F5, Inc. cash flow statement
In fiscal 2025, F5, Inc.'s operations generated $950m of cash; it spent $43.3m on capital projects, leaving free cash flow of $906m. It returned $502m through buybacks.
Cash flow statement
| Fiscal year | 2009Sept 2009 | 2010Sept 2010 | 2011Sept 2011 | 2012Sept 2012 | 2013Sept 2013 | 2014Sept 2014 | 2015Sept 2015 | 2016Sept 2016 | 2017Sept 2017 | 2018Sept 2018 | 2019Sept 2019 | 2020Sept 2020 | 2021Sept 2021 | 2022Sept 2022 | 2023Sept 2023 | 2024Sept 2024 | 2025Sept 2025 | LTMJun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 202 | 314 | 417 | 495 | 500 | 549 | 685 | 712 | 740 | 761 | 748 | 661 | 645 | 443 | 653 | 792 | 950 | 1,049 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 26 | 24 | 21 | 35 | 40 | 46 | 53 | 57 | 61 | 59 | 69 | 96 | 115 | 116 | 113 | 107 | 92 | 97 |
| Stock-based pay | 56 | 71 | 90 | 95 | 104 | 127 | 146 | 157 | 175 | 158 | 163 | 202 | 243 | 249 | 237 | 219 | 231 | 251 |
| Capital spending | 12 | 13 | 30 | 30 | 27 | 23 | 60 | 63 | 39 | 53 | 104 | 60 | 31 | 34 | 54 | 30 | 43 | 80 |
| Free cash flow | 190 | 301 | 386 | 466 | 473 | 526 | 624 | 648 | 702 | 708 | 644 | 601 | 615 | 409 | 599 | 762 | 906 | 970 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 134 | 230 | 297 | 370 | 369 | 399 | 479 | 491 | 526 | 550 | 481 | 399 | 371 | 160 | 363 | 543 | 675 | 719 |
| Share buybacks | 87 | 75 | 272 | 185 | 200 | 651 | 607 | 700 | 600 | 600 | 201 | 100 | 500 | 500 | 350 | 501 | 502 | — |
| Quarter | 2024 Q4Sept 2024 | 2025 Q1Dec 2024 | 2025 Q2Mar 2025 | 2025 Q3Jun 2025 | 2025 Q4Sept 2025 | 2026 Q1Dec 2025 | 2026 Q2Mar 2026 | 2026 Q3Jun 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash from operations | 247 | 203 | 257 | 282 | 208 | 159 | 366 | 316 |
| Depreciation and amortisation | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 |
| Stock-based pay | 54 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 57 | 60 | 68 | 66 |
| Capital spending | 6 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 18 | 36 |
| Free cash flow | 240 | 195 | 246 | 274 | 192 | 149 | 348 | 281 |
| Free cash flow after stock pay | 187 | 137 | 187 | 216 | 135 | 89 | 280 | 215 |
Compare with peers
- Ubiquiti Inc. cash flow
- Lumentum cash flow
- Viasat Inc cash flow
- Ciena cash flow
- Extreme Networks Inc cash flow
Head to head: FFIV vs UIFFIV vs LITEFFIV vs VSATCIEN vs FFIV
More: Communications Equipment stocks compared, Technology sector, rankings of US companies