---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001048695-21-000035"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FFIV"
cik: "0001048695"
company_name: "F5, INC."
filed_at: "2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T17:50:43.688200+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# F5 Networks Q4 revenue $682M (+11% YoY), EPS $1.80 GAAP, $3.01 non-GAAP; guides Q1 above consensus

## Summary
- Q4 GAAP revenue $682M (+11% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $1.80 vs $1.26; non-GAAP EPS $3.01 vs $2.43.
- FY2021 full-year GAAP revenue $2.60B (+11% YoY); GAAP EPS $5.34, non-GAAP EPS $10.81.
- Software revenue 45% of product revenue in Q4, with 80% of software from subscriptions; total product rev +21% YoY.
- Q1 FY2022 guidance: revenue $665M-$685M, non-GAAP EPS $2.71-$2.83.
- FY2022 outlook: revenue growth 8-9%, software revenue growth 35-40%.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001048695-21-000035
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FFIV
- cik: 0001048695
- company_name: F5, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-10-26T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869521000035/0001048695-21-000035-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1048695/000104869521000035/ffiv-20211026.htm

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