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F5 Investor update summary

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Investor update summary28 May, 2026

Strategic trends and market positioning

  • Positioned at the intersection of hybrid multi-cloud adoption, expanding threat landscape, and AI inference, driving demand for application delivery and security solutions.

  • 90% of enterprises now operate in hybrid multi-cloud environments, with workloads distributed across 22+ locations on average.

  • AI is rapidly increasing application and API traffic, with 78% of organizations running inference workloads and an average of 7 generative AI models in production.

  • Expanding threat landscape, including AI-powered attacks and quantum risks, is shifting security needs to the application and API layer.

  • Data sovereignty, regulatory requirements, and data gravity are driving reinvestment in private infrastructure and hybrid strategies.

Financial outlook and growth drivers

  • Guiding to upper single-digit revenue CAGR through 2029, with aspirations for double-digit growth beyond that horizon.

  • Double-digit non-GAAP EPS CAGR expected through 2029, supported by strong product and services revenue growth.

  • Revenue CAGR accelerated from 4% (FY16–FY24) to 8.6% (FY25–FY26), exceeding mid-single-digit growth targets.

  • Software revenue projected to sustain double-digit growth, with SaaS and managed services transitioning to tailwinds.

  • Over $3.9B cumulative free cash flow generated from 2020–2025, with 63% returned via share repurchases.

Product and platform evolution

  • Unified Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) delivers and secures all apps and APIs across on-prem, cloud, and edge, reducing complexity and enabling centralized policy.

  • Portfolio includes hardware, software, SaaS, and cloud-native solutions, with 70% of top customers using two or more deployment modes.

  • AI-powered security, including WAF and runtime protection, is being rapidly adopted, with over 200 enterprise customers onboarded in 70 days.

  • More than 1,600 customers have adopted Distributed Cloud, with 50% using 4–6 services.

  • ADSP roadmap integrates BIG-IP, NGINX, and Distributed Cloud into a single platform, consolidating market position.

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