TTM
29.9%
YoY change
+2.29pp
Trough year (1998)
-85.4%
Peak year (2010)
34.1%
Latest annual
29.4%
FCF Margin history chart for F5 (FFIV) from 1998 to 2025
Latest: 29.4%
FCF Margin change chart for F5 (FFIV) from 1998 to 2025
Latest: +2.29pp
FCF Margin history table for F5 (FFIV) from 1998 to 2025
| 2025 | 29.4% | +2.29pp | ||
| 2024 | 27.1% | +5.76pp | ||
| 2023 | 21.3% | +6.13pp | ||
| 2022 | 15.2% | -8.43pp | ||
| 2021 | 23.6% | -1.96pp | ||
| 2020 | 25.6% | -3.17pp | ||
| 2019 | 28.7% | -4.01pp | ||
| 2018 | 32.7% | -0.64pp | ||
| 2017 | 33.4% | +1.13pp | ||
| 2016 | 32.2% | +0.08pp | ||
| 2015 | 32.2% | +1.78pp | ||
| 2014 | 30.4% | -1.55pp | ||
| 2013 | 31.9% | -1.85pp | ||
| 2012 | 33.8% | +0.73pp | ||
| 2011 | 33.1% | -1.07pp | ||
| 2010 | 34.1% | +5.09pp | ||
| 2009 | 29.0% | +3.54pp | ||
| 2008 | 25.5% | -3.65pp | ||
| 2007 | 29.1% | +2.76pp | ||
| 2006 | 26.4% | -0.51pp | ||
| 2005 | 26.9% | +6.56pp | ||
| 2004 | 20.3% | +9.96pp | ||
| 2003 | 10.4% | +4.55pp | ||
| 2002 | 5.8% | +25.21pp | ||
| 2001 | -19.4% | -16.15pp | ||
| 2000 | -3.2% | +13.32pp | ||
| 1999 | -16.5% | +68.87pp | ||
| 1998 | -85.4% | — |
- 202529.4%+2.29pp
- 202427.1%+5.76pp
- 202321.3%+6.13pp
- 202215.2%-8.43pp
- 202123.6%-1.96pp
- 202025.6%-3.17pp
- 201928.7%-4.01pp
- 201832.7%-0.64pp
- 201733.4%+1.13pp
- 201632.2%+0.08pp
- 201532.2%+1.78pp
- 201430.4%-1.55pp
- 201331.9%-1.85pp
- 201233.8%+0.73pp
- 201133.1%-1.07pp
- 201034.1%+5.09pp
- 200929.0%+3.54pp
- 200825.5%-3.65pp
- 200729.1%+2.76pp
- 200626.4%-0.51pp
- 200526.9%+6.56pp
- 200420.3%+9.96pp
- 200310.4%+4.55pp
- 20025.8%+25.21pp
- 2001-19.4%-16.15pp
- 2000-3.2%+13.32pp
- 1999-16.5%+68.87pp
- 1998-85.4%—
FCF Margin values are taken from F5's reported income statements (quarterly 10-Q and annual 10-K filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission). Each row shows the period end date and the filing date. YoY compares each figure to the same period one year earlier. Amounts are in USD as filed.
About FCF Margin at F5 (FFIV)
According to F5's latest reported financial statements, the company's latest reported free cash flow margin is 29.9%. Free cash flow margin is free cash flow divided by revenue — the share of each sales dollar that converts into cash after capital expenditures. Because free cash flow cannot be inflated by non-cash accounting, FCF margin is a clean read on how efficiently a business turns revenue into deployable cash.
Headline figure above is from the reporting period ending (reported ). Chart and table below cover the full reported history back to .
F5 (FFIV) most recent annual free cash flow margin stands at 29.35% (2025) – expanded 2.3 percentage points year-over-year.
Across the available history, free cash flow margin reached its high of 34.13% in 2010 and its low of -85.42% in 1998.
F5 FCF Margin by Year
F5 FCF Margin 2025: 29.4%
F5 posted free cash flow margin of 29.35% in 2025, expanded 2.3 percentage points from 2024.
F5 FCF Margin 2024: 27.1%
In 2024, F5 reported free cash flow margin of 27.06%, expanded 5.8 percentage points from 2023.
F5 FCF Margin 2023: 21.3%
F5 free cash flow margin in 2023 was 21.30%, expanded 6.1 percentage points from 2022.
F5 FCF Margin 2022: 15.2%
2022's free cash flow margin for F5 came in at 15.17%, contracted 8.4 percentage points from 2021.
F5 FCF Margin 2021: 23.6%
F5 free cash flow margin in 2021 was 23.61%.
See more financial history for F5 (FFIV).
Sector peers by FCF Margin
Technology peers of F5 (FFIV), ranked by their latest free cash flow margin
| 47.0% | |
| 43.4% | |
| 28.6% | |
| 26.6% | |
| 25.5% | |
| 22.9% | |
| 22.9% | |
| 17.7% |
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- 43.4%
- 28.6%
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