8-K filed Oct 27, 2026
F5 authorizes $1.5B for stock buybacks
“F5 Reports Fourth Quarter Results with 23% Product Revenue Growth Driving 13% Total Revenue Growth Year Over Year; Board Authorizes Additional $1.5 Billion for Share Repurchases”
From F5, Inc.’s 8-K filed Oct 27, 2026 · read the filing · all documents
How big is it?
F5 bought back $225M of stock in the twelve months to Jun 30, 2026. At that pace, $1.5B covers about 6.7 years of buybacks.
The amount equals 155% of its free cash flow over the same twelve months ($970M).
Its diluted share count is down 1.6% from a year earlier.
An authorization is permission, not a promise: the company can buy less, more slowly, or not at all, and usually doesn't have to say when it buys.
Show as table
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| Q3 '23 | $60.0M |
| Q4 '23 | $150.0M |
| Q1 '24 | $100.0M |
| Q2 '24 | $150.0M |
| Q3 '24 | $100.5M |
| Q4 '24 | $0 |
| Q1 '25 | $0 |
| Q2 '25 | $125.0M |
| Q3 '25 | $125.0M |
| Q4 '25 | $0 |
| Q1 '26 | $0 |
| Q2 '26 | $100.0M |