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Contacts Investors Suzanne DuLong +1 (206) 272-7049 s.dulong@f5.com Media Rob Gruening +1 (206) 272-6208 r.gruening@f5.com
F5 Reports Fourth Quarter Results with 23% Product Revenue Growth Driving 13% Total Revenue Growth Year Over Year; Board Authorizes Additional $1.5 Billion for Share Repurchases
– F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every app and API, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2026 ended September 30, 2026.
“Q4 closed out an exceptional fiscal year. In the quarter, we delivered 23% product revenue growth driving 13% total revenue growth year over year. Nine consecutive quarters of double-digit product revenue growth reflect F5's expanding strategic role as our customers navigate hybrid multicloud complexity, an intensifying threat landscape, and a rapidly evolving AI-driven world,” said François Locoh-Donou, F5’s Chairman, President and CEO.
“Frontier AI is rewriting the rules of enterprise security, accelerating vulnerability discovery to machine speed, expanding the attack surface through APIs and AI agents, and collapsing the time available to respond. F5 is focused on ensuring our customers can meet this moment, using AI to identify risk earlier, and enforcing consistent protection at runtime across every environment,” continued Locoh-Donou.
Fourth quarter fiscal year 2026 revenue totaled $917 million, representing 13% growth compared with $810 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Product revenue totaled $510 million, compared with $414 million in the year-ago period. Systems revenue of $239 million grew 29% from the year-ago period while software revenue of $271 million grew 19%. Services revenue of $408 million grew 3% from the year-ago period.
GAAP gross profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $754 million, representing GAAP gross margin of 82.2%. This compares with GAAP gross profit of $666 million in the year-ago period, which represented GAAP gross margin of 82.2%. Non-GAAP gross profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $771 million, representing non-GAAP gross margin of 84.0%. This compares with non- GAAP gross profit of $683 million in the year-ago period, which represented non- GAAP gross margin of 84.3%.
GAAP income from operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $212 million, representing GAAP operating margin of 23.1%. This compares with GAAP income from operations of $206 million in the year-ago period, which represented GAAP operating margin of 25.4%. Non-GAAP income from operations for the period was $309 million, representing non-GAAP operating margin of 33.7%. This compares to non-GAAP income from operations of $299 million in the year-ago period, which represented non-GAAP operating margin of 37.0%.
GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $186 million, or $3.23 per diluted share compared to $190 million, or $3.26 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Non-GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $255 million, or $4.42 per diluted share, compared to $257 million, or $4.39 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Fiscal year 2026 revenue totaled $3,417 million, representing 11% growth compared with $3,088 million in fiscal year 2025. Product revenue totaled $1,793 million, representing 19% growth compared with $1,509 million in the year-ago period. Systems revenue of $923 million grew 31% from the year-ago period while software revenue of $870 million grew 8%. Services revenue of $1,623 million grew 3% from the year-ago period.
GAAP gross profit for fiscal year 2026 was $2,797 million, representing GAAP gross margin of 81.9%. This compares with GAAP gross profit of $2,514 million in the year-ago period, which represented GAAP gross margin of 81.4%. Non-GAAP gross profit for fiscal year 2026 was $2,868 million, representing non-GAAP gross margin of 84.0%. This compares with non-GAAP gross profit of $2,582 million in the year-ago period, which represented non-GAAP gross margin of 83.6%.
GAAP income from operations for fiscal year 2026 was $818 million, representing GAAP operating margin of 23.9%. This compares with GAAP income from operations of $766 million in the year-ago period, which represented GAAP operating margin of 24.8%. Non-GAAP income from operations for the period was $1,200 million, representing non-GAAP operating margin of 35.1%. This compares to non-GAAP income from operations of $1,086 million in the year-ago period, which represented non-GAAP operating margin of 35.2%.
GAAP net income for fiscal year 2026 was $722 million, or $12.52 per diluted share compared to $692 million, or $11.80 per diluted share, in fiscal year 2025. Non-GAAP net income for fiscal year 2026 was $1,009 million, or $17.49 per diluted share, compared to $928 million, or $15.81 per diluted share, in fiscal year 2025.
A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures is included with the attached financial statements. Additional information about non-GAAP financial information is included in this release.
F5 updated its outlook for its fiscal year 2027, guiding for revenue growth of 8% to 9%. The Company expects fiscal year 2027 non-GAAP earnings per share in a range of $18.00 to $18.30.
For the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, F5 is guiding to revenue in the range of $875 million to $895 million, with non-GAAP earnings in the range of $4.25 to $4.37 per diluted share.
F5 also announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized an additional $1.5 billion for its common stock repurchase program. This new authorization is incremental to the $322 million remaining in the Company’s existing program.
