F5, Inc. (FFIV)Technology | Software - Infrastructure | Seattle, United States | NasdaqGS
394.24 USD
-15.98
(-3.895%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 393.00 -1.24 (-1.240%) ⇩ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:35 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 3:10 a.m. EDT
The investment case rests on a high-quality business with robust profitability and a fortress balance sheet. Margins remain healthy at over 22 percent, and the company generates substantial free cash flow relative to its size. While the growth rate sits around 11 percent, it falls short of the explosive expansion required for a top-tier rating, keeping the long-term outlook solid but not exceptional. Valuation is premium, yet justified by the operational efficiency and cash generation. In the near term, the stock is testing key technical resistance. It has slipped below its fifty-day moving average over the last two weeks, creating a short-term headwind, though it remains well above the two-hundred-day support level. This suggests a consolidation phase rather than a breakdown. Options flow confirms a bullish bias among traders, who are buying calls at levels significantly higher than the current price, expecting a recovery and breakout. There is no income component to consider, as the company does not distribute dividends. The path forward involves waiting for the short-term technicals to stabilize before committing capital, as the immediate momentum is mixed despite the underlying strength. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.041521 |
| MSTL | 0.050560 |
| AutoETS | 0.051833 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.089655 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 47% |
| H-stat | 1.22 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.484 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.84 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 6.546 |
| Revenue per Share | 57.87 |
| Market Cap | 22,324,701,184 |
| Trailing P/E | 32.69 |
| Forward P/E | 21.81 |
| Beta | 1.03 |
| Profit Margins | 21.95% |
| Previous Name | F5 Networks, Inc. |
| Website | https://www.f5.com |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 3:10 a.m. EDT: Speculators are positioning for upside with heavy out-of-the-money call open interest at strikes ranging from 430 to 640, indicating bets on a significant rally. Put open interest is concentrated near the current price and slightly below, suggesting hedging or protection against a pullback. Implied volatility remains elevated around 40-47%, reflecting expectations for continued price movement.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.3373977 |
| Address1 | 801 5th Avenue |
| All Time High | 435.0 |
| All Time Low | 1.875 |
| Ask | 411.3 |
| Ask Size | 2 |
| Audit Risk | 4 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 438,910 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 616,320 |
| Average Volume | 616,320 |
| Average Volume10Days | 438,910 |
| Beta | 1.033 |
| Bid | 397.3 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 5 |
| Book Value | 67.851 |
| City | Seattle |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 7 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 394.24 |
| Current Ratio | 1.665 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,786,665,600 |
| Day High | 410.0 |
| Day Low | 394.075 |
| Debt To Equity | 6.546 |
| Display Name | F5 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,785,182,400 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,785,182,400 |
| Earnings Growth | 0.114 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | 0.096 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,785,182,400 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,793,044,800 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,793,044,800 |
| Ebitda | 923,304,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.27899998 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 22.713 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 6.337 |
| Enterprise Value | 20,971,298,816 |
| Eps Current Year | 17.33147 |
| Eps Forward | 18.07676 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 12.06 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fax | 206 272 5556 |
| Fifty Day Average | 403.6786 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | -9.438599 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | -0.02338147 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 33.73977 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 435.0 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -40.76001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.09370117 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 223.76 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 170.48 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.7618877 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 223.76 - 435.0 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 928,503,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 56,088,091 |
| Forward Eps | 18.07676 |
| Forward P E | 21.809217 |
| Free Cashflow | 717,135,488 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 6,512 |
| Fullday Change | -15.98 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -3.89547 |
| Fullday Price | 393.0 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,785,542,400 |
| Gross Margins | 0.81865996 |
| Gross Profits | 2,709,201,920 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.0049799997 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.01924 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 56,627,182 |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Disp | Software - Infrastructure |
| Industry Key | software-infrastructure |
| Ir Website | http://www.f5.com/about/investor-relations/ |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,759,190,400 |
| Last Split Date | 1,187,654,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 2:1 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | F5, Inc. |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 22,324,701,184 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_90323 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,782,777,600 |
| Name Change Date | 2,026-08-28 |
| Net Income To Common | 726,510,016 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,790,726,400 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 23,234,132,774 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 10 |
| Open | 409.71 |
| Operating Cashflow | 1,049,441,024 |
| Operating Margins | 0.24649 |
| Overall Risk | 5 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 1.37 |
| Phone | 206 272 5555 |
| Post Market Change | -1.2399902 |
| Post Market Change Percent | -0.31452674 |
| Post Market Price | 393.0 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,960,102 |
| Prev Name | F5 Networks, Inc. |
| Previous Close | 410.22 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 22.747059 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 5.8103786 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 6.745984 |
| Profit Margins | 0.21952999 |
| Quick Ratio | 1.479 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | none |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -15.98 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -3.89547 |
| Regular Market Day High | 410.0 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 394.075 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 394.075 - 410.0 |
| Regular Market Open | 409.71 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 410.22 |
| Regular Market Price | 394.24 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,201 |
| Regular Market Volume | 336,122 |
| Return On Assets | 0.07977 |
| Return On Equity | 0.1983 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.109 |
| Revenue Per Share | 57.87 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.20504117 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 4 |
| Shares Outstanding | 56,627,182 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0219 |
| Shares Short | 1,240,342 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,784,073,600 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 1,295,676 |
| Short Name | F5, Inc. |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.029000001 |
| Short Ratio | 1.74 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | WA |
| Symbol | FFIV |
| Target High Price | 515.0 |
| Target Low Price | 300.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 436.1 |
| Target Median Price | 438.0 |
| Total Cash | 1,605,782,016 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 28.357 |
| Total Debt | 252,380,000 |
| Total Revenue | 3,309,331,968 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 12.06 |
| Trailing P E | 32.68988 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 1.466 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 322.45285 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 71.78714 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.22262833 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 336,122 |
| Website | https://www.f5.com |
| Zip | 98,104 |