XNAS · Software - Infrastructure
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$432.03-0.60%
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TickerWhale Score
63/100
Positive
Score components
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F5 scores 63 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Technical is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Risk
What to watch
- Valuation
Quality & growth
30%52Moderate
- Revenue growth 9.4%
- EPS growth 10.7%
Valuation
25%38Weak
- P/E 34.2
- EV/Sales 7.0
F5 is a market leader in the application delivery controller market. The company sells products for security, application performance, and automation. Its three customer verticals are enterprises, service providers, and government entities. Revenue is evenly split between its services business and products business with revenue trending toward products due to software adoption. The Seattle-based firm was incorporated in 1996, and went public in 1999.
#403 by market cap in our coverage · ~6,578 employees · Listed 1999-06-04 · www.f5.com
Price history
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#48 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 63 vs sector average 53.5 (+9.5)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 79%
Gross margin (industry)Top 20%
Return on equity (industry)Top 39%
P/E (industry)Cheaper than 54%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
97/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 97th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 79/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
4 buy · 2 sell · 2 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates FFIV's technical setup strong — 97th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
9 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+28.8%
- vs 50-day+6.8%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)62 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIbuy
- Williams %Rsell
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength18· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 4.539)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 9 buy vs 0 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 3 buy · 2 sell · 2 neutral.
Result — 4 buy vs 2 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)34.2
- P/S (TTM)7.5
- P/B6.4
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales7.0
- PEG3.21
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin81.9%
- Net margin21.9%
- ROE19.4%
- Debt/Equity0.00
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)9.4%
- EPS growth (YoY)10.7%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $24.9B
Fundamentals history
Reported statement totals across recent periods.
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FFIVCurrentF5 | 63 | 79 | 34.2 | — | 6.4 | 7.0 | $432.03 | -0.60% | +9.4% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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