F5 (FFIV) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026)

F5's (FFIV) quarterly Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.86% in Q1 2026, up 46.0% year-on-year from 11.55% in Q1 2025, and up 1.93% quarter-over-quarter from 16.54% in Q4 2025.

F5 (FFIV) Return on Capital Employed (2010 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

F5 has disclosed Return on Capital Employed across 17 years of filings, most recently posting 16.86% for Q1 2026.

  • Return on Capital Employed for Q1 2026 came in at 16.86%, up 46.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 16.86% (up 46.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 17.59%, up 88.0% from the prior year.
  • Return on Capital Employed came in at 16.86% for Q1 2026 at F5, up from 16.54% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Return on Capital Employed ranged from a high of 16.86% in Q1 2026 to a low of 10.44% in Q4 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Capital Employed is 15.0% (2024), against an average of 14.43%.
  • Across the five-year window, Return on Capital Employed sank 179 bps in 2023 and jumped 512 bps in 2024, its largest moves.
  • F5's Return on Capital Employed stood at 10.44% in 2022, then surged by 39 bps to 14.46% in 2023, then gained by 16 bps to 16.77% in 2024, then slipped by 1 bps to 16.54% in 2025, then climbed by 2 bps to 16.86% in 2026.
  • The last three Return on Capital Employed figures came in at 16.86% (Q1 2026), 16.54% (Q4 2025), and 16.64% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) ROCE (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 27.43%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 0.01%
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 10.62%
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 24.39%
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 8.75%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -4.62%
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 40.10%
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 1.98%
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -5.85%
10 F5 22.41 Bn 20.97 Bn 660.80 Mn 16.86%

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 16.86%
Dec 31, 2025 16.54%
Sep 30, 2025 16.64%
Jun 30, 2025 16.85%
Mar 31, 2025 16.40%
Dec 31, 2024 16.77%
Sep 30, 2024 16.37%
Jun 30, 2024 16.21%
Mar 31, 2024 15.00%
Dec 31, 2023 14.46%
Sep 30, 2023 12.73%
Jun 30, 2023 11.09%
Mar 31, 2023 11.36%
Dec 31, 2022 10.44%
Sep 30, 2022 12.20%
Jun 30, 2022 12.88%
Mar 31, 2022 12.44%
Dec 31, 2021 10.81%
Sep 30, 2021 11.26%
Jun 30, 2021 11.11%