F5/$FFIV
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About F5
F5 is a market leader in the application delivery controller market. The company sells products for security, application performance, and automation. Its three customer verticals are enterprises, service providers, and government entities. Revenue is evenly split between its services business and products business with revenue trending toward products due to software adoption. The Seattle-based firm was incorporated in 1996, and went public in 1999.
- Ticker
- $FFIV
- Sector
- Communication
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 6,545
- Headquarters
- Seattle, United States
- Website
- www.f5.com
F5 Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$25B
34.62
$12.55
1.03
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Price and volume
Market cap
$25B
Beta
1.03
52-week high
$439.48
52-week low
$223.76
Average daily volume
499K
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.665
Quick ratio
1.149
Long term debt to equity
0.057
Total debt to equity
0.057
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
923.304
Gross margin (TTM)
81.87%
Net profit margin (TTM)
21.95%
Operating margin (TTM)
24.96%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
14.87%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$510,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
8.00%
Return on equity (TTM)
19.83%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
34.621
Price to revenue (TTM)
7.51
Price to book
6.41
Price to tangible book (TTM)
17.99
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
25.633
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.90%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
16.955
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
9.41%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
10.67%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.65%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.32%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
31.73%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
9.39%
What the Analysts think about F5
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for F5 stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of F5 stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
F5 delivered Q2 FY 2026 revenue of $812 million, up 11% YoY, with product revenue up 22%—its seventh straight quarter of double-digit product growth, driven by hybrid multicloud adoption and AI inference demand. (Business Wire)
Following its strong Q2 performance, F5 raised its FY 2026 revenue growth outlook to 7%–8%, up from 5%–6%, signaling management’s confidence in sustained demand and a robust sales pipeline. (MarketBeat)
F5 generated a record $348 million in free cash flow in Q2 and deployed $100 million in share repurchases, with a commitment to allocate at least 50% of FY free cash flow to buybacks, underlining strong cash conversion. (MarketBeat)
Services revenue grew just 2% YoY to $401 million in Q2, highlighting slower momentum in the lower-growth services segment compared to products. (SEC)
Management flagged near-term gross margin headwinds from elevated memory and component costs, expecting sequential margin compression from Q3 into Q4 and sustained higher input prices into FY 2027. (MarketBeat)
Americas revenue increased only 3% in Q2, lagging EMEA’s 22% and APAC’s 19% growth, suggesting potential exposure to US enterprise spending cycles. (Motley Fool)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 26 Aug 2026.
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Funds containing F5
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | $FFIV weighting |
|---|---|---|
Wisdomtree Cybersecurity€W1TB | €256M | 4.44% |
Wisdomtree Cybersecurity£CYSE | £223M | 3.95% |
iShares Digital Security€L0CK | €1.7B | 2.23% |
iShares Digitalisation$DGTL | $793M | 0.94% |
iShares Digitalisation£DGIT | £585M | 0.94% |
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