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FFIV vs. CSCO, CSQ, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, EXTR, VSAT, and BELFB

Should you be buying F5 stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of F5 include Cisco Systems (CSCO), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (CSQ), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), Extreme Networks (EXTR), Viasat (VSAT), and Bel Fuse (BELFB).

F5 vs. Its Competitors

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.

Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.9, suggesting that its stock price is 10% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, F5 has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

F5 has a net margin of 21.14% compared to Cisco Systems' net margin of 17.60%. Cisco Systems' return on equity of 26.48% beat F5's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cisco Systems17.60% 26.48% 9.87%
F5 21.14%21.18%11.77%

Cisco Systems currently has a consensus price target of $70.35, suggesting a potential upside of 2.42%. F5 has a consensus price target of $291.44, suggesting a potential downside of 2.65%. Given Cisco Systems' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, research analysts plainly believe Cisco Systems is more favorable than F5.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cisco Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
16 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.80
F5
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.10

73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.5% of F5 shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 37 more articles in the media than F5. MarketBeat recorded 52 mentions for Cisco Systems and 15 mentions for F5. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.50 beat F5's score of 1.38 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cisco Systems
46 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
F5
13 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cisco Systems has higher revenue and earnings than F5. Cisco Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cisco Systems$55.62B4.89$10.32B$2.4528.04
F5$2.94B5.85$566.78M$10.5428.40

Summary

Cisco Systems beats F5 on 9 of the 17 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FFIV and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FFIV vs. The Competition

MetricF5INTERNET SOFTWARE IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$17.34B$18.76B$28.90B$9.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.76%3.01%4.00%
P/E Ratio28.4078.4834.4320.08
Price / Sales5.85225.981,735.2199.95
Price / Cash24.1994.1238.3858.56
Price / Book5.588.767.795.88
Net Income$566.78M$341.62M$782.91M$258.89M
7 Day Performance-0.93%2.44%0.79%3.70%
1 Month Performance3.56%11.58%6.09%11.71%
1 Year Performance68.81%55.50%52,641.05%17.98%

F5 Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
FFIV
F5
4.1237 of 5 stars
$299.37
-0.8%
$291.44
-2.6%
+72.3%$17.34B$2.94B28.406,557Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.7288 of 5 stars
$68.34
+0.4%
$70.35
+2.9%
+45.4%$270.63B$53.80B27.8990,400Positive News
CSQ
Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
N/A$18.39
+0.3%
N/A+11.0%$0.00$280.21M0.00N/A
JNPR
Juniper Networks
2.6398 of 5 stars
$39.95
flat
$40.00
+0.1%
N/A$13.36B$5.20B38.053,519Upcoming Earnings
CIEN
Ciena
4.2415 of 5 stars
$85.36
+0.4%
$85.54
+0.2%
+77.8%$12.07B$4.01B118.568,657Positive News
SATS
EchoStar
0.3209 of 5 stars
$28.33
-1.0%
$24.70
-12.8%
+50.9%$8.14B$15.83B-37.7713,700
IDCC
InterDigital
1.7998 of 5 stars
$226.46
+0.6%
$160.00
-29.3%
+86.5%$5.87B$815.48M17.96420Positive News
Upcoming Earnings
CALX
Calix
1.5027 of 5 stars
$53.82
+0.3%
$50.83
-5.6%
+59.3%$3.49B$831.52M-103.511,820Trending News
Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
EXTR
Extreme Networks
3.0659 of 5 stars
$17.63
+0.6%
$18.92
+7.3%
+30.0%$2.35B$1.09B-43.002,656Positive News
VSAT
Viasat
4.3029 of 5 stars
$14.81
-5.8%
$19.00
+28.3%
-22.2%$1.93B$4.52B-3.337,000
BELFB
Bel Fuse
3.1702 of 5 stars
$103.72
+2.0%
$106.60
+2.8%
+64.3%$1.31B$558.94M30.155,370Trending News
Analyst Forecast
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This page (NASDAQ:FFIV) was last updated on 7/26/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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