FFIV · F5 Inc
Price
Snapshot
50 fields · last close| Market Cap | $25.03B |
| P/E | 34.45 |
| Float | 56.50M |
| Beta | 1.05 |
| Volatility | 26.3% |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Communications |
| Cap tier | Large cap |
| Macro sensitivity | Moderate |
| Clavix score | 76.4 |
| Price | 455.84 |
| Change | +3.12% |
| Prev Close | 442.03 |
| Open | 457.91 |
| Day Low | 440.00 |
| Day High | 459.58 |
| Avg Vol | 1 |
| Avg $ Vol | $224.7M |
| 52W High | 483.30 |
| 52W Low | 223.76 |
| 52W Pos | 89.4% |
| From High | −5.68% |
| From Low | +103.72% |
| Max DD 1Y | −25.80% |
| Spread | 0.10% |
| Liquidity | Normal |
| SMA 20 | +0.10% |
| SMA 50 | +7.57% |
| SMA 200 | +28.29% |
| RSI (14) | 48.0 |
| Vol 30D | 34.9% |
| Vol 90D | 34.8% |
| 1Y Range | 224–483 |
| Daily bars | 536 |
| Perf Week | −7.88% |
| Perf Month | +1.70% |
| Perf Quarter | +7.31% |
| Perf Half Y | +42.19% |
| Perf Year | +33.64% |
| Perf YTD | +77.63% |
| Prev Day | +3.12% |
| Clavix | B |
| Debt / Eq | 0.00 |
| Curr Ratio | 1.56 |
| Int Cover | 43.9× |
| FCF Margin | 29.3% |
| Rev Growth | +9.7% |
| Profit | Profitable |
| Leverage | Low |
| Sector rank | 2 / 10 |
What FFIV does
F5, Inc. provides multicloud application security and delivery solutions in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific region.
The company’s distributed cloud services enable its customers to deploy, secure, and operate applications in any architecture, from on-premises to the public cloud.
It also offers unified, security, networking, and application management solutions, such as web app and API protection; multi-cloud networking; application delivery and deployment; domain name system; content delivery network; and application deployment and orchestration.
In addition, the company provides application security and delivery products, including NGINX Plus; NGINX One Console; NGINX Ingress Controller; WAF for NGINX; BIG-IP Packaged Software; and BIG-IP Systems.
Further, it provides a range of professional services, including maintenance, consulting, training, and other technical support services.
The company sells its products to large enterprise businesses, public sector institutions, governments, and service providers through distributors, value-added resellers, managed service providers, systems integrators, and other indirect channel partners.
It has partnerships with public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.
The company was formerly known as F5 Networks, Inc. and changed its name to F5, Inc. in November 2021.
F5, Inc. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
Clavix risk grade
regraded every trading dayFFIV grades B, 76.4 of 100. Steadiest on Sector Resilience (78), most exposed on Macro Resilience (58, mixed). 2 of the 3 weighted dimensions sit above the Communications median. Ranks 2 of 10 in Communications by Clavix score.
How rough the ride is
| FFIV | |
|---|---|
| Betavs the overall market · lower is steadier | 1.05 |
| Volatilityannualized | 26.3% |
| Max drawdown, past yearworst peak-to-trough fall | −25.8% |
| Typical daily movemedian absolute daily change | 1.33% |
| Days beyond ±3%of the last 252 sessions | 44 (17%) |
How its days are spread
Daily returns over the last 252 sessions in 1% bins. Moves beyond ±6% land in the end bins.
52-week range
The bar runs from the lowest to the highest close of the last 252 sessions; the marker is the latest close.
Drawdown from the 1-year peak
Percent below the running high over the last 12 months. Zero is a fresh high.
Market sensitivity
| FFIV | Communications median | |
|---|---|---|
| Beta to the markethow much it swings with the S&P 500 · lower is safer | 1.05 | — |
| Macro sensitivityrate, dollar and credit exposure bucket | Moderate | High 50% of 10 |
Where it sits on the macro scale
Low means rates, the dollar and credit spreads barely move it. Very High means they drive a large share of its swings. The counts are how many Communications names sit in each bucket.
Where it ranks in its sector
Rank by Clavix score within the sector. Right is the top of the sector.
Price performance
| FFIV | |
|---|---|
| 1 week | −7.9% |
| 1 month | +1.7% |
| Year to date | +77.6% |
| 1 year | +33.6% |
Context for the rank, not itself a risk measure.
Recent coverage, scored
| FFIV | |
|---|---|
| Articles scoredthe most recent scored coverage, up to 30 | 25 since 10 Jun |
| Average score0 most bearish, 100 most bullish | 65 |
| Bullish · bearisharticles above 60 · below 40 | 19 · 1 |
| Directionarticles whose tone is improving vs worsening | 16 ↑ 2 ↓ |
Where the article scores land
Each bar is a 10-point band of article scores. Below 40 reads bearish, above 60 bullish.
Balance sheet, against the sector
The shaded band is the middle half of the Communications names Clavix covers; the tick is the sector median.
Growth
| FFIV | |
|---|---|
| Revenue growthyear over year | +9.7% |
Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade. Why
0–100, higher is safer. The tick on each bar is the Communications median. Click a dimension for the evidence behind it. Financial Health is shown but does not count toward the grade.
Recent news
most recent scored articles · the chip is the article’s score · click to openF5 was named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape 2026 assessment for web application and API protection platforms for the second time. The article frames the credential against a stock up 72.6% year to date, calling the story 'fully priced.'
F5 launched two new AI security products, Workforce AI Security (which monitors devices, scores risk in real time, and governs AI-driven activity) and new Distributed Cloud Bot Defense features, while its share price rose 4.71% in one day and 67.90% year-to-date. The article's headline flags concern that the stock may be fully valued after that run.
F5 upgraded its bot-fighting tool with better device tracking and launched a new product that helps companies monitor and control how their employees and autonomous AI systems use AI. It also connected its security platform with MuleSoft's agent technology so customers can manage AI tools in one place.
F5 rolled out new AI-powered security features for its bot defense and enterprise security products, including tools to spot automated fraud across customer apps, monitor employee AI usage, and connect with MuleSoft's Agent Fabric system for AI guardrails. The article text was truncated and cut off mid-sentence.
On September 2, F5 announced an integration with MuleSoft (owned by Salesforce) that embeds F5's AI Guardrails directly into MuleSoft's Agent Fabric Omni Gateway. The integration is aimed at helping enterprises secure agentic AI systems against risks like prompt injection attacks, data leakage, and harmful outputs.
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