F5 (FFIV) Q4 FY2021 earnings: revenue $682 million, up 10.9% on the year

F5, Inc. (FFIV) reported revenue of $682 million for Q4 FY2021, the quarter ended 30 September 2021, up 10.9% on the same quarter a year earlier. Net income was $111 million, up 42.6% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $1.77. The figures are the company's own, from the 10-K it filed with the SEC on 16 November 2021.

Revenue

$682 million

+10.9% on the year · +4.7% on the quarter

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

Operating margin

18.5%

16.0% a year earlier

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

Net income

$111 million

+42.6% on the year · +23.6% on the quarter

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

Diluted EPS

$1.77

+40.5% on the year · +21.2% on the quarter

Q1 FY2020Q4 FY2021

this quarterthe same quarter a year earlierHover a bar for its figure.

Income statement (profit and loss)

$ million	Q4 FY2021	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2020	On the quarter	On the year
Revenue	682	652	615	+4.7%	+10.9%
Cost of revenue	129	n/a	n/a
Gross profit	553	n/a	n/a
Gross margin	81.1%	n/a	n/a
Research and development	125	n/a	n/a
Operating income	126	96.4	98.6	+31.1%	+28.1%
Operating margin	18.5%	14.8%	16.0%
Pre-tax income	123	n/a	n/a
Income tax	12.8	n/a	n/a
Effective tax rate	10.3%	n/a	n/a
Net income	111	89.6	77.7	+23.6%	+42.6%
Net margin	16.2%	n/a	n/a
Diluted EPS	$1.77	$1.46	$1.26	+21.2%	+40.5%

$ million except per share.

Fourth quarters are the year less the first three quarters. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Those four are arithmetic on the filed numbers; everything else is as filed. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and share counts are as they are.

Cash flow

$ million	Q4 FY2021	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2020	On the quarter	On the year
Operating cash flow	197	n/a	n/a
Capital expenditure	7.1	n/a	n/a
Free cash flow	190	n/a	n/a
Free cash flow margin	27.8%	n/a	n/a
Cash from investing	-192	n/a	n/a
Cash from financing	-7.1	n/a	n/a
Depreciation and amortisation	30.4	28.8	26.5	+5.7%	+14.8%
Share-based compensation	60.5	n/a	n/a
Buybacks	0.0	n/a	n/a
Diluted shares, weighted	62m	61m	62m	+1.2%	+0.7%
Shares outstanding at period end	61m	60m	61m	+0.6%	-0.7%

Cash flow lines for the quarter; where the company files them year to date, the quarter is the difference between two filings.

Balance sheet

$ million	Q4 FY2021	Q3 FY2021	Q4 FY2020	On the quarter	On the year
Shareholders' equity	2,360	2,192	2,232	+7.7%	+5.7%
Debt	369	374	388	-1.3%	-5.0%
Operating lease liabilities	297	n/a	n/a
Other liabilities	1,971	n/a	n/a
Total liabilities and equity	4,997	n/a	n/a
Fixed assets	191	n/a	n/a
Goodwill	2,217	n/a	n/a
Intangible assets	237	n/a	n/a
Investments	462	n/a	n/a
Cash and equivalents	581	584	850	-0.5%	-31.6%
Receivables	341	n/a	n/a
Inventory	22.1	n/a	n/a
Other assets	946	n/a	n/a
Total assets	4,997	n/a	n/a

Questions

What was F5's revenue in Q4 FY2021?

F5 (FFIV) reported revenue of $682 million for Q4 FY2021, the quarter ended 30 September 2021, up 10.9% on the same quarter a year earlier.

How much did F5 earn in Q4 FY2021?

Net income for Q4 FY2021 was $111 million, up 42.6% on the year, and diluted earnings per share $1.77.

When did F5 report Q4 FY2021 results?

F5 filed its 10-K for the year that ended with the quarter on 16 November 2021; the fourth quarter is the year less the first three.

