F5, Inc. (FFIV)

NASDAQ: FFIV · USD

$365

-94.49 (-20.6%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-10-08

Our latest published analysis: FFIV rated Sell

F5, Inc.'s published Sell conclusion compares the analysis-date price with fair value and potential value. Read the full report for assumptions, evidence, and material risks.

Fair value

$294 / share

Potential value

$336 / share

Upside to FV

-36.2%

from $365

Moat

7.5/10

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9-phase methodology · same model in each published edition

Market cap	$26.1B
Revenue (ttm)	3.4B
Net income (ttm)	722.1M
EPS (ttm)	$12.5
Shares out	56.6M
P/E (trailing)	29.1x
P/E (forward)	24.6x
Volume	3,273,463
Beta	1.03

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 3.4B
Net income (ttm): 722.1M
EPS (ttm): $12.5
P/E (trailing): 29.1x
P/E (forward): 24.6x
Market cap: $26.1B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	Trend
Period	2022-09-30	2023-09-30	2024-09-30	2025-09-30	2026-09-30	Trend
Revenue	$2.70B	$2.81B	$2.82B	$3.09B	—	+4.6%
Gross profit	$2.16B	$2.22B	$2.26B	$2.51B	—	+5.3%
Operating income	$403.8M	$472.6M	$658.6M	$765.9M	—	+23.8%
Net income	$322.2M	$394.9M	$566.8M	$692.4M	—	+29.0%
EPS (diluted)	$5.27	$6.55	$9.55	$11.80	$12.21	+23.4%
EBITDA	$527.3M	$650.7M	$774.2M	$883.8M	—	+18.8%
R&D	$543.4M	$540.3M	$490.1M	$539.8M	—	-0.2%
SG&A	$274.6M	$263.4M	$268.8M	$322.3M	—	+5.5%

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Base and Bull scenarios

Base60%

Price target

$294.37

-36.2% from spot

The modal path reflects steady execution through the remainder of the iSeries to rSeries transition wave, balanced by mid-single-digit software growth and recurring maintenance support. Dynamic component pricing compresses FY2027 gross margin into the guided band before software mix and opex discipline restore normalized operating profitability.

Consolidated revenue grows 9.5% in FY2027, fading gradually to 5.0% by FY2031 as legacy iSeries migrations mature,.
Non-GAAP gross margins compress to 80.0%-82.0% in FY2027 due to memory pricing before stabilizing.
Operating margins dip to 34.0% in FY2027 before recovering to 35.5% by FY2031, with normalized tax rate of 19.0%.
Capital allocation commits at least 50% of free cash flow to share repurchases, discounted at 9.82% WACC.

Bull20%

Price target

$336.25

-27.2% from spot

Enterprise adoption of high-performance rSeries appliances accelerates ahead of schedule to support private AI inferencing clusters and digital sovereignty migrations, driving systems revenue in the mid-teens and pulling through software subscription attachments. Operating leverage expands operating margins and sustained free cash flow funds active buybacks.

Enterprise rSeries adoption accelerates ahead of schedule to support private AI inferencing clusters, driving systems revenue growth in the mid-teens,.
Gross margins remain defended near 83.0%-84.0% through advance component procurement and premium pricing.
Operating margins expand toward 36.0% via operating expense leverage, lifting diluted EPS compounding.

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

The highlighted cell is Fair value when every assumption sits at its base level ($294.37). Each row and column shows what Fair value becomes when one assumption moves.

Ke ↓ / g →	2.5%	2.8%	3.0%	3.3%	3.5%
8.8%	$311	$316	$321	$327	$334
9.3%	$298	$302	$307	$312	$317
9.8%	$287	$291	$294	$298	$303
10.3%	$277	$280	$284	$287	$291
10.8%	$269	$271	$274	$277	$280

Scorecard

Published factor rows and weighted composite

Calendar

Next earnings

Upcoming earnings date and setup when available.

