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FFIV · NasdaqGS

F5, Inc.

Software - Infrastructure · United States

USD 470.592.6% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
Market cap (USD)
US$26.65B
Trailing P/E
37.14x
Forward P/E
26.03x
Quarterly revenue growth
10.9%
Trailing net margin
22.0%
Indicated dividend yield
—

Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-06-30 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.

Next earnings: 2026-10-26 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).

Company background

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.

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Q2 FY2026

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FFIV Stock: EPS Beats by 12% — Q2 FY2026 Earnings Analysis

Published 2026-04-28

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MetricFFIVF5, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30
Market capMarket value, converted to USDUS$26.65B
Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate26.03x
EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA26.66x
Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter10.9%
Operating marginLatest reported quarter24.6%
Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap2.7%
Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA-1.47x
Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity0.07x
Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings37.14x
Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share6.94x
EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue7.44x
Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter11.4%
Gross marginTrailing twelve months81.9%
Net marginTrailing twelve months22.0%
Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only19.8%
Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue21.7%
Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price—
Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout0.0%
Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities1.67x
BetaProvider historical market sensitivity1.03

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