Growth Metrics

F5 (FFIV) Return on Invested Capital (2016 - 2025)

F5's Return on Invested Capital history spans 16 years, with the latest figure at 0.19% for Q4 2025.

  • For Q4 2025, Return on Invested Capital rose 1.0% year-over-year to 0.19%; the TTM value through Dec 2025 reached 0.19%, up 1.0%, while the annual FY2025 figure was 0.2%, 1.0% up from the prior year.
  • Return on Invested Capital for Q4 2025 was 0.19% at F5, roughly flat from 0.19% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Return on Invested Capital topped out at 0.19% in Q4 2025 and bottomed at 0.11% in Q1 2021.
  • The 5-year median for Return on Invested Capital is 0.14% (2022), against an average of 0.15%.
  • The largest annual shift saw Return on Invested Capital dropped -4bps in 2021 before it grew 6bps in 2024.
  • A 5-year view of Return on Invested Capital shows it stood at 0.13% in 2021, then fell by -8bps to 0.11% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 37bps to 0.16% in 2023, then grew by 14bps to 0.18% in 2024, then rose by 4bps to 0.19% in 2025.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for FFIV's Return on Invested Capital are 0.19% (Q4 2025), 0.19% (Q3 2025), and 0.19% (Q2 2025).