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Sector percentile context

Refreshed 2026-10-28 19:55 UTC

Forward P/E24.6

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

Trailing P/E37.2

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROE19

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

ROIC26.8

P25 n/aP50 n/aP75 n/a

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Amount currency	USD
CIK code	0001048695
Company name	F5, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
CUSIP number	315616102
Earnings date	2026-10-27
Earnings time	amc
Employees	6,578
Employees change	21
Employees growth	0.32%
Enterprise value	$19.3B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
Financial report date	2026-09-30
First seen	2026-05-09
Fiscal year end	September
Founded	1996
In index	SP500
Industry	Software - Infrastructure
IPO date	1999-06-04
Is primary listing	Yes
Is SPAC	No
ISIN number	US3156161024
Last 10-K release date	2025-11-25
Last earnings date	2026-10-27
Last refreshed	2026-10-28
Last stock split date	2007-08-21
Last stock split type	Forward
Market cap	$20.7B
Market cap category	Large-Cap
Next earnings date	2027-01-26
Options	Yes
Price	$364.85
Price currency	USD
Sector	Technology
SIC code	3576
Stock price date	2026-10-28
Symbol	FFIV
U.S. state	Washington
Website	https://www.f5.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Adjusted P/E ratio	20.85x
Average P/E ratio (10Y)	25.95x
Average P/E ratio (3Y)	24.8x
Average P/E ratio (5Y)	26.76x
Earnings yield	3.43%
EV/Earnings	34.11x
EV/EBIT	29.85x
EV/EBITDA	26.73x
EV/FCF	28.35x
EV/Sales	7.21x
FCF / EV yield	3.53%
FCF yield	3.34%
Forward EV/Sales	6.67x
Forward P/E	20.01x
Forward P/S	7.04x
Graham number	140.92631
Graham upside	-69.32%
Industry forward P/E	29.37x
Industry P/E	39.02x
Lynch fair value	$211.19
Lynch upside	-54.03%
P/(FCF - SBC) ratio	42.79x
P/(OCF - SBC) ratio	37.24x
P/B ratio	6.52x
P/E ratio	29.14x
P/FCF ratio	29.94x
P/OCF ratio	27.11x
P/S ratio	7.61x
PEG ratio	3.36x
Price / tangible book value	17.08x
Price/EBITDA ratio	28.22x
Sector forward P/E	18.86x
Sector P/E	32.77x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT margin	24.15%
EBITDA margin	26.98%
Effective tax rate	16.8%
FCF margin	25.43%
Gross margin	81.88%
Operating margin	24.15%
Pretax margin	25.4%
Profit margin	21.14%
Profit per employee	$109,782
Profitable quarters	91
Profitable years	23
Revenue per employee	$519,408
ROA	7.71%
ROA (5Y)	7.03%
ROCE	15.73%
ROE	19.01%
ROE (5Y)	17.41%
ROIC	26.77%
ROIC (5Y)	22.76%
SBC / revenue	7.64%
Tax / revenue	4.27%

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
EPS growth	6.1%
EPS growth (Q)	-0.98%
EPS growth (QoQ)	-10.77%
EPS growth 10Y	8.81%
EPS growth 3Y	24.1%
EPS growth 5Y	18.58%
EPS growth quarters	14
EPS growth years	3
FCF growth	-4.13%
FCF growth (Q)	-52.44%
FCF growth (QoQ)	-67.47%
FCF growth 3Y	13.19%
FCF growth 5Y	7.17%
Gross profit growth	11.27%
Gross profit growth (Q)	13.25%
Gross profit growth 3Y	8.01%
Gross profit growth 5Y	5.74%
Net income growth	4.3%
Net income growth (Q)	-2.29%
Net income growth (QoQ)	-10.6%
Net income growth 3Y	22.28%
Net income growth 5Y	16.87%
Net income growth quarters	14
Net income growth years	3
OCF growth	1.03%
OCF growth (Q)	-43.23%
OCF growth (QoQ)	-62.65%
OCF growth 10Y	3.03%
OCF growth 3Y	13.66%
OCF growth 5Y	8.26%
Operating income growth	4.27%
Operating income growth (Q)	-0.31%
Operating income growth 3Y	15.33%
Operating income growth 5Y	13.19%
Revenue growth	10.64%
Revenue growth (Q)	13.25%
Revenue growth (QoQ)	6.05%
Revenue growth 10Y	5.53%
Revenue growth 3Y	6.69%
Revenue growth 5Y	5.59%
Revenue growth quarters	8
Revenue growth years	24

Financial statements

Income-statement and cash-flow amounts, totals and per share.

Metric	Value
Capital expenditures	$-90.5M
Depreciation and amortization	$96.5M
EBIT	$825.2M
EBITDA	$921.8M
EPS	$12.52
FCF per share	$15.35
Financing cash flow	$-567.3M
Free cash flow	$868.9M
Free cash flow minus SBC	$607.9M
Gross profit	$2.8B
Income taxes	$145.8M
Investing cash flow	$-143.9M
Net cash flow	$246.3M
Net income	$722.1M
Operating cash flow minus SBC	$698.5M
Operating income	$825.2M
Revenue	$3.4B
Stock-based compensation	$261M

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Book value per share	$70.50
Debt / EBITDA	0.22
Debt / equity	0.05
Debt / FCF	0.24
Goodwill	$2.5B
Long-term assets	$3.9B
Long-term liabilities	$1.2B
Net cash (debt)	$1.4B
Net cash / market cap	5.3%
Net cash growth	27.31%
Net debt / EBITDA	-1.5
Net debt / equity	-0.34
Net debt / FCF	-1.59
Piotroski F-Score	6
Property, plant and equipment	$386.4M
Shareholders' equity	$4B
Tangible book value	$1.5B
Tangible book value per share	$26.80
Total assets	$7.1B
Total cash	$1.6B
Total debt	$212.5M
Total liabilities	$3.1B
WACC	9.83%

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Asset turnover	0.51
Current assets	$3.1B
Current liabilities	$1.8B
Current ratio	1.73
Inventory turnover	3.65
Net working capital	$-262.5M
Quick ratio	1.12
Working capital	$1.3B
Working capital turnover	3.06

