As of today (2022-08-07), F5's share price is $172.38.
F5's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 was $7.35. Hence, F5's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 23.44.
The historical rank and industry rank for F5's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:
FFIV'
s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 9.95 Med: 14.91 Max: 26.93
Current: 23.44
During the past 13 years, F5's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 26.93. The lowest was 9.95. And the median was 14.91.
FFIV's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than 50.15% of 1340
companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.34
vs FFIV: 23.44
During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of F5 was -22.70% per year.
During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -4.60% per year.
During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was -0.40% per year.
During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 8.30% per year.
During the past 13 years, F5's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 96.40% per year. The lowest was -11.20% per year. And the median was 16.85% per year.
F5 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data
The historical data trend for F5's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * 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
Trend
Sep12
Sep13
Sep14
Sep15
Sep16
Sep17
Sep18
Sep19
Sep20
Sep21
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
11.27
17.48
13.18
12.54
20.07
F5 Quarterly Data
Sep17
Dec17
Mar18
Jun18
Sep18
Dec18
Mar19
Jun19
Sep19
Dec19
Mar20
Jun20
Sep20
Dec20
Mar21
Jun21
Sep21
Dec21
Mar22
Jun22
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
19.63
20.07
26.93
22.85
20.81
Competitive Comparison
For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, F5's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-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-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution
For the Software industry and Technology sector, F5's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:
* The bar in red indicates where F5's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.
F5 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation
F5's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as
F5's Share Price of today is $172.38.
F5's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2022 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $7.35.
* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD. * 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.
It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:
Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.
In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.
Be Aware
In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.
F5 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Related Terms
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F5 is a market leader in the application delivery controller market. The company sells products for networking traffic, security, and policy management. Its products ensure applications are safely routed in efficient manners within on-premises data centers and across cloud environments. More than half of its revenue is based on providing services, and its three customer verticals are enterprises, service providers, and government entities. The Seattle-based firm was incorporated in 1996 and generates sales globally.
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