All forward-looking non-GAAP measures included in the Company’s business outlook exclude estimates for amortization of intangible assets, share-based compensation expenses, significant effects of tax legislation and judicial or administrative interpretation of tax regulations (including the impact of income tax reform), non-recurring income tax adjustments, valuation allowance on deferred tax assets, and the income tax effect of non-GAAP exclusions, and do not include the impact of any future acquisitions or divestitures, acquisition- related charges and write-downs, cyber incident costs, insurance recoveries from cyber incident, restructuring charges, facility exit costs, or other non- recurring charges that may occur in the period. F5 is unable to provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings guidance measures to corresponding U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or GAAP measures on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the overall high variability and low visibility of most of the foregoing items that have been excluded. Material changes to any one of these items could have a significant effect on our guidance and future GAAP results. Certain exclusions, such as amortization of intangible assets and share-based compensation expenses, are generally incurred each quarter, but the amounts have historically varied and may continue to vary significantly from quarter to quarter.
F5 will host a live webcast to review its financial results and outlook today, October 27, 2026, at 4:30 pm ET. Open to the public, the live webcast, supplemental financial information, and earnings slides are accessible from the investor relations page of F5.com. Please access the webcast at least five minutes prior to the call start time. The webcast replay will be archived on the investor relations portion of F5's website.
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other things, that Frontier AI is rewriting the rules of enterprise security, accelerating vulnerability discovery to machine speed, expanding the attack surface through APIs and AI agents, and collapsing the time available to respond, F5 is focused on ensuring our customers can meet this moment, using AI to identify risk earlier, and enforcing consistent protection at runtime across every environment, the Company’s future financial performance including revenue growth, earnings growth, future customer demand, and the performance and benefits of the Company's products. These, and other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain risk factors. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions and other factors that, if they do not fully materialize or prove correct, could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward- looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: customer acceptance of offerings;
disruptions to the global supply chain resulting in inability to source required parts for F5’s products or the ability to only do so at greatly increased prices thereby impacting our revenues and/or margins; global economic conditions and uncertainties in the geopolitical environment; overall information technology spending; F5’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses’ products with F5 technologies; the ability of F5’s sales professionals and distribution partners to sell new solutions and service offerings; the timely development, introduction and acceptance of additional new products and features by F5 or its competitors; competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into F5’s markets, and new product and marketing initiatives by our competitors; increased sales discounts; the business impact of the acquisitions and potential adverse reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those resulting from the announcement of completion of acquisitions; uncertain global economic conditions which may result in reduced customer demand for our products and services and changes in customer payment patterns; litigation involving patents, intellectual property, shareholder and other matters, and governmental investigations; potential security flaws in the Company’s networks, products or services; cybersecurity attacks on its networks, products or services; natural catastrophic events; a pandemic or epidemic; F5’s ability to sustain, develop and effectively utilize distribution relationships; F5’s ability to attract, train and retain qualified product development, marketing, sales, professional services and customer support personnel; F5’s ability to expand in international markets; the unpredictability of F5’s sales cycle; the ability of F5 to execute on its share repurchase program including the timing of any repurchases; future prices of F5’s common stock; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K and other documents that we may file or furnish from time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. The financial information contained in this release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in F5’s most recent reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K as each may be amended from time to time. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on information available as of the date hereof and qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. F5 assumes no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements.
F5’s management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various operating measures. These measures are generally based on the revenues of its products, services operations, and certain costs of those operations, such as cost of revenues, research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses. One such measure is GAAP net income excluding, as applicable, stock-based compensation, amortization and impairment of purchased intangible assets, facility-exit costs, acquisition-related charges, cyber incident costs, insurance recoveries from cyber incident, restructuring charges, net of tax effects, as well as certain non-recurring tax expenses and benefits, which is a non-GAAP financial measure under Section 101 of Regulation G under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This measure of non-GAAP net income is adjusted by the amount of additional taxes or tax benefit that the Company would accrue if it used non-GAAP results instead of GAAP results to calculate the Company’s tax liability.
The non-GAAP adjustments, and F5's basis for excluding them from non-GAAP financial measures, are outlined below:
Stock-based compensation. Stock-based compensation consists of expense for stock options, restricted stock, and employee stock purchases through the Company’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Although stock-based compensation is an important aspect of the compensation of F5’s employees and executives, management believes it is useful to exclude stock-based compensation expenses to better understand the long-term performance of the Company’s core business and to facilitate comparison of the Company’s results to those of peer companies.
Amortization and impairment of purchased intangible assets. Purchased intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives and generally cannot be changed or influenced by management after the acquisition. On a non-recurring basis, when certain events or circumstances are present, management may also be required to write down the carrying value of its purchased intangible assets and recognize impairment charges. Management does not believe these charges accurately reflect the performance of the Company’s ongoing operations; therefore, they are not considered by management in making operating decisions. However, investors should note that the use of intangible assets contributed to F5’s revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to F5’s future period revenues as well.
