	6.3%	0.7%	26.0%	58.7%	49.4%	38.6%	28.0%	-16.3%	-14.1%
Operating Income Growth	20.3%	13.5%	25.1%	11.2%	1.9%	32.1%	73.1%	59.7%	49.1%	42.1%	-18.1%	-14.9%
Net Income Growth	31.8%	22.3%	20.3%	8.7%	61.9%	46.2%	91.1%	70.3%	7.2%	44.8%	-22.6%	-19.3%
Margins Quarterly
EBITDA Margin	28.0%	24.8%	31.2%	28.7%	27.3%	24.7%	29.2%	28.5%	26.8%	19.0%	18.2%	19.2%
Operating Income Margin	25.2%	21.7%	28.2%	25.6%	23.5%	20.6%	25.0%	24.3%	22.8%	15.1%	14.3%	15.4%
Net Income Margin	24.3%	19.9%	21.7%	22.1%	20.7%	17.5%	20.0%	21.5%	12.7%	11.6%	10.3%	12.8%
Cash & Debt
Total Cash	1,427	1,259	1,151	1,075	936	903	826	803	691	755	660	885
Total Debt	260	267	274	250	261	267	276	281	292	303	311	665
Net Debt / (Cash)	-1,167	-992	-877	-825	-675	-637	-550	-522	-398	-452	-349	-220
Cash Flows Quarterly
FCF from Operations	282	257	203	247	159	222	165	190	165	141	158	154
Cash Flows TTM
FCF from Operations TTM	988	865	830	792	736	742	661	653	618	524	510	443
Returns to Shareholders Quarterly
Dividends	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Share Repurchases	125	127	125	101	150	100	150	60	250	-0	40	-0
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Quarterly
ROIC	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) TTM
ROIC TTM	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Price Behavior

Behavior Stats
Betas Matrix

Price Behavior

Market Price	$323.73
Market Cap ($ Bil)	18.7
First Trading Date	06/04/1999
Distance from 52W High	-3.2%
	50 Days	200 Days
DMA Price	$311.68	$283.78
DMA Trend	up	up
Distance from DMA	3.9%	14.1%
	3M	1YR
Volatility	24.5%	29.4%
Downside Capture	138.92	93.67
Upside Capture	126.40	119.65
Correlation (SPY)	52.5%	67.5%

FFIV Betas & Captures as of 8/31/2025

	1M	2M	3M	6M	1Y	3Y
Beta	1.61	1.41	1.19	1.01	1.00	1.05
Up Beta	2.66	2.19	1.88	0.98	0.89	0.98
Down Beta	0.92	1.36	1.38	1.13	1.17	1.20
Up Capture	122%	108%	88%	93%	129%	122%
Bmk +ve Days	10	22	35	71	142	415
Stock +ve Days	9	20	31	63	140	401
Down Capture	169%	93%	77%	98%	91%	100%
Bmk -ve Days	11	19	27	54	106	334
Stock -ve Days	12	21	31	62	108	347

[1] Upside and downside betas calculated using positive and negative benchmark daily returns respectively

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date	8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity	1,926,995
Short Interest: % Change Since 8152025	-2.6%
Average Daily Volume	388,441
Days-to-Cover Short Interest	4.96
Basic Shares Quantity	57,772,000
Short % of Basic Shares	3.3%

Returns Analyses

	Title
0	FFIV YTD Stock Return Of 22% Outperforms LFUS by 24% and Underperforms UI by -61%
1	Will You Be Comfortable Buying F5 Stock?
2	F5 During 2008 Recession vs. 2022 Inflation Shock: FFIV Stock Is Now 30% Higher Than Its Pre-Shock High
3	F5 Networks (FFIV) Stock Has 55% Chance Of Rise In The Next One Month
4	F5 Stock Return Comparison

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	Forward Returns
Earnings Date	1D Returns	5D Returns	21D Returns
7/30/2025	4.8%	7.4%	6.5%
4/28/2025	-0.9%	0.8%	6.9%
1/28/2025	11.4%	11.1%	7.9%
10/28/2024	10.1%	5.9%	15.4%
7/29/2024	13.0%	5.4%	12.5%
4/29/2024	-9.2%	-7.4%	-7.6%
1/29/2024	0.8%	-0.4%	0.2%
10/24/2023	2.3%	2.3%	12.7%
...
SUMMARY STATS
# Positive	14	15	17
# Negative	10	9	7
Median Positive	6.1%	5.4%	7.4%
Median Negative	-7.8%	-7.4%	-9.9%
Max Positive	13.0%	11.1%	31.3%
Max Negative	-12.8%	-11.7%	-18.9%

