F5 Networks, Inc. (FFIV): Price and Financial Metrics

FFIV POWR Grades

• FFIV scores best on the Quality dimension, with a Quality rank ahead of 98.45% of US stocks.
• The strongest trend for FFIV is in Growth, which has been heading up over the past 179 days.
• FFIV's current lowest rank is in the Momentum metric (where it is better than 28.53% of US stocks).

FFIV Stock Summary

• FFIV has a higher market value than 83.75% of US stocks; more precisely, its current market capitalization is $13,091,505,162.
• With a price/earnings ratio of 38.83, F5 Inc P/E ratio is greater than that of about 79.76% of stocks in our set with positive earnings.
• For FFIV, its debt to operating expenses ratio is greater than that reported by 25.73% of US equities we're observing.
• If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to F5 Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be AMSC, NBIX, CHKP, ADSK, and TENB.
• FFIV's SEC filings can be seen here. And to visit F5 Inc's official web site, go to www.f5.com.

FFIV Valuation Summary

• FFIV's EV/EBIT ratio is 34.1; this is 5.74% higher than that of the median Technology stock.
• FFIV's price/sales ratio has moved up 1.7 over the prior 243 months.
• Over the past 243 months, FFIV's price/sales ratio has gone up 1.7.

Below are key valuation metrics over time for FFIV.

FFIV Growth Metrics

Its 3 year price growth rate is now at 44.41%.
• Its 5 year cash and equivalents growth rate is now at 43.82%.
• Its 4 year net cashflow from operations growth rate is now at -1.53%.

FFIV's revenue has moved up $472,322,000 over the prior 34 months.

The table below shows FFIV's growth in key financial areas (numbers in millions of US dollars).

Date	Revenue	Operating Cash Flow	Net Income to Common Stock
2021-12-31	2,665.899	598.199	337.122
2021-09-30	2,603.416	645.196	331.241
2021-06-30	2,536.235	624.047	298.186
2021-03-31	2,467.972	600.917	278.454
2020-12-31	2,406.134	654.249	296.592
2020-09-30	2,350.822	660.898	307.441

FFIV's Quality Factors

The “Quality” component of the POWR Ratings focuses on 31 different factors of a companies fundamentals and operational strength. Here are some key insights as we drill into the specifics of these quality attributes.

• FFIV has a Quality Grade of A, ranking ahead of 98.64% of graded US stocks.
• FFIV's asset turnover comes in at 0.537 -- ranking 54th of 83 Computers stocks.
• ATEN, IBM, and PAR are the stocks whose asset turnover ratios are most correlated with FFIV.

The table below shows FFIV's key quality metrics over time.