Quarterly results, the last 20 quarters

	Q4 FY2021 *	Q1 FY2022	Q2 FY2022	Q3 FY2022	Q4 FY2022 *	Q1 FY2023	Q2 FY2023	Q3 FY2023	Q4 FY2023 *	Q1 FY2024	Q2 FY2024	Q3 FY2024	Q4 FY2024 *	Q1 FY2025	Q2 FY2025	Q3 FY2025	Q4 FY2025 *	Q1 FY2026	Q2 FY2026	Q3 FY2026
Revenue	682	687	634	674	700	700	703	703	707	693	681	695	747	766	731	780	810	822	812	865
Cost of revenue	129	135	126	131	147	155	156	142	141	136	141	136	144	141	141	149	144	152	151	154
Gross profit	553	552	508	544	553	545	548	561	566	556	540	559	603	626	590	632	666	671	661	712
Gross margin	81%	80%	80%	81%	79%	78%	78%	80%	80%	80%	79%	80%	81%	82%	81%	81%	82%	82%	81%	82%
R&D	125	130	136	139	139	142	141	129	128	120	122	124	124	131	137	136	136	141	151	165
Operating income	126	114	74.6	107	108	91.2	106	104	172	165	140	163	191	205	159	196	206	214	179	213
Operating margin	19%	17%	12%	16%	15%	13%	15%	15%	24%	24%	21%	23%	26%	27%	22%	25%	25%	26%	22%	25%
Pre-tax income	123	112	72.7	101	99.7	95.9	109	106	175	174	146	172	204	209	171	213	215	223	189	226
Tax rate	10%	16%	23%	18%	10%	25%	25%	16%	13%	21%	18%	16%	19%	20%	15%	11%	11%	19%	22%	8%
Net income	111	93.6	56.2	83.0	89.3	72.4	81.4	89.0	152	138	119	144	165	166	146	190	190	180	148	208
Net margin	16%	14%	9%	12%	13%	10%	12%	13%	22%	20%	17%	21%	22%	22%	20%	24%	24%	22%	18%	24%
Diluted EPS	$1.77	$1.51	$0.92	$1.37	$1.47	$1.20	$1.34	$1.48	$2.55	$2.32	$2.00	$2.44	$2.80	$2.82	$2.48	$3.25	$3.26	$3.10	$2.58	$3.62
Operating cash flow	197	90.4	127	71.4	154	158	141	165	190	165	222	159	247	203	257	282	208	159	366	316
Capital expenditure	7.1	10.6	5.2	9.3	8.5	13.1	10.7	15.0	15.4	9.0	9.5	5.8	6.1	8.1	10.5	8.5	16.1	9.7	18.3	35.6
Free cash flow	190	79.8	121	62.1	146	145	130	150	174	156	212	153	240	195	246	274	192	149	348	281
Buybacks	0.0	125	125	250	0.0	40.0	0.0	250	60.0	150	100	150	101	n/a	n/a	125	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
Shares outstanding	61m	61m	60m	60m	60m	60m	60m	59m	59m	59m	59m	58m	58m	58m	58m	58m	58m	57m	57m	57m
Filing	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q	10-K	10-Q	10-Q	10-Q

Each quarter as filed, linked to its filing.

* The fourth quarter is the full year less the first three quarters, because the company files the year and not the quarter on its own. A fourth quarter's EPS, and its diluted share count where shown, are from the company's results press release for that quarter, checked against the company's filed figures or a second data source. Money is in $ million as the company files it, or in $ billion by the switch above the tables; per share figures and the share count are as they are. Free cash flow is operating cash flow less capital expenditure; the effective tax rate is income tax over pre-tax income; margins are the line over revenue. Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and operating income is revenue less the company's own total costs, where the statement does not print those lines. Cash flow lines filed year to date are the difference between two filings. Shares outstanding are at the period end where the balance sheet tags them, otherwise the count on the filing's cover page. A derived fourth-quarter EPS is left blank when a split in the year makes the arithmetic meaningless.

10-K for the period ended 30 September 2021, filed 16 November 2021: the filing.