F5, Inc.
F5, Inc. is classed by the SEC under Computer Communications Equipment (industry code 3576), based in Seattle, WA. In its latest annual figures on file, for the fiscal year ended 2025-09-30, it reported revenue of $3.1 billion and a profit of $692 million (its filed statements).
vs its business-model standard
Three tenses, nine metrics. Unseen metrics stay unseen; the grade never fakes a number. Proxy era: provisional values, marked. Weighed as a product business: prior from its industry code (SEC 3576, Computer Communications Equipment); the filing read can change it. All three tenses have at least two readings, so the archetype blend applies as printed.
The grade, in three tenses
Headline 6.4 out of ten, 9 of 9 metrics filed: past 6.4 out of ten, present 6.3 out of ten, future 6.4 out of ten. The past asks what it actually did, the present what it is doing right now, the future what it is set up to do next.
The nine metrics
- Surviving crises (past): 3.7 out of ten. 1 warning event since 2017; the latest 2025-10-15. 37th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Track record (past): 8.0 out of ten. +5% a year over 9 filed years; profitable in 9 of 9. 80th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Shareholder treatment (past): 7.4 out of ten. Share count shrank 1.3% a year. 56% of cash flow returned. Insiders: 98 sales, 0 purchases. 74th percentile among 9 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Financial health (present): 6.5 out of ten. ROE 19%: 19¢ of profit per shareholder dollar. Leverage 43%: owes 43¢ per asset dollar. 65th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Industry position (present): 7.9 out of ten. top 21% of 15 in its family; net margin 22.4%. 79th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Leadership (present): 3.4 out of ten. bottom 34% of 8 in its family for leadership; chief executive since 2017. 34th percentile among 8 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-09).
- Room to expand (future): 7.5 out of ten. top 25% of 15 in its family for room to expand. 75th percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Growth drivers (future): 4.9 out of ten. bottom 49% of 14 in its family for growth drivers. 49th percentile among 14 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
- Expectations vs reality (future): 6.3 out of ten. top 37% of 15 in its family for expectations against reality. 63rd percentile among 15 sector filers. A production reading, recomputed from the filings on every data build (read from EDGAR 2026-10-12).
The filing record
Newest annual report: Form 10-K filed 2025-11-25 for the period ended 2025-09-30 (on EDGAR). Newest quarterly report: Form 10-Q filed 2026-08-06 for the period ended 2026-06-30 (on EDGAR). Newest results release: Form 8-K filed 2026-07-27 (on EDGAR). Newest filing: Form 4, 2026-09-15. Filings on record since 1999. Read from EDGAR 2026-10-12.
Where the revenue comes from
Product and service lines in fiscal 2025: Service 51%, Product 49%. By geography: United States 53%, EMEA 27%, APAC 17%, Other Americas 3%. As tagged in its annual report (Form 10-K, filed 2025-11-25).
Who runs it
Locoh-Donou, Francois (President, CEO & Director); Werner, Edward Cooper (Chief Financial Officer); Maddison, John Anthony (Chief Product Mkting Officer); Montoya, Michael F (Chief Technology Ops Officer); Anand, Kunal (Chief Technology Officer); Peterman, Catherine A (Chief People Officer); Schramm, Lyra Amber (Chief People Officer); Okeke, Angelique M (EVP, General Counsel); Fountain, Thomas Dean (EVP Global Services & Strategy); Whalen, Chad Michael (EVP, Worldwide Sales); and 11 more. 21 officers and directors have filed their own trades in the last fifteen months, names and titles as filed with the SEC, through 2026-09-30.
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