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F5, Inc.
Information Technology · Communications Equipment · US
$393.35
Data: 2026-05-15
✓ ETHICAL PASS

STRONG MOAT
HIGH
Data Confidence: 100.0%
Key Metrics

How this company measures up on the fundamentals that matter

Market Cap
$20.5B
Total market value of the company
29.80
Premium valuation
20.76
Based on estimated future earnings — lower means cheaper
Rev Growth
+11.0%
Year-over-year revenue change
Profit Margin
22.0%
How much profit the company keeps from each dollar of revenue
20.3%
Return on equity — how efficiently it uses shareholder money
Analyst Target
$337.40
-14% from current price — median analyst estimate
Recommendation
NONE
Consensus view from 10 analysts covering this stock
About F5, Inc.

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.

https://www.f5.com

Country: United States Employees: 6,512 Industry: Software - Infrastructure
Ethical Screening

Five compliance checks based on AAOIFI standards — all must pass for ethical clearance

Business Activity
PASS
Core business does not involve prohibited activities
Debt Ratio
4.1% PASS
Debt must be below 33% of total assets
Cash Ratio
0.2% PASS
Interest-bearing cash below 33% of assets
Receivables
27.8% PASS
Receivables below 49% of assets
Revenue Purity
0.0% PASS
Non-compliant revenue below 5% — any excess requires purification
Valuation
$209.77
What our model estimates this business is worth per share
-87.5%
Trading above fair value — no margin of safety
Rating
OVERVALUED
Overall assessment combining ethics, valuation, and quality
94.9th
Ranks in the top 5% of our 13,571 screened universe
Ethical Score
91.4
Valuation Score
44.5
Quality Score
80.3
Combined
69.4

Trading at $363, 73% above fair value of $210. Strong competitive moat. 22% profit margins. Passes all ethical screens. Ranks better than 68% of screened stocks.

Quantitative Intelligence

Statistical analysis of price behaviour, risk, and market regime — independent of fundamental data

MARKUP
Price trending up with increasing momentum
1.507
Excellent risk-adjusted returns
0.1374
Suggested allocation is meaningful — the edge justifies a position
1.558
Returns exceed worst-case losses — strong risk profile
Annual Return
54.1%
Historical annualised return based on price data
-34.7%
Largest peak-to-trough decline — the worst it has been
BULL
Statistical model sees bullish momentum
Days in State
18
How long the current regime has persisted — longer means more stable
Market Data

Trading characteristics and market positioning

1.00
Moves slightly more than the broader market
52W High
$365.82
-8% below the year high
52W Low
$223.76
76% above the year low
Avg Volume
745,619
Average daily shares traded — higher means easier to buy and sell
2.1
Days it would take all short sellers to cover — higher means more crowded
Short % Float
3.7%
Low short interest — limited bearish positioning
0.0%
Annual dividend as a percentage of the share price
$12.18
Earnings per share over the last 12 months
Financial Health

Balance sheet strength and cash generation — the foundation of long-term value

0.07
Conservative use of debt — low financial risk
1.61
Healthy liquidity position
Quick Ratio
1.42
Like current ratio but excludes inventory — stricter test
Gross Margin
81.5%
Revenue left after cost of goods — higher means pricing power
Operating Margin
22.0%
Profit from core operations before interest and tax
$759M
Positive — the business generates more cash than it spends
Revenue (TTM)
$3.2B
Total revenue over the last 12 months
Net Income
$708M
Profitable — the bottom line is positive
Analyst Coverage
Analysts
10
Target High
$375.00
Target Median
$337.40
Target Low
$250.00
Recent Insider Activity

SEC Form 4 filings — what company insiders are buying and selling

Date Insider Title Type Shares Value
2026-05-08 WERNER EDWARD COOPER Chief Financial Officer 1,500 $525,000
2026-05-08 WHALEN CHAD MICHAEL Officer 6,200 $2,171,187
2026-05-05 FOUNTAIN THOMAS DEAN Officer 1,328 $439,010
2026-05-05 LOCOH DONOU FRANCOIS Chief Executive Officer 3,783 $1,276,359
2026-05-04 WERNER EDWARD COOPER Chief Financial Officer 599 $193,076
2026-05-04 MADDISON JOHN ANTHONY Officer 1,000 $322,330
2026-05-04 OKEKE ANGELIQUE M General Counsel 842 $271,402
2026-05-04 ANAND KUNAL Chief Technology Officer 3,123 $1,006,637
2026-05-04 WHALEN CHAD MICHAEL Officer 704 $232,532
2026-05-01 ANAND KUNAL Chief Technology Officer 10,294
Source: SEC Form 4 filings via public data. View all insider activity at
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Data sourced from public filings and market feeds. Not financial advice. Updated: 2026-05-15

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