F5, Inc. (FFV) Stock Price & Analysis
FFV Stock Chart & Stats
- Day’s Range
- EUR 301.00 - EUR 322.70
- 52-Week Range
- EUR 194.80 - EUR 430.60
- Previous Close
- EUR 326.80
- Volume
- 20
- Average Volume (3M)
- 25
- Market Cap
- EUR 17.10B
- Enterprise Value
- EUR 24.29B
- Total Cash (Recent Filing)
- EUR 1.59B
- Total Debt (Recent Filing)
- EUR 212.45M
- Price to Earnings (P/E)
- 26.7
- Beta
- 0.40
- Next Earnings
- Jan 26, 2027 (Est.)
- EPS Estimate
- 3.88
- Next Dividend Ex-Date
- N/A
- Dividend Yield
- N/A
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Recurring Revenue Base
A majority recurring-revenue mix improves visibility and supports durable customer relationships through subscriptions, support, and managed services. This model can make future revenue more resilient while creating opportunities to expand accounts as customers adopt additional security and application-management products.
High And Improving Profitability
Exceptionally high gross margins and expanding operating profitability indicate strong economics in F5’s software, security, and application-delivery offerings. Sustained margin strength provides financial capacity for product investment, sales expansion, and shareholder returns even if revenue growth moderates.
Conservative Balance Sheet
The sharp reduction in leverage leaves F5 conservatively financed and gives management substantial flexibility across the business cycle. A stronger balance sheet can support continued research, go-to-market investment, acquisitions or shareholder returns without relying heavily on additional borrowing.
Bears Say
Slower Revenue Growth Outlook
The lower growth outlook suggests that F5’s recent acceleration may not continue at the same pace over the next several quarters. Slower expansion could limit operating leverage and reduce the rate at which the company compounds revenue, particularly if software growth does not offset moderation elsewhere.
Higher Component Cost Pressure
Higher component costs create a direct risk to margin sustainability, especially in a business that still generates meaningful systems revenue. If costs remain elevated, F5 may need to absorb some pressure or adjust pricing, potentially limiting the conversion of revenue growth into operating and free cash flow growth.
Expected Systems Deceleration
A post-refresh slowdown introduces a structural headwind to an important product category and may make the revenue mix less favorable in the second half of fiscal 2027. Lower systems demand could also reduce cross-selling opportunities and increase reliance on software and services to sustain overall growth.
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Company Description
F5, Inc.
F5, Inc. is a technology company specializing in comprehensive solutions designed to secure and optimize the delivery of applications across various cloud environments. Their core mission is to guarantee the security, peak performance, and constant availability of critical network applications, servers, and storage systems for their clients. Through their multi-cloud offerings, F5 empowers organizations to seamlessly develop, deploy, operate, secure, and govern their applications, whether these reside in traditional on-premises infrastructures or modern public cloud platforms. The company's extensive product portfolio includes a range of application security and delivery tools: Robust hardware like BIG-IP appliances and VIPRION chassis, complemented by their software modules and virtual editions. Software-defined solutions such as Local Traffic Manager and DNS Services for efficient traffic handling. Advanced network protection with Advanced Firewall Manager and Policy Enforcement Manager. Security and access control via Application Security Manager and Access Policy Manager. The NGINX product family, including NGINX Plus and NGINX Controller, for web serving and application delivery. Sophisticated threat and fraud prevention tools like Shape Defense, Enterprise Defense, Secure Web Gateway, Silverline DDoS, and other application security services. Beyond products, F5 offers a suite of professional services, encompassing expert consulting, training, installation, maintenance, and ongoing technical support. F5 serves a diverse global clientele, including major enterprise businesses, public sector organizations, government bodies, and service providers. Their solutions are distributed through a broad network of partners, including distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, and systems integrators, reaching customers across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region. The company also fosters strategic partnerships with leading public cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform. Established in Seattle, Washington, in 1996, the company officially changed its name from F5 Networks, Inc. to F5, Inc. in November 2021.
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- CEO
- Francois Locoh-Donou
- Employees
- 6,545
- Website
- www.f5.com
- Address
- 801 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA, 98104, US
F5, Inc. (FFV) Earnings & Revenues
FFV Company Deck
FFV Earnings Call
Earnings Call SentimentPositive
The call was strongly positive, with record Q4 execution, double-digit product growth, broad regional expansion, accelerating AI and security adoption, major competitive wins, improving SaaS and security metrics, and confidence in future demand. The main challenges were a lower fiscal 2027 revenue growth outlook relative to fiscal 2026, expected second-half systems deceleration, higher component costs affecting gross margin, near-term Q1 cash flow effects from inventory and bonus timing, and continued supply chain risk.
View all DE:FFV earnings summariesFFV Net sales Breakdown
- 48.85% Products
- 51.15% Services
FFV Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
Technical Analysis
Overall Consensus
| Indicator | Bullish | Neutral | Bearish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall Consensus | 6 | 1 | 15 |
| Technical Analysis | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| Moving Averages | 0 | 0 | 12 |