	Forward Returns
7/30/2025	4.8%	7.4%	6.5%
4/28/2025	-0.9%	0.8%	6.9%
1/28/2025	11.4%	11.1%	7.9%
10/28/2024	10.1%	5.9%	15.4%
7/29/2024	13.0%	5.4%	12.5%
4/29/2024	-9.2%	-7.4%	-7.6%
1/29/2024	0.8%	-0.4%	0.2%
10/24/2023	2.3%	2.3%	12.7%
7/24/2023	5.8%	5.3%	3.9%
4/19/2023	-2.1%	-4.7%	3.6%
1/24/2023	-0.7%	0.8%	-1.9%
10/25/2022	-7.2%	-5.8%	1.5%
7/25/2022	3.2%	7.2%	7.4%
4/26/2022	-12.8%	-10.7%	-18.9%
1/25/2022	-8.4%	-6.9%	-10.3%
10/26/2021	5.9%	9.2%	13.8%
7/26/2021	6.2%	7.3%	6.7%
4/27/2021	-9.1%	-11.7%	-9.9%
1/7/2021	6.2%	7.4%	14.3%
10/26/2020	8.5%	4.5%	31.3%
7/27/2020	-8.8%	-8.1%	-11.6%
4/27/2020	7.6%	3.4%	11.0%
1/27/2020	-5.0%	-8.2%	-4.7%
10/23/2019	5.5%	3.9%	3.1%
SUMMARY STATS
# Positive	14	15	17
# Negative	10	9	7
Median Positive	6.1%	5.4%	7.4%
Median Negative	-7.8%	-7.4%	-9.9%
Max Positive	13.0%	11.1%	31.3%
Max Negative	-12.8%	-11.7%	-18.9%

SEC Filings

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Report Date	Filing Date	Filing
6302025	8062025	10-Q 6/30/2025
3312025	5062025	10-Q 3/31/2025
12312024	2072025	10-Q 12/31/2024
9302024	11182024	10-K 9/30/2024
6302024	8062024	10-Q 6/30/2024
3312024	5062024	10-Q 3/31/2024
12312023	2052024	10-Q 12/31/2023
9302023	11142023	10-K 9/30/2023
6302023	8042023	10-Q 6/30/2023
3312023	5052023	10-Q 3/31/2023
12312022	2032023	10-Q 12/31/2022
9302022	11152022	10-K 9/30/2022
6302022	8052022	10-Q 6/30/2022
3312022	5062022	10-Q 3/31/2022
12312021	2042022	10-Q 12/31/2021
9302021	11162021	10-K 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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	Owner	Title	Filing Date	Action	Price	Shares	Transacted Value	Value of Held Shares	Form
0	WHALEN CHAD MICHAEL	EVP, Worldwide Sales	8122025	Sell	320.24	300	96,072	9,155,021	Form
1	FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEAN	EVP Global Services & Strategy	8062025	Sell	309.73	1,347	417,206	6,411,101	Form
2	Locoh-Donou Francois	President, CEO & Director	7032025	Sell	294.32	1,300	382,616	31,521,672	Form
3	Buse Elizabeth		6132025	Sell	293.53	1,500	440,301	1,471,486	Form
4	Locoh-Donou Francois	President, CEO & Director	6032025	Sell	283.99	1,300	369,187	42,712,096	Form

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2	SeekingAlpha	ValueLine
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4	CNBC	Etrade
5	MarketWatch	Unusual Whales
6	YCharts	Perplexity Finance
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	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total [1]
Returns
FFIV Return	26%	39%	-41%	25%	41%	29%	130%
Peers Return	22%	35%	-17%	17%	40%	36%	203%
S&P 500 Return	16%	27%	-19%	24%	23%	12%	104%
Monthly Win Rates [3]
FFIV Win Rate	42%	58%	25%	58%	83%	50%
Peers Win Rate	53%	70%	35%	53%	53%	65%
S&P 500 Win Rate	58%	75%	42%	67%	75%	62%
Max Drawdowns [4]
FFIV Max Drawdown	-35%	-1%	-45%	-9%	-8%	-5%
Peers Max Drawdown	-37%	-5%	-34%	-19%	-13%	-24%
S&P 500 Max Drawdown	-31%	-1%	-25%	-1%	-2%	-15%

F5 (FFIV)

Market Price (9/17/2025): $321.29 | Market Cap: $18.6 BilSector: Information Technology | Industry: Communications Equipment

F5 (FFIV)

Market Price (9/17/2025): $321.29Market Cap: $18.6 BilSector: Information TechnologyIndustry: Communications Equipment

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Market Price (9/17/2025): $321.29 | Market Cap: $18.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Communications Equipment

Market Price (9/17/2025): $321.29
Market Cap: $18.6 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Communications Equipment