F5 Networks reported revenue of $501.3 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2015, up 4 percent from $483.6 million in the prior quarter and 8 percent from $465.3 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2014. For fiscal year 2015, revenue was $1.92 billion, up 11 percent from $1.73 billion last year.
GAAP net income for the fourth quarter was $97.0 million ($1.36 per diluted share) compared to $93.2 million ($1.29 per diluted share) in the third quarter of 2015 and $94.0 million ($1.26 per diluted share) in the fourth quarter a year ago.
For the first quarter of fiscal 2016, ending December 31, the company has set a revenue target of $480 million to $490 million with a GAAP earnings target of $1.13 to $1.16 per diluted share.
“Against the backdrop of a volatile macro-economy, F5 achieved a year of solid growth and profitability,” said Manny Rivelo, F5 president and chief executive officer. “With a Q4 revenue run-rate above two billion dollars, record annual revenue and gross margins contributed to a 17 percent increase in GAAP net income for the year. From a regional perspective, the United States and EMEA were the strongest performers, with solid year over year revenue growth in Q4, offset by weakness in Latin America, Canada and Japan.
“During the quarter, software sales continued to grow as a percentage of our product mix, reflecting incremental demand for our Virtual Editions and Good-Better-Best bundles and a steady ramp in sales of our Cloud-based Silverline SaaS offerings and our other subscription services. These trends validate our success in meeting the growing need for hybrid solutions that can be deployed and centrally managed on-premise and in the Cloud, and we expect to see them continue throughout fiscal 2016.
