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Sep 30, 2024
F5 Q4 2024 Earnings Report
F5 reported strong software revenue growth and double-digit fiscal year 2024 EPS growth.
Key Takeaways
F5's Q4 revenue reached $747 million, a 6% increase year-over-year, driven by a 19% rise in software revenue. The company achieved revenue at the high end of its guidance for fiscal year 2024 and surpassed software growth expectations, resulting in double-digit earnings per share growth.
Q4 revenue totaled $747 million, up from $707 million in Q4 2023.
Software revenue grew by 19% to $228 million compared to the previous year.
GAAP net income was $165 million, or $2.80 per diluted share, compared to $152 million, or $2.55 per diluted share, in Q4 2023.
The Board of Directors authorized an additional $1 billion for share repurchases.
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CapyFin.com Forward Guidance
For fiscal year 2025, F5 expects total revenue growth of 4% to 5% and non-GAAP earnings per share growth of 5% to 7% over fiscal year 2024. For the first quarter of fiscal year 2025, F5 expects revenue in the range of $705 million to $725 million, with non-GAAP earnings in the range of $3.29 to $3.41 per diluted share.
Positive Outlook
- Expects to deliver total revenue growth of 4% to 5% for fiscal year 2025.
- Projects non-GAAP earnings per share growth of 5% to 7% over fiscal year 2024.
- The midpoint of F5’s fiscal year 2025 non-GAAP earnings per share guidance reflects 10% growth year over year on a tax-neutral basis.
- Expects to deliver revenue in the range of $705 million to $725 million for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
- Projects non-GAAP earnings in the range of $3.29 to $3.41 per diluted share for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Challenges Ahead
- Forward-looking non-GAAP measures exclude estimates for amortization of intangible assets.
- Forward-looking non-GAAP measures exclude share-based compensation expenses.
- Forward-looking non-GAAP measures exclude significant effects of tax legislation.
- Forward-looking non-GAAP measures exclude non-recurring income tax adjustments.
- F5 is unable to provide a reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings guidance measures to corresponding U.S. GAAP measures on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort due to the overall high variability and low visibility of most of the foregoing items that have been excluded.