Facility-exit costs. F5 has incurred certain non-recurring right-of-use asset impairment charges, and other related recurring costs in connection with the exit of its leased facilities. These charges are not representative of the ongoing activity or costs to the business. As a result, these charges are being excluded to provide investors with a more comparable measure of costs associated with ongoing operations.
Acquisition-related charges, net. F5 does not acquire businesses on a predictable cycle and the terms and scope of each transaction can vary significantly and are unique to each transaction. F5 excludes acquisition- related charges from its non-GAAP financial measures to provide a useful comparison of the Company’s operating results to prior periods and to its peer companies. Acquisition-related charges consist of planning, execution and integration costs incurred directly as a result of an acquisition.
Cyber incident costs. F5 has incurred certain non-recurring expenses in connection with the investigation and remediation of the Cyber Incident. Management believes it is useful to exclude these expenses as they are not representative of our ongoing operations and to facilitate comparison of the Company’s historical results and to those of peer companies.
Insurance recoveries from cyber incident . F5 has received insurance recoveries in connection with the cyber incident costs described above. Management believes it is useful to exclude these recoveries as they offset the cyber incident costs non-GAAP adjustment, are not representative of our ongoing operations and to facilitate comparison of the Company's historical results and to those of peer companies.
Restructuring charges. F5 has incurred restructuring charges that are included in its GAAP financial statements, primarily related to workforce reductions and costs associated with exiting facility-lease commitments. F5 excludes these items from its non-GAAP financial measures when evaluating its continuing business performance as such items vary significantly based on the magnitude of the restructuring action and do not reflect expected future operating expenses. In addition, these charges do not necessarily provide meaningful insight into the fundamentals of current or past operations of its business.
Management believes that non-GAAP net income per share provides useful supplemental information to management and investors regarding the performance of the Company’s core business operations and facilitates comparisons to the Company’s historical operating results. Although F5’s management finds this non- GAAP measure to be useful in evaluating the performance of the core business, management’s reliance on this measure is limited because items excluded from such measures could have a material effect on F5’s earnings and earnings per share calculated in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, F5’s management will use its non-GAAP earnings and earnings per share measures, in conjunction with GAAP earnings and earnings per share measures, to address these limitations when evaluating the performance of the Company’s core business. Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for, financial performance measures in accordance with GAAP.
F5 believes that presenting its non-GAAP measures of earnings and earnings per share provides investors with an additional tool for evaluating the performance of the Company’s core business and is used by management in its own evaluation of the Company’s performance. Investors are encouraged to look at GAAP results as the best measure of financial performance. However, while the GAAP results are more complete, the Company provides investors these supplemental measures since, with reconciliation to GAAP, it may provide additional insight into the Company’s operational performance and financial results.
For reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, please see the section in our attached Condensed Consolidated Income Statements entitled “GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation.”
F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s premier platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge, and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and partnering with the world’s largest and most advanced organizations to deliver fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other thrive and bring a better digital world to life.
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ASSETS September 30, September 30, Current assets 2026 2025 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Cash and cash $ 1,590,528 $ 1,344,273 equivalents Accounts receivable, net of allowances 448,753 414,433 of $4,062 and $2,877 Inventories 261,918 77,229 Other current assets 844,405 682,766 Total current assets 3,145,604 2,518,701 Property and 213,356 156,947 equipment, net Operating lease 173,023 185,601 right-of-use assets Long-term 25,819 15,693 investments Deferred tax assets 511,729 446,388 Goodwill 2,482,618 2,443,882 Other assets, net 509,979 552,280 Total assets $ 7,062,128 $ 6,319,492 LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY Current liabilities Accounts payable $ 131,420 $ 83,972 Accrued liabilities 420,881 315,383 Deferred revenue 1,265,273 1,213,226 Total current 1,817,574 1,612,581 liabilities Deferred tax 2,496 1,921 liabilities Deferred revenue, 939,164 786,011 long-term Operating lease liabilities, 212,451 230,749 long-term Other long-term 85,192 96,231 liabilities Total long-term 1,239,303 1,114,912 liabilities Commitments and contingencies Shareholders’ equity Preferred stock, no par value; 10,000 shares authorized, — — no shares issued and outstanding Common stock, no par value; 200,000 shares authorized, 51,924 42,023 56,811 and 57,684 shares issued and outstanding Accumulated other -19,942 -18,324 comprehensive loss Retained earnings 3,973,269 3,568,300 Total shareholders’ 4,005,251 3,591,999 equity Total liabilities and shareholders’ $ 7,062,128 $ 6,319,492 equity
