F5, Inc. (FFIV) Stock

About 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.

F5, Inc. is led by CEO Francois Locoh-Donou, employs 6,578 people, headquartered in Seattle, US, publicly traded since 1999.

F5, Inc. (FFIV) stock trades at $406.35 with a market capitalization of $22.93B. The stock is valued at a price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.14, price-to-book of 5.71, price-to-sales of 6.34. Over the past 52 weeks the stock has ranged between $223.76 and $432.61, and currently trades 6.1% below its 52-week high.

On profitability, F5, Inc. generates a return on equity (ROE) of 20.34% — well above the market average, a sign of a high-quality business, return on capital employed of 21.33%, an operating margin of 24.65%, a net profit margin of 21.96%.

In its most recent fiscal year, F5, Inc. reported annual revenue of $3.1B, net profit of $692.0M, revenue has compounded at 5.6% a year over the last five years, profit at 17.7% a year. Profit growing faster than revenue points to expanding margins.

The balance sheet shows a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07 — a conservative balance sheet with little leverage risk, a current ratio of 1.54, total assets of $6.3B, $1.3B in cash and equivalents.

FFIV has an average daily trading volume of 672,620 shares, a beta of 1.05.

Official website: www.f5.com