F5

F5 Networks | Secure application delivery.

Launch date

Feb 1996

Market cap

Enterprise valuation

AUD17.5b (Public information from Sep 2024)

Seattle Washington (HQ)

http://www.f5.com/

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Revenues, earnings & profits over time

USD	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
Revenues	2.4b	2.6b	2.7b	2.8b	2.8b	2.9b	3.0b
% growth	5 %	11 %	4 %	4 %	-	4 %	4 %
EBITDA	504m	509m	535m	716m	1.1b	1.1b	1.2b
% EBITDA margin	21 %	20 %	20 %	25 %	38 %	39 %	39 %
Profit	307m	331m	322m	395m	554m	601m	671m
% profit margin	13 %	13 %	12 %	14 %	20 %	21 %	22 %
EV / revenue	2.9x	4.4x	2.9x	3.1x	3.9x	3.7x	3.4x
EV / EBITDA	13.3x	22.5x	14.4x	12.2x	10.4x	9.5x	8.7x
R&D budget	441m	513m	543m	540m	-	-	-
R&D % of revenue	19 %	20 %	20 %	19 %	-	-	-

Source: Dealroom estimates

Date	Investors	Amount	Round
-	Accel DCM Ventures Menlo Ventures Itochu Technology Ventures	N/A	-
Sep 1998	Ridge Ventures	N/A	Early VC
Jun 1999	N/A	$30.0m Valuation: $179m	IPO
Nov 2020	Elliott Management	N/A	Post IPO Equity
Total Funding		-

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