Years Ended September 30, Operating activities 2026 2025 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Net income $ 722,149 $ 692,380 Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: Stock-based compensation 261,013 231,491 Depreciation and amortization 96,531 92,399 Non-cash operating lease 29,675 31,503 costs Deferred income taxes -62,679 -72,176 Other -1,892 5,615 Changes in operating assets and liabilities (excluding effects of the acquisition of businesses): Accounts receivable -36,431 -28,411 Inventories -160,295 -851 Other current assets -184,838 -103,628 Other assets -628 -91,980 Accounts payable and accrued 127,073 28,899 liabilities Deferred revenue 204,006 200,489 Lease liabilities -34,195 -36,064 Net cash provided by operating 959,489 949,666 activities Investing activities Purchases of investments -7,750 -5,720 Maturities of investments 402 548 Sales of investments 1,575 — Acquisition of businesses, net of cash -47,619 -171,059 acquired Purchases of property and -90,545 -43,260 equipment Net cash used in investing -143,937 -219,491 activities Financing activities Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and purchases of 59,623 59,151 stock under employee stock purchase plan Payments for repurchase of common stock, -601,113 -502,085 including excise taxes Taxes paid related to net share -25,772 -21,881 settlement of equity awards Net cash used in financing -567,262 -464,815 activities Net increase in cash, cash equivalents 248,290 265,360 and restricted cash Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, -1,954 2,668 cash equivalents and restricted cash Cash, cash equivalents and restricted 1,346,368 1,078,340 cash, beginning of period Cash, cash equivalents and restricted $ 1,592,704 $ 1,346,368 cash, end of period Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information Cash paid for amounts included in the $ 42,473 $ 44,592 measurement of lease liabilities Supplemental disclosures of non-cash activities Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange $ 18,088 $ 48,315 for lease obligations
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Contacts
Investors
Suzanne DuLong
+1 (206) 272-7049
s.dulong@f5.com
Media
Rob Gruening
+1 (206) 272-6208
r.gruening@f5.com
F5 Reports Fourth Quarter Results with 23% Product Revenue Growth Driving 13%
Total Revenue Growth Year Over Year; Board Authorizes Additional $1.5 Billion
for Share Repurchases
SEATTLE, October 27, 2026
– F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV), the global leader in delivering and securing every
app and API, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal
year 2026 ended September 30, 2026.
“Q4 closed out an exceptional fiscal year. In the quarter, we delivered 23%
product revenue growth driving 13% total revenue growth year over year. Nine
consecutive quarters of double-digit product revenue growth reflect F5's
expanding strategic role as our customers navigate hybrid multicloud complexity,
an intensifying threat landscape, and a rapidly evolving AI-driven world,” said
François Locoh-Donou, F5’s Chairman, President and CEO.
“Frontier AI is rewriting the rules of enterprise security, accelerating
vulnerability discovery to machine speed, expanding the attack surface through
APIs and AI agents, and collapsing the time available to respond. F5 is focused
on ensuring our customers can meet this moment, using AI to identify risk
earlier, and enforcing consistent protection at runtime across every
environment,” continued Locoh-Donou.
Fourth Quarter Performance Summary
Fourth quarter fiscal year 2026 revenue totaled $917 million, representing 13%
growth compared with $810 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Product revenue totaled $510 million, compared with $414 million in the year-ago
period. Systems revenue of $239 million grew 29% from the year-ago period while
software revenue of $271 million grew 19%. Services revenue of $408 million grew
3% from the year-ago period.
GAAP gross profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $754 million,
representing GAAP gross margin of 82.2%. This compares with GAAP gross profit of
$666 million in the year-ago period, which represented GAAP gross margin of
82.2%. Non-GAAP gross profit for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $771
million, representing non-GAAP gross margin of 84.0%. This compares with non-
GAAP gross profit of $683 million in the year-ago period, which represented non-
GAAP gross margin of 84.3%.
GAAP income from operations for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $212
million, representing GAAP operating margin of 23.1%. This compares with GAAP
income from operations of $206 million in the year-ago period, which represented
GAAP operating margin of 25.4%. Non-GAAP income from operations for the period
was $309 million, representing non-GAAP operating margin of 33.7%. This compares
to non-GAAP income from operations of $299 million in the year-ago period, which
represented non-GAAP operating margin of 37.0%.
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GAAP net income for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $186 million, or
$3.23 per diluted share compared to $190 million, or $3.26 per diluted share, in
the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Non-GAAP net income for the fourth
quarter of fiscal year 2026 was $255 million, or $4.42 per diluted share,
compared to $257 million, or $4.39 per diluted share, in the fourth quarter of
fiscal year 2025.
