F5 (FFIV) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026)
F5 (FFIV) posted Cost of Revenue of $162.97 million for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Sep 30, 2026), up 13.3% from $143.88 million a year earlier and up 6.1% from the prior quarter.
F5 (FFIV) Cost of Revenue (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Sep 30, 2026), F5's Cost of Revenue came in at $619.21 million, up 7.9% from FY2025.
- Annual Cost of Revenue shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 4.7% (FY2021 to FY2026).
- In prior fiscal years, F5's Cost of Revenue was $573.98 million in FY2025 (+2.9%), $557.65 million in FY2024 (-6.0%), $593.31 million in FY2023 (+9.9%) and $539.63 million in FY2022 (+9.4%).
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Cost of Revenue in data going back to fiscal Q3 2009.
- On a year-over-year basis, Cost of Revenue has increased in each of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 5.5% over the last eight quarters.
- The strongest year-over-year quarter for Cost of Revenue in the past five years was fiscal Q2 2023, with growth of 23.2%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2024, with a decline of 12.0%.
- According to Business Quant data, Cost of Revenue for the three prior fiscal quarters was $153.56 million (Q3 2026), $150.9 million (Q2 2026) and $151.79 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cost of Rev (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 235.00 Bn | 220.07 Bn | 2.30 Bn | 1.11 Bn |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 221.18 Bn | 201.58 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 374.00 Mn |
| 3 | Snowflake | 96.49 Bn | 83.81 Bn | 1.04 Bn | 510.08 Mn |
| 4 | Fortinet | 87.26 Bn | 71.51 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 437.50 Mn |
| 5 | Datadog | 64.27 Bn | 44.82 Bn | 959.92 Mn | 237.17 Mn |
| 6 | Zscaler | 31.67 Bn | 17.82 Bn | 689.22 Mn | 208.96 Mn |
| 7 | Okta | 29.42 Bn | 19.51 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 164.00 Mn |
| 8 | Axon Enterprise | 25.30 Bn | 19.82 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 357.94 Mn |
| 9 | MongoDB | 25.20 Bn | 15.67 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 202.01 Mn |
| 10 | F5 | 17.64 Bn | 12.05 Bn | 711.51 Mn | 153.56 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 153.56 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 150.90 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 151.79 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 143.88 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 148.63 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 140.96 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 140.51 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 143.72 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 136.43 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 141.11 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 136.39 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 140.96 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 141.68 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 155.65 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 155.01 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 147.46 Mn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 130.73 Mn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 126.36 Mn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 135.07 Mn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 128.68 Mn |
F5 Cost of Revenue API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=FFIV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY
import requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cost-of-revenue", "ticker": "FFIV", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cost-of-revenue&ticker=FFIV&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();