F5, Inc.
Rank #159Capital ReturnFFIV · Nasdaq · Technology
F5, Inc. (FFIV) — Rank #159 by gross profitability (GP/assets 0.37) · ROE 18.0% · Piotroski F-Score N/A.
As-of 2026-09-15 · CIK 0001048695 · all metrics point-in-time as of the filing date.
About
F5, Inc. provides multicloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region.
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The company's distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud. It also offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration. In addition, the company provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX One Console; NGINX Ingress Controller; WAF for NGINX; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems. Further, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services. The company sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners. It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021. F5, Inc.
was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- Sector
- Technology
- State
- WA
- Filer Category
- Large accelerated filer
- Fiscal Year End
- September 30
- Website
- f5.com
Financials
Each fiscal year is read as-of that year’s own 10-K filing, so nothing restated after the fact leaks backwards. Line items this filer never tagged are omitted. Hover or tap a badge for the diagnostic behind it.
| Fiscal year end | 2025-09-30filed 2025-11-25 | 2024-09-30filed 2024-11-18 | 2023-09-30filed 2023-11-14 | 2022-09-30filed 2022-11-15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating | ||||
| Depreciation & amortization | 92.4 | 107.0 | 112.7 | 115.6 |
| Stock-based compensation | 231.5 | 219.1 | 236.7 | 249.2 |
| Change in receivables | 28.4 | (64.0) | (16.7) | 130.6 |
| Change in inventory | 0.9 | 40.5 | (32.5) | 46.3 |
| Operating cash flow | 949.7 | 792.4 | 653.4 | 442.6 |
| Investing | ||||
| Capital expenditures | 43.3 | 30.4 | 54.2 | 33.6 |
| Acquisitions, net of cash | 171.1 | 32.9 | 35.0 | 67.9 |
| Investing cash flow | (219.5) | (59.2) | 36.4 | 218.1 |
| Financing | ||||
| Debt issued | — | — | — | 0.0 |
| Debt repaid | 0.0 | 0.0 | 350.0 | 20.0 |
| Share repurchases | 502.1 | 500.6 | 350.0 | 500.0 |
| Financing cash flow | (464.8) | (457.0) | (653.3) | (476.5) |
| Summary | ||||
| Free cash flow | 906.4 | 762.0 | 599.2 | 409.0 |
Figures are as originally filed with the SEC (point-in-time), not restated, so they can differ slightly from sites that show later-restated numbers. Why point-in-time?