F5 FFIV
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At close: Sep 29, 2026 · 4:00 PM EDT

F5 (FFIV) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

Updated

F5 (FFIV) posted Operating Expenses of $498.25 million for fiscal Q3 2026 (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026), up 14.4% from $435.43 million a year earlier and up 3.4% from the prior quarter.

Analysis

F5 (FFIV) Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, Operating Expenses at F5 was $1.9 billion, up 11.6% year-over-year; for FY2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025), it was $1.75 billion, up 9.3% from FY2024.

  • Annual Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of 2.4% (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior fiscal years, F5's Operating Expenses was $1.6 billion in FY2024 (-8.4%), $1.75 billion in FY2023 (-0.3%), $1.75 billion in FY2022 (+2.1%) and $1.72 billion in FY2021 (+10.7%).
  • The fiscal Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Operating Expenses in data going back to fiscal Q3 2009.
  • On a year-over-year basis, Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last eight quarters, with growth averaging 9.5% over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for Operating Expenses in the past five years was fiscal Q3 2026, with growth of 14.4%; the weakest was fiscal Q1 2024, with a decline of 13.8%.
  • According to Business Quant data, Operating Expenses for the three prior fiscal quarters was $481.78 million (Q2 2026), $456.49 million (Q1 2026) and $460.56 million (Q4 2025).
Peer Set

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Palo Alto Networks 319.55 Bn 304.63 Bn 2.30 Bn 2.13 Bn
2 CrowdStrike Holdings 265.46 Bn 245.90 Bn 1.10 Bn 1.13 Bn
3 Fortinet 129.36 Bn 115.29 Bn 1.64 Bn 953.90 Mn
4 Snowflake 115.65 Bn 102.97 Bn 1.04 Bn 1.30 Bn
5 Datadog 96.45 Bn 78.09 Bn 881.34 Mn 875.89 Mn
6 Axon Enterprise 34.50 Bn 29.03 Bn 546.45 Mn 499.67 Mn
7 Okta 33.79 Bn 23.89 Bn 641.00 Mn 534.00 Mn
8 Zscaler 32.51 Bn 18.63 Bn - -
9 Baidu 29.59 Bn -44.04 Bn 1.47 Mn 4.17 Bn
10 F5 24.75 Bn 19.16 Bn 711.51 Mn 498.25 Mn
Historic Data

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 498.25 Mn
Mar 31, 2026 481.78 Mn
Dec 31, 2025 456.49 Mn
Sep 30, 2025 460.56 Mn
Jun 30, 2025 435.43 Mn
Mar 31, 2025 431.27 Mn
Dec 31, 2024 420.90 Mn
Sep 30, 2024 411.93 Mn
Jun 30, 2024 395.98 Mn
Mar 31, 2024 400.28 Mn
Dec 31, 2023 391.69 Mn
Sep 30, 2023 394.27 Mn
Jun 30, 2023 457.39 Mn
Mar 31, 2023 441.48 Mn
Dec 31, 2022 454.16 Mn
Sep 30, 2022 445.04 Mn
Jun 30, 2022 436.29 Mn
Mar 31, 2022 433.22 Mn
Dec 31, 2021 437.88 Mn
Sep 30, 2021 426.96 Mn
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