Fiscal Year 2026 Performance Summary
Fiscal year 2026 revenue totaled $3,417 million, representing 11% growth
compared with $3,088 million in fiscal year 2025. Product revenue totaled $1,793
million, representing 19% growth compared with $1,509 million in the year-ago
period. Systems revenue of $923 million grew 31% from the year-ago period while
software revenue of $870 million grew 8%. Services revenue of $1,623 million
grew 3% from the year-ago period.
GAAP gross profit for fiscal year 2026 was $2,797 million, representing GAAP
gross margin of 81.9%. This compares with GAAP gross profit of $2,514 million in
the year-ago period, which represented GAAP gross margin of 81.4%. Non-GAAP
gross profit for fiscal year 2026 was $2,868 million, representing non-GAAP
gross margin of 84.0%. This compares with non-GAAP gross profit of $2,582
million in the year-ago period, which represented non-GAAP gross margin of
83.6%.
GAAP income from operations for fiscal year 2026 was $818 million, representing
GAAP operating margin of 23.9%. This compares with GAAP income from operations
of $766 million in the year-ago period, which represented GAAP operating margin
of 24.8%. Non-GAAP income from operations for the period was $1,200 million,
representing non-GAAP operating margin of 35.1%. This compares to non-GAAP
income from operations of $1,086 million in the year-ago period, which
represented non-GAAP operating margin of 35.2%.
GAAP net income for fiscal year 2026 was $722 million, or $12.52 per diluted
share compared to $692 million, or $11.80 per diluted share, in fiscal year
2025. Non-GAAP net income for fiscal year 2026 was $1,009 million, or $17.49 per
diluted share, compared to $928 million, or $15.81 per diluted share, in fiscal
year 2025.
Performance Summary Tables
GAAP Measures
($ in millions except EPS) Q4 FY2026 Q4 FY2025 FY2026 FY2025
Revenue $917 $810 $3,417 $3,088
Gross profit $754 $666 $2,797 $2,514
Gross margin 82.2% 82.2% 81.9% 81.4%
Operating profit $212 $206 $818 $766
Operating margin 23.1% 25.4% 23.9% 24.8%
Net income $186 $190 $722 $692
EPS $3.23 $3.26 $12.52 $11.80
Non-GAAP Measures
($ in millions except EPS) Q4 FY2026 Q4 FY2025 FY2026 FY2025
Revenue $917 $810 $3,417 $3,088
Gross profit $771 $683 $2,868 $2,582
Gross margin 84.0% 84.3% 84.0% 83.6%
Operating profit $309 $299 $1,200 $1,086
Operating margin 33.7% 37.0% 35.1% 35.2%
Net income $255 $257 $1,009 $928
EPS $4.42 $4.39 $17.49 $15.81
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A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP measures is included with the attached
financial statements. Additional information about non-GAAP financial
information is included in this release.
Business Outlook
F5 updated its outlook for its fiscal year 2027, guiding for revenue growth of
8% to 9%. The Company expects fiscal year 2027 non-GAAP earnings per share in a
range of $18.00 to $18.30.
For the first quarter of fiscal year 2027, F5 is guiding to revenue in the range
of $875 million to $895 million, with non-GAAP earnings in the range of $4.25 to
$4.37 per diluted share.
Board Authorizes $1.5 Billion for Share Repurchases
F5 also announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized an additional
$1.5 billion for its common stock repurchase program. This new authorization is
incremental to the $322 million remaining in the Company’s existing program.
All forward-looking non-GAAP measures included in the Company’s business outlook
exclude estimates for amortization of intangible assets, share-based
compensation expenses, significant effects of tax legislation and judicial or
administrative interpretation of tax regulations (including the impact of income
tax reform), non-recurring income tax adjustments, valuation allowance on
deferred tax assets, and the income tax effect of non-GAAP exclusions, and do
not include the impact of any future acquisitions or divestitures, acquisition-
related charges and write-downs, cyber incident costs, insurance recoveries from
cyber incident, restructuring charges, facility exit costs, or other non-
recurring charges that may occur in the period. F5 is unable to provide a
reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings guidance measures to corresponding U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles or GAAP measures on a forward-looking
basis without unreasonable effort due to the overall high variability and low
visibility of most of the foregoing items that have been excluded. Material
changes to any one of these items could have a significant effect on our
guidance and future GAAP results. Certain exclusions, such as amortization of
intangible assets and share-based compensation expenses, are generally incurred
each quarter, but the amounts have historically varied and may continue to vary
significantly from quarter to quarter.
