F5 (FFIV) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026)

F5's (FFIV) quarterly Gross Margin came in at 81.41% in Q1 2026, up 69.0% year-on-year from 48.17% in Q1 2025, and little changed quarter-over-quarter from 81.55% in Q4 2025.

F5 (FFIV) Gross Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

F5 has disclosed Gross Margin across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 81.41% for Q1 2026.

  • Gross Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 81.41%, up 69.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 81.54% (up 65.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 81.41%, up 122.0% from the prior year.
  • Gross Margin came in at 81.41% for Q1 2026 at F5, roughly flat from 81.55% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Gross Margin ranged from a high of 82.24% in Q3 2025 to a low of 77.86% in Q1 2023.
  • The 5-year median for Gross Margin is 80.38% (2024), against an average of 80.27%.
  • Across the five-year window, Gross Margin sank 247 bps in 2022 and jumped 244 bps in 2023, its largest moves.
  • F5's Gross Margin stood at 77.87% in 2022, then rose by 3 bps to 80.31% in 2023, then rose by 2 bps to 81.67% in 2024, then slipped by 0 bps to 81.55% in 2025, then slipped by 0 bps to 81.41% in 2026.
  • The last three Gross Margin figures came in at 81.41% (Q1 2026), 81.55% (Q4 2025), and 82.24% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Gross Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 67.63%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 61.73%
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 88.06%
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 86.78%
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 73.59%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn 76.12%
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 80.29%
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 73.54%
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn 71.21%
10 F5 22.41 Bn 20.97 Bn 660.80 Mn 81.41%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 81.41%
Dec 31, 2025 81.55%
Sep 30, 2025 82.24%
Jun 30, 2025 80.95%
Mar 31, 2025 80.72%
Dec 31, 2024 81.67%
Sep 30, 2024 80.75%
Jun 30, 2024 80.38%
Mar 31, 2024 79.29%
Dec 31, 2023 80.31%
Sep 30, 2023 80.06%
Jun 30, 2023 79.84%
Mar 31, 2023 77.86%
Dec 31, 2022 77.87%
Sep 30, 2022 78.93%
Jun 30, 2022 80.62%
Mar 31, 2022 80.08%
Dec 31, 2021 80.34%
Sep 30, 2021 81.13%
Jun 30, 2021 81.44%