profit from every $100 of sales.
$0$100
F5
$309.14-2.68% today
+29.4% in 1 year
1-year low $223.991-year high $479.83
Trading in the middle of its range for the past year.
The essentials
Four questions every investor asks, answered in one line each.
more sales each year, on average, 2020 to 2025.
0%20% a year
You pay $25.37 for every $1 of profit it makes in a year.
CheapExpensive
It holds more cash than debt.
No debt5 years
Money in, money out
What F5 sold, what it kept, and what it did with the cash.
Sales went from $2.70 billion in 2022 to $3.09 billion in 2025, with $692 million of profit last year.
SalesProfit
F5 handed back 55% of the cash it generated last year.
Buybacks $502M
Free cash flow 2025$906M
Bought back its own shares$502M
Paid as dividends–
Cash vs. debt$1.3B vs. $262M
F5 vs. similar companies
F5 grows the slowest of these 5 and is priced in the middle for its profits.
| Company | Profit from $100 of sales | Sales growth a year | Price per $1 of profit |
|---|---|---|---|
| F5 | 25.4× · Fair price | ||
 Microsoft | 29.1× · Fair price | ||
 Palantir Technologies | 249.1× · Very expensive | ||
 Oracle | 22.9× · Fair price | ||
 Palo Alto Networks | 232.6× · Very expensive |
Compare F5 with Arista Networks · Cisco
AI analysis
An AI analyst reads F5's last five years, its segments, earnings, insiders and peers, and writes the bull case, the bear case and what the price expects.
Run the AI analysisFull statementsIncome, balance sheet and cash flow, year by year
Income statement
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,351 | 2,603 | 2,696 | 2,813 | 2,816 | 3,088 | |
| 1,943 | 2,110 | 2,156 | 2,220 | 2,258 | 2,514 | |
| 392 | 394 | 412 | 538 | 667 | 791 | |
| 488 | 509 | 527 | 651 | 774 | 884 | |
| 307 | 331 | 322 | 395 | 567 | 692 | |
| 5.01 | 5.34 | 5.27 | 6.55 | 9.55 | 11.80 | |
| 82.6% | 81.1% | 80.0% | 78.9% | 80.2% | 81.4% | |
| 16.7% | 15.1% | 15.3% | 19.1% | 23.7% | 25.6% | |
| 13.1% | 12.7% | 12.0% | 14.0% | 20.1% | 22.4% |
Balance sheet
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total assets | 4,678 | 4,997 | 5,276 | 5,248 | 5,613 | 6,319 |
| Cash | 850 | 581 | 758 | 797 | 1,075 | 1,344 |
| Total debt | 773 | 715 | 665 | 281 | 250 | 262 |
| Total liabilities | – | – | 2,807 | 2,448 | 2,484 | 2,727 |
| 2,232 | 2,360 | 2,469 | 2,800 | 3,129 | 3,592 | |
| 61 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 59 | |
| 10.3% | 10.1% | 10.4% | 13.8% | 15.6% | 16.2% | |
| 13.8% | 14.0% | 13.0% | 14.1% | 18.1% | 19.3% |
Cash flow
| In millions of USD | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 661 | 645 | 443 | 653 | 792 | 950 | |
| 60 | 31 | 34 | 54 | 30 | 43 | |
| 601 | 615 | 409 | 599 | 762 | 906 | |
| Dividends paid | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 100 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 501 | 502 | |
| 202 | 243 | 249 | 237 | 219 | 231 |
Valuation
- 25.4×
- 18.8×
- 1.36
- 5.6×
- 5.7×
- 19.4×
- 18.6×
- 5.2%
- 3.9%
- 0.0%
Profitability
- 81.4%
- 25.6%
- 22.4%
- 27.6%
- 13.8%
- 12.8%
- 19.9%
- 10.9%
- 16.5%
- 17.5%
Growth
- +5.6%
- +18.7%
- +18.9%
- –
- −1.2%
Financial health
- -1.3×
- 0.07
- 4.0%
- –
- 1.59
- 1.53
- 0.50
How it ranks in Technology
Each dot is where the company stands among every company over $300M in the sector. Further right is better.
Top 25%of 965
Top 12%of 973
Top 45%of 731
Bottom 36%of 978
Top 29%of 981
What analysts expect
- Average price target
- $310.67
- Range
- $292.00 – $345.00
- 1 analysts
These targets were collected on May 20, 2026 and our analyst feed has not updated since, so we no longer compare them with today's price.
Recent earnings
Our results feed has not updated since May 21, 2026. Results reported after that are not in this table yet.
| Date | EPS | Expected | Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2026 | 3.90 | 3.47 | +12.4% |
| Jan 27, 2026 | 4.45 | 3.64 | +22.3% |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 4.39 | 3.97 | +10.6% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 4.16 | 3.51 | +18.5% |
| Apr 28, 2025 | 3.42 | 3.10 | +10.3% |
| Jan 28, 2025 | 3.84 | 3.36 | +14.3% |
| Oct 28, 2024 | 3.67 | 3.45 | +6.4% |
| Jul 29, 2024 | 3.36 | 2.97 | +13.1% |
News
No recent news on file.
Insider trades
Our insider feed has not updated since May 26, 2026. Trades filed after that are not listed yet.
No insider trades on file.
The seven classic investing rulebooks
5/7Passes 5 of 7. Each bar is how well the company fits that investor's published rules, from 0 to 100; 60 or more counts as a pass.
Warren Buffett
70Pass
Benjamin Graham
55No pass
Philip Fisher
83Pass
Peter Lynch
70Pass
Joel Greenblatt
33No pass
Charlie Munger
76Pass
Terry Smith
71Pass
Questions about F5
Is F5 a good stock to buy?
A strong, very profitable business at a fair price. 5 of the 7 famous investors' published rulebooks we apply pass it. Whether it suits you depends on your goals and the price you pay; invest-like never tells anyone to buy or sell. The AI analysis lays out the case for and against. Read the F5 AI analysis
What does F5 do?
F5, Inc. provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions for the security, performance, and availability of network applications, servers, and storage systems. It is in Software - Infrastructure, based in Seattle, WA, United States, with 6,512 employees.
Does F5 pay a dividend?
No. F5 does not pay a dividend at the moment; in 2025 it returned $502 million to shareholders by buying back its own shares.
Is F5 stock halal?
Yes. F5 passes our halal screen: its business is permitted and its debt is 1% of its market value, under the 30% limit. How we check
How has F5 stock done over the past year?
Up 29.4% over the past twelve months, to $309.14. It traded between $223.99 and $479.83 and is 35.6% below its high.
Who are F5's competitors?
The largest listed companies in the same industry are Microsoft, Palantir Technologies, Oracle and Palo Alto Networks. The peers table on this page compares their profit, growth and price with F5's.
Prices: daily closes to Nov 13, 2026. Fundamentals: company reports via invest-like data.