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F5, Inc.

FFIV Research profile · latest available data

Price overview

$443.06

▼ -3.49 (-0.8%)

52w hi$455.99
52w lo$223.99
Vol428.20K
As of25 Sep 2026

The Verdict

Buy

Our score +0.52

Short+0.18
Medium+0.80
Long+0.64

computed 2026-09-27

Key fundamentals

F5, Inc.

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

Market cap$25.09B
Enterprise value$23.74B
Trailing P/E35.33x
Forward P/E24.51x
EV / EBITDA25.71x
P / S (ttm)7.58x
Profit margin22.0%
Return on equity19.8%
Revenue growth+10.9%
Earnings growth+11.4%
Debt / equity6.55

Layer Breakdown

LayerRawContribution
Fundamental+0.23
Sector+0.19
Technical+0.23
Earnings+0.00
Sentiment+0.00

macro × 1.00 · 2026-09-27

Business overview

F5, Inc. provides multicloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. 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.

United States · www.f5.com

Risk Metrics

Beta vs SPX1.04
Corr SPX0.51
Annual vol33.1%
Annual ret+40.6%
Sharpe1.23
Max DD-34.7%

Window: 504 trading days (504 obs)

Analyst Coverage

Mean PT$337.40
High / Low$375.00 / $250.00
Median$348.00
Analysts10
Strong Buy3
Buy1
Hold8
Sell0
Strong Sell1

Recent rating actions

2026-04-29RBC Capital→ Outperform
2026-04-29Needham→ Hold
2026-04-29JP Morgan→ Overweight
2026-04-29Barclays→ Equal-Weight
2026-04-16JP Morgan→ Overweight
2026-01-28RBC Capital→ Outperform

Material Events

DateEvent8-K
2026-07-27Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-06-23Officer / Director Change, Reg FD Disclosure…read
2026-04-28Officer / Director Change, Other Material Event…read
2026-04-28Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2026-03-13Officer / Director Change, Shareholder Vote…read
2026-01-27Earnings Release, Exhibitsread
2025-10-27Earnings Release, Officer / Director Change…read
2025-10-151.05, Officer / Director Change…read
2025-09-11Reg FD Disclosure, Exhibitsread
2025-07-30Earnings Release, Officer / Director Change…read
2025-04-28Earnings Release, Officer / Director Change…read
2025-03-17Shareholder Voteread

Insider Trades

DateInsiderRoleActionSharesValue
2026-08-05Locoh-Donou FrancoisPresident, CEO & DirectorSell996$411.24K
2026-08-05Locoh-Donou FrancoisPresident, CEO & DirectorSell1.10K$452.04K
2026-08-05Locoh-Donou FrancoisPresident, CEO & DirectorSell200$81.94K
2026-08-05FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEANEVP Global Services & StrSell1.21K$500.87K
2026-08-05Locoh-Donou FrancoisPresident, CEO & DirectorSell320$132.51K
2026-08-05Locoh-Donou FrancoisPresident, CEO & DirectorSell284$117.87K
2026-08-05Locoh-Donou FrancoisPresident, CEO & DirectorSell40$16.67K
2026-08-05Locoh-Donou FrancoisPresident, CEO & DirectorSell642$264.39K
2026-08-03WHALEN CHAD MICHAELEVP, Worldwide SalesSell703$284.62K
2026-08-03Werner Edward CooperChief Financial OfficerSell599$243.15K

Flow & Concentration

Insider 180d net-$3.12M
Insider buys / sells0 / 12
Insider biasSellers
13F holders8
Top-5 share94.5%
HHI3,769 (concentrated)

Top Holders

HolderValueShares
State Street Corp$1.29B3.10M
AQR Capital Management$385.03M925.63K
Millennium Management$193.16M464.38K
Capital Research / Capital World$127.60M306.76K
Fidelity / FMR LLC$121.73M292.66K
Citadel Advisors$110.22M264.97K
Renaissance Technologies$12.59M30.27K
T. Rowe Price Group$95.89K230.52K

As of 2026-06-30

SEC Filings

DateFormDoc
2026-08-064view
2026-08-0610-Qview
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2026-08-044view
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2026-08-034view
2026-07-278-Kview
2026-07-213view

The Long Run

FY 2010–2025 · 16 years

LineLatestCAGRTrend
Revenue$2.81B+8.0%
Gross profit$2.51B+11.2%
Operating income$472.57M+4.9%
Net income$692.38M+14.4%
Cash from ops$949.67M+7.7%

Indices

S&P 500

Recent Sessions

DateOpenHighLowCloseVol
Sep 25$446.55$452.17$441.86$443.06428.20K
Sep 24$452.13$457.70$445.00$446.55550.90K
Sep 23$453.92$462.00$452.17$455.99480.90K
Sep 22$447.19$454.13$442.01$453.33433.70K
Sep 21$433.00$451.02$432.06$450.10682.70K

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