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Seattle application delivery and security (NASDAQ: FFIV) ~$2.8B revenue; BIG-IP ADC + NGINX + F5 Distributed Cloud, ADSP Partner Program (CrowdStrike/DigiCert), hardware-to-SaaS transition competing with Cloudflare.
F5, Inc. is a Seattle, Washington-based application security and delivery technology company — publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ: FFIV) as an S&P 500 Information Technology component — providing application delivery controllers, multi-cloud application security, load balancing, and distributed cloud security services to enterprise customers managing applications across on-premises data centers, private clouds, and public cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) through approximately 6,000 employees worldwide. F5's product portfolio spans hardware BIG-IP appliances (application delivery controllers providing load balancing, SSL offloading, web application firewall, and traffic management in on-premises data centers), software BIG-IP Virtual Edition (the same application delivery functionality running as virtual machines in private clouds), NGINX (the open-source web server and reverse proxy acquired in 2019 for $670M, with NGINX Plus as the commercial offering), and F5 Distributed Cloud Services (multi-cloud networking, bot defense, API security, and DDoS mitigation delivered as-a-service). F5 launched the Application Delivery and Security Platform (ADSP) Partner Program with inaugural technology partners including AppViewX, CrowdStrike, DigiCert, Kasm Technologies, Keyfactor, MazeBolt, and OPSWAT — integrating certificate lifecycle management, endpoint detection, DDoS protection, and application security testing into a unified platform. CEO François Locoh-Donou leads F5's multi-year transition from a hardware-dominant business (where BIG-IP physical appliances generated 60%+ of revenue at peak) toward a software and SaaS-led model that grows recurring revenue as enterprises migrate applications to cloud environments. In fiscal year 2024, F5 reported revenue of approximately $2.8 billion.
Richmond VA tobacco and nicotine (NYSE: MO) ~$9.7B net revenue FY2024; Marlboro 40%+ US cigarette share, on! oral pouch competing with Zyn, 50%+ operating margins, ABI stake, competing with Reynolds/BAT.
Altria Group, Inc. is a Richmond, Virginia-based tobacco and nicotine company — publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: MO) as an S&P 500 Consumer Staples component — manufacturing and selling cigarettes (Marlboro — the best-selling cigarette brand in the United States), smokeless tobacco (Copenhagen, Skoal, Red Seal, Husky chewing tobacco/moist snuff brands), oral nicotine pouches (on! brand), and maintaining a 10.7% ownership stake in Anheuser-Busch InBev (SABMiller acquisition consideration shares) and a 35% stake in JUUL Labs (vaping — original $12.8B investment written down to minimal value following JUUL's regulatory and litigation difficulties) through approximately 5,500 employees. In fiscal year 2024, Altria reported revenues of approximately $20.6 billion (net revenues after excise taxes approximately $9.7 billion), with the cigarette segment (Marlboro generating 40%+ US cigarette market share) contributing the majority of operating income at 50%+ adjusted operating margins — the highest margins in the consumer staples sector reflecting cigarettes' inelastic demand and regulated market structure. CEO Billy Gifford has pivoted Altria's strategy from cigarettes toward smoke-free nicotine products: the on! oral nicotine pouch (acquired full ownership of Helix Innovations in 2023, rebranding as on! to compete with Swedish Match Zyn, the dominant US oral nicotine pouch brand) represents Altria's primary nicotine product diversification vehicle as cigarette volume declines 7-8% annually through consumer quit rates and secular health awareness trends.
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