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback yield / dilution	1.73%
Dividend yield	0%
Shareholder yield	1.73%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y price change	178.98%
10Y return CAGR	10.81%
10Y total return	178.98%
150-day SMA	$390.61
15Y price change	245.67%
15Y return CAGR	8.62%
15Y total return	245.67%
1D price change	-20.57%
1M price change	-17.52%
1M total return	-17.52%
1W price change	-19.98%
1W total return	-19.98%
1Y price change	25.84%
1Y return CAGR	25.86%
1Y total return	25.84%
20-day SMA	$454.89
200-day SMA	$362.44
20Y price change	1,012.28%
20Y return CAGR	12.8%
20Y total return	1,012.28%
3M price change	-10.42%
3M total return	-10.42%
3Y price change	144%
3Y return CAGR	34.62%
3Y total return	144%
50-day SMA	$429.80
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
52-week high	$483.30
52-week high date	2026-10-12
52-week low	$223.76
52-week low date	2025-11-19
5Y price change	69.17%
5Y return CAGR	11.09%
5Y total return	69.17%
6M price change	22.75%
6M total return	22.75%
All-time high	$483.30
All-time high date	2026-10-12
All-time low	$1.88
All-time low date	2001-04-04
Average true range (ATR)	$20.51
Average volume	713.5K
Beta (1Y)	0.79
Beta (2Y)	0.85
Beta (5Y)	1.03
Change from 52-week high	-24.51%
Change from 52-week low	63.05%
Change from all-time high	-24.39%
Change from all-time low	19,390.13%
Change from open	-13.4%
Day's gap	-8.28%
Dollar volume	$1.2B
High price	$425.00
Low price	$361.81
Monthly RSI	58.78
Open price	$421.31
Position in 52-week range	4.81%
Premarket change	-7.8%
Premarket close	$459.36
Premarket price	$423.55
Premarket volume	119.3K
Previous close	$459.36
Price vs 150-day SMA	-6.44%
Price vs 20-day SMA	-19.66%
Price vs 200-day SMA	0.83%
Price vs 50-day SMA	-14.97%
Relative volume	4.59
RSI	26.96
Sharpe ratio	0.68
Sharpe ratio (3Y)	0.98
Sharpe ratio (5Y)	0.39
Sortino ratio	1.03
Sortino ratio (3Y)	1.56
Sortino ratio (5Y)	0.72
Volume	3.3M
Weekly RSI	44.64
YTD price change	43.16%
YTD total return	43.16%

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	56.2M
Float percentage	99.25%
Shares change (QoQ)	0.19%
Shares change (YoY)	-1.73%
Shares held by insiders	0.55%
Shares held by institutions	100.57%
Shares outstanding	56.6M
Short % of float	1.91%
Short % of shares	1.9%
Short ratio	2.3 days

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Deeper analysis on FFIV

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Forecast

Base and Bull forecast paths with report-date return framing.

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Valuation

Fair-value bridge, DCF, owner earnings, and peer multiples.

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Sensitivity

Cost-of-equity and terminal-growth stress table.

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Risks

Kill scenarios, soft-pass flags, and downside catalysts.

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Earnings

Next earnings setup and beat / inline / miss thresholds.

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Position sizing

Entry, exit, conviction, and quarterly monitoring rules.

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Financials

Revenue, margins, cash flow, and balance-sheet context.

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Peers

Relative valuation and profitability against the cohort.

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Moat

Economic-profit evidence and competitive advantage risk.

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Industry cycle

Sector phase, capital cycle, and secular tailwinds.

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Frequently asked questions

About this FFIV report

What is the latest published FFIV stock rating?

F5, Inc. is shown with Sell in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-08. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

Where can I read the full FFIV analysis?

The full latest published report, analyzed 2026-10-08, lives at /stocks/FFIV/analysis. The bare ticker page summarizes that read and links to each analysis tab; earlier editions remain under /analysis/archive.

What fair value is used for FFIV?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-10-08 gives FFIV a fair value of USD 294 and a potential value of USD 336. These are dated research outputs, not live market prices; review the valuation assumptions, sensitivity analysis, and material risks before making a decision.

How often is the FFIV page updated?

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SellFFIV · Fair value $294-36.2%

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F5, Inc. (FFIV)

Our latest published analysis: FFIV rated Sell

Price

Financial snapshot

Fair-value bridge

Latest news · FFIV

Valuation

Profitability

Balance sheet

Trading

Base and Bull scenarios

Sensitivity: Ke × terminal growth

Scorecard

Next earnings

Sector percentile context

All FFIV indicators

Profile and market data

Valuation

Profitability

Growth

Financial statements

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Liquidity

Dividends and buybacks

Performance and technicals

Ownership and float

Other indicators

Deeper analysis on FFIV

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Ratingverlauf

Category	Score	Reading
Valuation	1.5
Management	9.5
Balance Sheet	8.0
Profitability	6.5
Revenue Growth	6.0
Risk Assessment	7.5
Competitive Moat	7.5
Earnings Quality	8.0
Capital Efficiency	6.5