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F5 (FFIV) PB Ratio : 4.44 (As of Oct. 31, 2024)


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What is F5 PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-10-31), F5's share price is $238.95. F5's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was $53.87. Hence, F5's PB Ratio of today is 4.44.

The historical rank and industry rank for F5's PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FFIV' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 2.96   Med: 5.48   Max: 9.58
Current: 4.44

During the past 13 years, F5's highest PB Ratio was 9.58. The lowest was 2.96. And the median was 5.48.

FFIV's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
69.3% of 2573 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.79 vs FFIV: 4.44

During the past 12 months, F5's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 13.90% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.40% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 11.80% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 12.90% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of F5 was 55.40% per year. The lowest was -2.70% per year. And the median was 15.10% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


F5 PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for F5's PB Ratio 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 PB Ratio Chart

F5 Annual Data
Trend Sep15 Sep16 Sep17 Sep18 Sep19 Sep20 Sep21 Sep22 Sep23 Sep24
PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.36 5.11 3.51 3.41 4.09

F5 Quarterly Data
Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24
PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 3.41 3.68 3.79 3.33 4.09

Competitive Comparison of F5's PB Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, F5's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and PB Ratio 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's PB Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, F5's PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where F5's PB Ratio falls into.



F5 PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

F5's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=238.95/53.867
=4.44

* 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:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


F5  (NAS:FFIV) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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F5 Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
801 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA, USA, 98104
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
Alan Higginson director
Francois Locoh-donou director, officer: President, CEO & Director C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. W., SEATTLE WA 98119
Chad Michael Whalen officer: EVP, Worldwide Sales C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Thomas Dean Fountain officer: EVP and Chief Strategy Officer C/O F5 NETWORKS, INC., 401 ELLIOTT AVE. WEST, SEATTLE WA 98119
Scot Frazier Rogers officer: Interim General Counsel 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
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
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