Live Webcast and Conference Call
F5 will host a live webcast to review its financial results and outlook today,
October 27, 2026, at 4:30 pm ET. Open to the public, the live webcast,
supplemental financial information, and earnings slides are accessible from the
investor relations page of F5.com. Please access the webcast at least five
minutes prior to the call start time. The webcast replay will be archived on the
investor relations portion of F5's website.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements including, among other
things, that Frontier AI is rewriting the rules of enterprise security,
accelerating vulnerability discovery to machine speed, expanding the attack
surface through APIs and AI agents, and collapsing the time available to
respond, F5 is focused on ensuring our customers can meet this moment, using AI
to identify risk earlier, and enforcing consistent protection at runtime across
every environment, the Company’s future financial performance including revenue
growth, earnings growth, future customer demand, and the performance and
benefits of the Company's products. These, and other statements that are not
historical facts, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Actual results could differ materially
from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of certain
risk factors. Such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties,
as well as assumptions and other factors that, if they do not fully materialize
or prove correct, could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
the Company, or industry results, to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-
looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to: customer
acceptance of offerings;
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disruptions to the global supply chain resulting in inability to source required
parts for F5’s products or the ability to only do so at greatly increased prices
thereby impacting our revenues and/or margins; global economic conditions and
uncertainties in the geopolitical environment; overall information technology
spending; F5’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses’ products
with F5 technologies; the ability of F5’s sales professionals and distribution
partners to sell new solutions and service offerings; the timely development,
introduction and acceptance of additional new products and features by F5 or its
competitors; competitive factors, including but not limited to pricing
pressures, industry consolidation, entry of new competitors into F5’s markets,
and new product and marketing initiatives by our competitors; increased sales
discounts; the business impact of the acquisitions and potential adverse
reactions or changes to business or employee relationships, including those
resulting from the announcement of completion of acquisitions; uncertain global
economic conditions which may result in reduced customer demand for our products
and services and changes in customer payment patterns; litigation involving
patents, intellectual property, shareholder and other matters, and governmental
investigations; potential security flaws in the Company’s networks, products or
services; cybersecurity attacks on its networks, products or services; natural
catastrophic events; a pandemic or epidemic; F5’s ability to sustain, develop
and effectively utilize distribution relationships; F5’s ability to attract,
train and retain qualified product development, marketing, sales, professional
services and customer support personnel; F5’s ability to expand in international
markets; the unpredictability of F5’s sales cycle; the ability of F5 to execute
on its share repurchase program including the timing of any repurchases; future
prices of F5’s common stock; and other risks and uncertainties described more
fully in our documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange
Commission, including our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q and
current reports on Form 8-K and other documents that we may file or furnish from
time to time, which could cause actual results to vary from expectations. The
financial information contained in this release should be read in conjunction
with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in F5’s
most recent reports on Forms 10-Q and 10-K as each may be amended from time to
time. All forward-looking statements in this press release are based on
information available as of the date hereof and qualified in their entirety by
this cautionary statement. F5 assumes no obligation to revise or update these
forward-looking statements.
GAAP to non-GAAP Reconciliation
F5’s management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various operating
measures. These measures are generally based on the revenues of its products,
services operations, and certain costs of those operations, such as cost of
revenues, research and development, sales and marketing and general and
administrative expenses. One such measure is GAAP net income excluding, as
applicable, stock-based compensation, amortization and impairment of purchased
intangible assets, facility-exit costs, acquisition-related charges, cyber
incident costs, insurance recoveries from cyber incident, restructuring charges,
net of tax effects, as well as certain non-recurring tax expenses and benefits,
which is a non-GAAP financial measure under Section 101 of Regulation G under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. This measure of non-GAAP net
income is adjusted by the amount of additional taxes or tax benefit that the
Company would accrue if it used non-GAAP results instead of GAAP results to
calculate the Company’s tax liability.
The non-GAAP adjustments, and F5's basis for excluding them from non-GAAP
financial measures, are outlined below:
Stock-based compensation. Stock-based compensation consists of expense for stock
options, restricted stock, and employee stock purchases through the Company’s
Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Although stock-based compensation is an important
aspect of the compensation of F5’s employees and executives, management believes
it is useful to exclude stock-based compensation expenses to better understand
the long-term performance of the Company’s core business and to facilitate
comparison of the Company’s results to those of peer companies.
Q4 FY26 Earnings Release Page 5 of 6
Amortization and impairment of purchased intangible assets. Purchased intangible
assets are amortized over their estimated useful lives and generally cannot be
changed or influenced by management after the acquisition. On a non-recurring
basis, when certain events or circumstances are present, management may also be
required to write down the carrying value of its purchased intangible assets and
recognize impairment charges. Management does not believe these charges
accurately reflect the performance of the Company’s ongoing operations;
therefore, they are not considered by management in making operating decisions.
However, investors should note that the use of intangible assets contributed to
F5’s revenues earned during the periods presented and will contribute to F5’s
future period revenues as well.
