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F5's Continued Focus on Software and Security Growth Beneficial to Navigating Supply Chain Headwinds

Malik Ahmed Khan,

F5 is a leader in application delivery controllers, or ADCs, sells to enterprises, service providers, and government entities. F5 has long been the market share leader for hardware-delivered ADCs, but due to a change in consumption preferences, successfully pivoted to a software-focused business model. We think the company is well positioned to remain the share leader in hardware ADCs while competing in the higher growth software market and grow along with SaaS, application, and edge security over the next decade.

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FFIV is trading within a range we consider fairly valued.
Price
$179.55
Fair Value
$962.00
Uncertainty
High
1-Star Price
$543.91
5-Star Price
$155.00
Economic Moat
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Capital Allocation
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Bulls Say, Bears Say

Bulls

F5's leading install base could make it the first choice for customers pursuing the high growth areas of software and cloud-based solutions for application and traffic management.

Bears

Customers may forgo F5 products as their workloads are deployed into cloud environments, which shrinks F5's addressable market.

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Trading Information

Previous Close Price
$179.55
Day Range
$179.71–181.54
52-Week Range
$129.93–196.35
Bid/Ask
$172.88 / $189.15
Market Cap
$10.60 Bil
Volume/Avg
419,512 / 396,162

Key Statistics

Price/Earnings (Normalized)
14.23
Price/Sales
3.86
Dividend Yield (Trailing)
—
Dividend Yield (Forward)
—
Total Yield
4.34%

Company Profile

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, has about 6,500 employees, and generates about 55% its revenue within the Americas, 25% in EMEA, and 20% in APAC/Japan.
Sector
Technology
Industry
Software - Infrastructure
Stock Style Box
Mid Core
Total Number of Employees
6,524
Website
https://www.f5.com

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Valuation

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Metric
FFIV
FSLY
AKAM
Price/Earnings (Normalized)
 14.23—16.22
Price/Book Value
 3.701.753.31
Price/Sales
 3.863.284.11
Price/Cash Flow
 14.3923.6410.58
Price/Earnings
FFIV
FSLY
AKAM

Financial Strength

Metric
FFIV
FSLY
AKAM
Quick Ratio
 1.123.001.90
Current Ratio
 1.293.142.16
Interest Coverage
 —−36.4035.30
Quick Ratio
FFIV
FSLY
AKAM

Profitability

Metric
FFIV
FSLY
AKAM
Return on Assets (Normalized)
 14.62%−1.26%10.83%
Return on Equity (Normalized)
 27.92%−2.24%22.08%
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized)
 25.22%−2.22%11.58%
Return on Assets
FFIV
FSLY
AKAM
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