F5, INC.
Close on Oct 19, 2026
- Market cap
- $25.94B
- P/E (TTM)
- 35.9
- Dividend yield
- –
About F5
Computer Communications Equipment, SIC 3576
F5 provides multicloud application delivery and security solutions designed to manage and protect applications and application programming interfaces. The company delivers its capabilities through packaged software, software-as-a-service, managed services, and hardware systems, supported by global maintenance, consulting, and technical services. Its primary product suites include F5 BIG-IP for legacy architectures, F5 NGINX for container-native and microservices workloads, and F5 Distributed Cloud Services for cloud-based security and networking. The firm sells its offerings to large commercial enterprises, public sector organizations, government institutions, and service providers.
The enterprise manages operations globally across three designated regions: the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It maintains its corporate headquarters in Seattle, Washington. The organization employs 6,578 workers situated across 47 nations, with 47 percent of its personnel based in the United States. In addition, its hardware manufacturing and testing activities are conducted through partner facilities in Mexico and China, with primary distribution centers in Tennessee and Zhuhai.
Summary of the business section of F5's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- F5, INC.
- Founded
- 1996
- Headquarters
- Seattle, WA
- Address
- 801 5th Avenue 98104
- Phone
- (206) 272-5555
- Website
- f5.com
- Employees
- 6,578, Sep 30, 2025
- Industry
- Computer Communications Equipment
- Incorporated in
- Washington
- Fiscal year ends
- September 30
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Seattle, Washington
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- FFIV
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- IPO date
- Jun 4, 1999
- Shares outstanding
- 57M, Aug 3, 2026
- Public float
- $15.35B, Mar 31, 2025
- Filer category
- Large accelerated filer
- Stock splits
- 2-for-1, Aug 21, 2007
- SEC CIK
- 1048695
- CUSIP
- 315616102
- ISIN
- US3156161024
- LEI
- 54930015FPK9KT966303
- EIN
- 91-1714307
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Francois Locoh-Donou | President, CEO & Director | 189,513 |
| John Anthony Maddison | Chief Product Mkting Officer | 1,149 |
| Michael F. Montoya | Chief Technology Ops Officer | 6,081 |
| Angelique M. Okeke | EVP, General Counsel | 2,240 |
| Thomas Dean Fountain | EVP Global Services & Strategy | 8,060 |
| Catherine A. Peterman | Chief People Officer | – |
| Chad Michael Whalen | EVP, Worldwide Sales | 21,536 |
| Kunal Anand | Chief Technology Officer | 12,586 |
| Edward Cooper Werner | Chief Financial Officer | 406 |
| Lyra Amber Schramm | Chief People Officer | 177 |
| Scot Frazier Rogers | EVP and General Counsel | 20,075 |
| Francis J. Pelzer | EVP, Chief Financial Officer | 43,285 |
| Kara Lynn Sprague | EVP & GM, Application Services | 78,198 |
| Nikhil Ramesh Mehta | Director | 8,691 |
| Gavin Munroe | Director | – |
| Elizabeth Buse | Director | 4,947 |
| Anand Eswaran | Director | – |
| Julie Marie Gonzalez | Director | 1,414 |
| Alan Higginson | Director | 7,774 |
| Michael L. Dreyer | Director | 2,243 |
| Maya McReynolds | Director | 1,414 |
| Tami A. Erwin | Director | 2,847 |
| Marianne Budnik | Director | 2,141 |
| Michel Combes | Director | 5,805 |
| Peter S. Klein | Director | 13,333 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Mr. Locoh-Donou | $23.04M | $44.51M | $5.33M | $263 | $285 |
| FY2024 Mr. Locoh-Donou | $18.04M | $28.66M | $5.84M | $179 | $222 |
| FY2023 Mr. Locoh-Donou | $10.86M | $13.81M | $3.95M | $131 | $146 |
| FY2022 Mr. Locoh-Donou | $12.82M | $5.48M | $5.14M | $118 | $103 |
| FY2021 Mr. Locoh-Donou | $11.47M | $21.79M | $4.14M | $162 | $129 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of September 30, 2025, we had 6,578 employees – over 99% of whom were full-time employees.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2021 | Name change | Name changed from F5 NETWORKS, INC. to F5, INC. |
| Jan 25, 2021 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Jan 24, 2020 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| May 9, 2019 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Sep 13, 2007 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Aug 16, 2006 | Listing notice | Notice of delisting or failure to satisfy a listing rule (8-K Item 3.01) |
| Aug 9, 2006 | Late filing | Notification of late filing |
| Oct 5, 2005 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Jun 4, 1999 | IPO | Initial public offering priced (424B4 prospectus) |