Facility-exit costs. F5 has incurred certain non-recurring right-of-use asset
impairment charges, and other related recurring costs in connection with the
exit of its leased facilities. These charges are not representative of the
ongoing activity or costs to the business. As a result, these charges are being
excluded to provide investors with a more comparable measure of costs associated
with ongoing operations.
Acquisition-related charges, net. F5 does not acquire businesses on a
predictable cycle and the terms and scope of each transaction can vary
significantly and are unique to each transaction. F5 excludes acquisition-
related charges from its non-GAAP financial measures to provide a useful
comparison of the Company’s operating results to prior periods and to its peer
companies. Acquisition-related charges consist of planning, execution and
integration costs incurred directly as a result of an acquisition.
Cyber incident costs. F5 has incurred certain non-recurring expenses in
connection with the investigation and remediation of the Cyber Incident.
Management believes it is useful to exclude these expenses as they are not
representative of our ongoing operations and to facilitate comparison of the
Company’s historical results and to those of peer companies.
Insurance recoveries from cyber incident . F5 has received insurance recoveries
in connection with the cyber incident costs described above. Management believes
it is useful to exclude these recoveries as they offset the cyber incident costs
non-GAAP adjustment, are not representative of our ongoing operations and to
facilitate comparison of the Company's historical results and to those of peer
companies.
Restructuring charges. F5 has incurred restructuring charges that are included
in its GAAP financial statements, primarily related to workforce reductions and
costs associated with exiting facility-lease commitments. F5 excludes these
items from its non-GAAP financial measures when evaluating its continuing
business performance as such items vary significantly based on the magnitude of
the restructuring action and do not reflect expected future operating expenses.
In addition, these charges do not necessarily provide meaningful insight into
the fundamentals of current or past operations of its business.
Management believes that non-GAAP net income per share provides useful
supplemental information to management and investors regarding the performance
of the Company’s core business operations and facilitates comparisons to the
Company’s historical operating results. Although F5’s management finds this non-
GAAP measure to be useful in evaluating the performance of the core business,
management’s reliance on this measure is limited because items excluded from
such measures could have a material effect on F5’s earnings and earnings per
share calculated in accordance with GAAP. Therefore, F5’s management will use
its non-GAAP earnings and earnings per share measures, in conjunction with GAAP
earnings and earnings per share measures, to address these limitations when
evaluating the performance of the Company’s core business. Investors should
consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, and not as a substitute for,
financial performance measures in accordance with GAAP.
F5 believes that presenting its non-GAAP measures of earnings and earnings per
share provides investors with an additional tool for evaluating the performance
of the Company’s core business and is used by management in its own evaluation
of the Company’s performance. Investors are encouraged to look at GAAP results
as the best measure of financial performance. However, while the GAAP results
are more complete, the Company provides investors these supplemental measures
since, with reconciliation to GAAP, it may provide additional insight into the
Company’s operational performance and financial results.
Q4 FY26 Earnings Release Page 6 of 6
For reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly
comparable GAAP financial measures, please see the section in our attached
Condensed Consolidated Income Statements entitled “GAAP to Non-GAAP
Reconciliation.”
About F5
F5, Inc. (NASDAQ: FFIV) is the global leader that delivers and secures every
app. Backed by three decades of expertise, F5 has built the industry’s premier
platform—F5 Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP)—to deliver and
secure every app, every API, anywhere: on-premises, in the cloud, at the edge,
and across hybrid, multicloud environments. F5 is committed to innovating and
partnering with the world’s largest and most advanced organizations to deliver
fast, available, and secure digital experiences. Together, we help each other
thrive and bring a better digital world to life.
For more information visit f5.com
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F5 is a trademark, service mark, or tradename of F5, Inc., in the U.S. and other
countries.
SOURCE: F5, Inc.
F5, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(unaudited, in thousands)
ASSETS September 30, September 30,
Current assets 2026 2025
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Cash and cash $ 1,590,528 $ 1,344,273
equivalents
Accounts receivable,
net of allowances 448,753 414,433
of $4,062 and $2,877
Inventories 261,918 77,229
Other current assets 844,405 682,766
Total current assets 3,145,604 2,518,701
Property and 213,356 156,947
equipment, net
Operating lease 173,023 185,601
right-of-use assets
Long-term 25,819 15,693
investments
Deferred tax assets 511,729 446,388
Goodwill 2,482,618 2,443,882
Other assets, net 509,979 552,280
Total assets $ 7,062,128 $ 6,319,492
LIABILITIES AND
SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable $ 131,420 $ 83,972
Accrued liabilities 420,881 315,383
Deferred revenue 1,265,273 1,213,226
Total current 1,817,574 1,612,581
liabilities
Deferred tax 2,496 1,921
liabilities
Deferred revenue, 939,164 786,011
long-term
Operating lease
liabilities, 212,451 230,749
long-term
Other long-term 85,192 96,231
liabilities
Total long-term 1,239,303 1,114,912
liabilities
Commitments and
contingencies
Shareholders’ equity
Preferred stock, no
par value; 10,000
shares authorized, — —
no shares issued and
outstanding
Common stock, no par
value; 200,000
shares authorized, 51,924 42,023
56,811 and 57,684
shares issued and
outstanding
Accumulated other -19,942 -18,324
comprehensive loss
Retained earnings 3,973,269 3,568,300
Total shareholders’ 4,005,251 3,591,999
equity
Total liabilities
and shareholders’ $ 7,062,128 $ 6,319,492
equity
F5, Inc.
