F5 (FFIV) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026)

F5's (FFIV) quarterly Tax Rate came in at 21.91% in Q1 2026, up 692.0% year-on-year from 2.77% in Q1 2025, and up 13.95% quarter-over-quarter from 19.23% in Q4 2025.

F5 (FFIV) Tax Rate (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

F5 has disclosed Tax Rate across 18 years of filings, most recently posting 21.91% for Q1 2026.

  • Tax Rate for Q1 2026 came in at 21.91%, up 692.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was 15.71% (down 203.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 14.35%, down 416.0% from the prior year.
  • Tax Rate came in at 21.91% for Q1 2026 at F5, up from 19.23% in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Tax Rate ranged from a high of 25.14% in Q1 2023 to a low of 10.4% in Q3 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Tax Rate is 18.44% (2024), against an average of 17.81%.
  • Across the five-year window, Tax Rate soared 1307 bps in 2022 and tumbled 735 bps in 2025, its largest moves.
  • F5's Tax Rate stood at 24.51% in 2022, then dropped by 16 bps to 20.65% in 2023, then decreased by 1 bps to 20.38% in 2024, then slipped by 6 bps to 19.23% in 2025, then grew by 14 bps to 21.91% in 2026.
  • The last three Tax Rate figures came in at 21.91% (Q1 2026), 19.23% (Q4 2025), and 11.43% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Tax Rate (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,998.30 Bn 2,920.03 Bn 56.06 Bn 19.22%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,040.72 Bn 1,026.57 Bn 7.23 Mn 23.68%
3 Oracle 590.32 Bn 551.74 Bn 15.14 Bn 15.74%
4 Palantir Technologies 316.31 Bn 308.39 Bn 1.42 Bn 1.37%
5 Palo Alto Networks 181.17 Bn 176.63 Bn 1.91 Bn 21.31%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 161.69 Bn 158.63 Bn 993.68 Mn -6.22%
7 Fortinet 102.35 Bn 99.06 Bn 1.49 Bn 18.58%
8 Synopsys 88.25 Bn 88.13 Bn 1.77 Bn 18.14%
9 Cloudflare 83.26 Bn 82.32 Bn 455.60 Mn -7.01%
10 F5 22.41 Bn 20.97 Bn 660.80 Mn 21.91%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Mar 31, 2026 21.91%
Mar 31, 2026 21.91%
Dec 31, 2025 19.23%
Dec 31, 2025 19.23%
Sep 30, 2025 11.43%
Sep 30, 2025 11.43%
Jun 30, 2025 10.85%
Jun 30, 2025 10.85%
Mar 31, 2025 14.99%
Mar 31, 2025 14.99%
Dec 31, 2024 20.38%
Dec 31, 2024 20.38%
Sep 30, 2024 18.78%
Sep 30, 2024 18.78%
Jun 30, 2024 16.05%
Jun 30, 2024 16.05%
Mar 31, 2024 18.44%
Mar 31, 2024 18.44%
Dec 31, 2023 20.65%
Dec 31, 2023 20.65%