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Seattle-based F5, Inc. (FFIV) provides multi-cloud application security and delivery solutions. Its application, delivery, and networking products improve the performance, availability, and security of applications running on networks that use the Internet Protocol. With a market cap of $12.8 billion, F5’s operations span the United States, Indo-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and internationally. The tech major is expected to announce its Q4 earnings on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Ahead of the event, analysts expect F5 to report a profit of $2.72 per share, down 1.5% from $2.76 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. However, it has surpassed Wall Street’s EPS estimates in each of the past four quarters. Its EPS for the last reported quarter grew by 7.3% year-over-year to $2.64 and surpassed the consensus estimates by 18.4%.