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FY 2025 ·
Decision snapshot: JCI stock price vs FFIV: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at FFIV's multiple
Needs FFIV P/E.
Implied fair value · at JCI's multiple
Needs JCI P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: JCI FY 2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025) · FFIV FY 2025 (ended Sep 30, 2025).
Trendline
Ten fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 90% equity / 10% debt · EV / Revenue 4.15x · EV / EBITDA 22.80x
Capital structure 98% equity / 2% debt · EV / Revenue 6.86x · EV / EBITDA 24.89x
JCI carries the larger enterprise value at $97.97B against $21.19B; JCI trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (4.15x vs 6.86x); JCI on the lower EV / EBITDA (22.80x vs 24.89x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
JOHNSON CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL PLC · implied price per share
Bear
$15.00
Base
$20.10
Bull
$27.78
F5, INC. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.77x
0.12x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
2.22x
-1.09x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$379.00M
$1.34B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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