Consolidated Income Statements
(unaudited, in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three
Months Years
Ended Ended
Septem… Septe…
Net 30, 30,
reve… 2026 2025 2026 2025
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Prod… $ 509,7… $ 414,109 $ 1,793,… $ 1,508…
Serv… 407,6… 395,981 1,623,… 1,579…
Total 917,4… 810,090 3,416,… 3,088…
Cost
of
net
reve…
Prod… 101,4… 85,132 378,092 338,0…
Serv… 61,532 58,749 241,122 235,9…
Total 162,9… 143,881 619,214 573,9…
Gross 754,4… 666,209 2,797,… 2,514…
prof…
Oper…
expe…
Sales
and 274,2… 215,982 976,500 860,5…
mark…
Rese…
and 164,5… 136,391 621,420 539,8…
deve…
Gene…
and 96,474 94,020 374,308 322,3…
admi…
Rest… 7,400 14,163 7,012 25,484
char…
Total 542,7… 460,556 1,979,… 1,748…
Inco…
from 211,7… 205,653 818,215 765,9…
oper…
Other
inco… 17,836 9,416 49,702 42,387
net
Inco…
befo… 229,5… 215,069 867,917 808,3…
inco…
taxes
Prov…
for 43,447 24,576 145,768 115,9…
inco…
taxes
Net $ 186,1… $ 190,493 $ 722,149 $ 692,3…
inco…
Net
inco…
per $ 3.28 $ 3.30 $ 12.68 $ 11.96
share
—
basic
Weig…
aver…
shar… 56,760 57,653 56,963 57,904
—
basic
Net
inco…
per $ 3.23 $ 3.26 $ 12.52 $ 11.80
share
—
dilu…
Weig…
aver…
shar… 57,658 58,418 57,670 58,684
—
dilu…
F5, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(unaudited, in thousands)
Years Ended
September 30,
Operating activities 2026 2025
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Net income $ 722,149 $ 692,380
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to
net cash provided by
operating
activities:
Stock-based compensation 261,013 231,491
Depreciation and amortization 96,531 92,399
Non-cash operating lease 29,675 31,503
costs
Deferred income taxes -62,679 -72,176
Other -1,892 5,615
Changes in operating assets
and
liabilities (excluding
effects of the
acquisition of businesses):
Accounts receivable -36,431 -28,411
Inventories -160,295 -851
Other current assets -184,838 -103,628
Other assets -628 -91,980
Accounts payable and accrued 127,073 28,899
liabilities
Deferred revenue 204,006 200,489
Lease liabilities -34,195 -36,064
Net cash provided by
operating 959,489 949,666
activities
Investing activities
Purchases of investments -7,750 -5,720
Maturities of investments 402 548
Sales of investments 1,575 —
Acquisition of businesses,
net of cash -47,619 -171,059
acquired
Purchases of property and -90,545 -43,260
equipment
Net cash used in investing -143,937 -219,491
activities
Financing activities
Proceeds from the exercise of
stock
options and purchases of 59,623 59,151
stock under
employee stock purchase plan
Payments for repurchase of
common stock, -601,113 -502,085
including excise taxes
Taxes paid related to net
share -25,772 -21,881
settlement of equity awards
Net cash used in financing -567,262 -464,815
activities
Net increase in cash, cash
equivalents 248,290 265,360
and restricted cash
Effect of exchange rate
changes on cash, -1,954 2,668
cash equivalents and
restricted cash
Cash, cash equivalents and
restricted 1,346,368 1,078,340
cash, beginning of period
Cash, cash equivalents and
restricted $ 1,592,704 $ 1,346,368
cash, end of period
Supplemental disclosures of
cash flow
information
Cash paid for amounts
included in the $ 42,473 $ 44,592
measurement of lease
liabilities
Supplemental disclosures of
non-cash
activities
Right-of-use assets obtained
in exchange $ 18,088 $ 48,315
for lease obligations
F5, Inc.
GAAP to Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(unaudited, in thousands, except percentages and per share amounts)
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