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F5, Inc.
FFIV · NASDAQTechnology
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Raw inputs
Equipment
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Software
AI demand
Custom siliconchips inside the boxesAppliancehardwareboards & assemblyCloud &computewhere the software runsVendorplatformsthe clouds vendors buildProductsthe apps customers buyProduct linesmodules & familiesChannel &deliveryresellers, MSSPs, integra…Customerswho pays the subscriptionINTCIntelASICASIC & component vendorsFLEXFlexAWSAmazon (AWS)MSFTMicrosoft (Azure)XCF5 Distributed CloudBIPBIG-IPNGXNGINXF5F5AKAMAkamaiNETCloudflareNSCitrix (NetScaler)CHNResellers & distributorsSPService providersENTEnterprisesGOVGovernments
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Company details
Market cap
$24B
P/E ratio
24×
Div yield
0%
EPS (TTM)
$10.90
Profit margin
20%
Rev. growth
+10%
Revenue
$3.1B
Free cash flow
$0.96B
In plain English
F5 sits in front of the world's biggest applications — 48 of the Fortune 50 and 23,000+ customers run their traffic through its BIG-IP load balancers and NGINX web servers. It has spent a decade shifting from selling hardware boxes to selling the same delivery-and-security software as a subscription and a cloud (Distributed Cloud), and is now bolting AI security on top. FY2025 revenue was $3.1B, ~51% of it recurring services.
In simple terms
What F5, Inc. really sells
F5 sits in front of the world's biggest applications — 48 of the Fortune 50 and 23,000+ customers run their traffic through its BIG-IP load balancers and NGINX web servers. It has spent a decade shifting from selling hardware boxes to selling the same delivery-and-security software as a subscription and a cloud (Distributed Cloud), and is now bolting AI security on top. FY2025 revenue was $3.1B, ~51% of it recurring services.
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