F5 reported fourth-quarter results, with sales up 13% to $917 million and adjusted operating margins contracting 3 points to 34%. Management provided a first look at fiscal 2027 sales, with its outlook calling for 8.5% growth at the midpoint of its guidance range.
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.
Cloud-only customers may forgo F5 products as their workloads are deployed into cloud environments, which shrinks F5's addressable market.
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FFIV
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AKAM
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AMZN
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Price/Earnings (Normalized) | 26.29 | 14.43 | 35.35 |
Price/Book Value | 6.52 | 3.01 | 4.95 |
Price/Sales | 7.75 | 3.43 | 3.55 |
Price/Cash Flow | 25.36 | 8.79 | 14.37 |
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FFIV
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AKAM
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AMZN
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Quick Ratio | 1.48 | 1.52 | 0.87 |
Current Ratio | 1.66 | 1.64 | 1.03 |
Interest Coverage | — | 14.29 | 52.28 |
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FFIV
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AKAM
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AMZN
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Return on Assets (Normalized) | 15.76% | 8.51% | 10.39% |
Return on Equity (Normalized) | 27.90% | 21.27% | 20.90% |
Return on Invested Capital (Normalized) | 26.03% | 8.77% | 14.69% |
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