Head to head
F5 Inc vs Microsoft
Side-by-side on the measures that matter, with a plain-English read. Full detail: FFIV · MSFT
FFIV
F5 Inc
466.65-0.67%
1-year price shape — +41% over the period
Quant Rating B · 79/100
vs
MSFT
Microsoft
529.76+0.09%
1-year price shape — +2% over the period
Quant Rating C · 40/100
1-year performance, rebased to 100
Microsoft edges it on the scoreable measures. Microsoft trades cheapest on trailing earnings; Microsoft pays the highest dividend yield; Microsoft earns the most per share.
| FFIV | MSFT | |
|---|---|---|
| Snapshot | ||
| Sector | -- | Software - Infrastructure |
| Last price | 466.65 | 529.76 |
| Change today | -0.67% | +0.09% |
| 1-year return | +41.1% | +1.9% |
| Market cap | $26.43B | $3.93T |
| 52-week range | 223.76 – 472.25 | 348.54 – 549.20 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E (TTM) | 37.18 | 29.51 |
| P/E percentile, own 5-yr range | 89th | 30th |
| P/B | 6.85 | 8.89 |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.67% |
| Profitability & growth | ||
| EPS (TTM) | 11.80 | 17.95 |
| Net profit (TTM) | $668.20M | $133.29B |
| Revenue (TTM) | $3.31B | $331.84B |
| Revenue growth (YoY) | +10.9% | +17.7% |
| Gross margin | 81.9% | 67.9% |
| Operating margin | 25.0% | 46.8% |
| Net margin | 22.0% | 40.3% |
| Free cash flow (TTM) | $969.60M | $66.99B |
| Ownership & sentiment | ||
| Institutional ownership | 101.9% | 75.3% |
| Insider activity (12mo) | 15 buy / 35 sell | 31 buy / 16 sell |
| Short interest (% of float) | 2.4% | 0.9% |
| Analyst consensus | 38% buy / 50% hold / 12% sell (8) | 100% buy (32) |
| Analyst price target | $433 (-7%) | $582 (+10%) |
| StockVane view | ||
| StockVane Quant Rating | B (79) | C (40) |
| Company | ||
| Employees | 6,578 | 223,000 |
| Founded | 1996 | 1975 |
▲ marks the more favourable stock(s) on measures with a clear direction (lower P/E, higher yield, higher Quant Rating, better 1-year return). Analyst consensus counts each covering institution once, at its most recent rating. Not a recommendation. Quant Rating method: Data & Methodology.