F5 (FFIV) Operating Cash Flow per Share

: $11.01 (TTM As of Dec. 2023)

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F5's operating cash flow per share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.77. F5's operating cash flow per share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $11.01.

During the past 12 months, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of F5 was 30.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 0.20% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -6.30% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 2.90% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the OCF Growth Rate using Operating Cash Flow per Share data.

The historical rank and industry rank for F5's Operating Cash Flow per Share or its related term are showing as below:

FFIV' s 3-Year OCF Growth Rate Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -16.3 Med: 16.6 Max: 91.9
Current: 0.2

During the past 13 years, F5's highest 3-Year average Operating Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 91.90% per year. The lowest was -16.30% per year. And the median was 16.60% per year.

FFIV's 3-Year OCF Growth Rate is ranked worse than
57.4% of 1885 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 5.7 vs FFIV: 0.20

F5 Operating Cash Flow per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for F5's Operating Cash Flow per Share can be seen below:

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* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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F5 Annual Data

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Sep23

Operating Cash Flow per Share

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12.37

10.77

10.40

7.25

10.84

F5 Quarterly Data
	Mar19	Jun19	Sep19	Dec19	Mar20	Jun20	Sep20	Dec20	Mar21	Jun21	Sep21	Dec21	Mar22	Jun22	Sep22	Dec22	Mar23	Jun23	Sep23	Dec23
Operating Cash Flow per Share	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															2.61	2.32	2.74	3.18	2.77

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, F5's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

F5 Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, F5's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where F5's Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow falls into.

F5 Operating Cash Flow per Share Calculation

Operating Cash Flow per Share is the amount of Cash Flow from Operations per outstanding share of the company's stock.

F5's Operating Cash Flow per Share for the fiscal year that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Operating Cash Flow per Share (A: Sep. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations (A: Sep. 2023 )	/	Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) (A: Sep. 2023 )
	=	653.409	/	60.270
	=	10.84

F5's Operating Cash Flow per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2023 is calculated as

Operating Cash Flow per Share (Q: Dec. 2023 )	=	Cash Flow from Operations (Q: Dec. 2023 )	/	Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) (Q: Dec. 2023 )
	=	165.318	/	59.653
	=	2.77

Operating Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $11.01

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F5 (FFIV) Business Description

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Address

801 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA, 98104

Website

https://www.f5.com

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.

Executives

Francis J. Pelzer	officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer	CONCUR TECHNOLOGIES, INC., 18400 NE UNION HILL RD., REDMOND WA 98052
Scot Frazier Rogers	officer: Interim General Counsel	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Chad Michael Whalen	officer: EVP, Worldwide Sales	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Alan Higginson	director
Francois Locoh-donou	director, officer: President, CEO & Director	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. W., SEATTLE WA 98119
Thomas Dean Fountain	officer: EVP and Chief Strategy Officer	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Tami A. Erwin	director	1095 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, NEW YORK NY 10036
Ana Maria White	officer: EVP and Chief HR Officer	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Michael L Dreyer	director	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Mika Yamamoto	officer: EVP, Chief Marketing Officer	21300 VICTORY BLVD.,, 12TH FLOOR, WOODLAND HILLS CA 91367
Geng Lin	officer: EVP, Chief Technology Officer	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Marianne Budnik	director	C/O ACME PACKET, INC., 100 CROSBY DRIVE, BEDFORD MA 01730
Phillips James Malcolm Jr	director	C/O F5, INC., 801 FIFTH AVE., SEATTLE WA 98104
Michael F Montoya	director	C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 801 FIFTH AVE., SEATTLE WA 98104
Deborah L Bevier	director	PO BOX 91258, BELLEVUE WA 98009