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Fortinet (FTNT)


Market Price (9/17/2025): $79.78 | Market Cap: $61.1 Bil
Sector: Information Technology | Industry: Systems Software

Fortinet (FTNT)


Market Price (9/17/2025): $79.78
Market Cap: $61.1 Bil
Sector: Information Technology
Industry: Systems Software

Investment Highlights

0 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 31%
Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -22%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -14%
 
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 38%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 32%, CFO LTM is 2.4 Bil, FCF LTM is 2.0 Bil
  
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 43%
  
0 Attractive operating margins
Op Mgn LTMOperating Margin = Operating Income / Revenue Reflects profitability before taxes and before impact of capital structure (interest payments). is 31%
1 Attractive cash flow generation
CFO/Rev LTMCash Flow from Operations / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 38%, FCF/Rev LTMFree Cash Flow / Revenue (Sales), Last Twelve Months (LTM) is 32%, CFO LTM is 2.4 Bil, FCF LTM is 2.0 Bil
2 Low stock price volatility
Vol 12M is 43%
3 Weak multi-year price returns
2Y Excs Rtn is -22%, 3Y Excs Rtn is -14%

Market Valuation

 9/17/252024202320222021
Share Price CYE$79.78$94.48$58.53$48.89$71.88
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)61.172.444.838.258.6
Total Debt ($ Bil)1.01.01.01.01.0
Total Cash ($ Bil)4.64.12.42.22.6
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)57.573.445.839.259.6
Valuation Ratios     
P/S TTM9.612.18.68.817.6
P/EBIT TTM26.534.833.639.791.2
P/E TTM31.541.439.745.196.7
Sector Ratios     
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.82.55.0
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1-0.51.7
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4-0.50.0
 9/17/2520242023
Share Price CYE$79.78$94.48$58.53
Market Cap CYE ($ Bil)61.172.444.8
Total Debt ($ Bil)1.01.01.0
Total Cash ($ Bil)4.64.12.4
Enterprise Value ($ Bil)57.573.445.8
Valuation Ratios   
P/S TTM9.612.18.6
P/EBIT TTM26.534.833.6
P/E TTM31.541.439.7
Sector Ratios   
P/S TTM (Sector)3.23.12.8
P/EBIT TTM (Sector)4.0-0.0-0.1
P/E TTM (Sector)-0.4-0.3-0.4

Business Description

Fortinet, Inc. provides broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. It offers FortiGate hardware and software licenses that provide various security and networking functions, including firewall, intrusion prevention, anti-malware, virtual private network, application control, web filtering, anti-spam, and wide area network acceleration. Show more

Price Returns Compared

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 202020212022202320242025Total [1]
Returns
FTNT Return39%142%-32%20%61%-16%273%
Peers Return47%46%-26%73%44%18%366%
S&P 500 Return16%27%-19%24%23%12%104%

[1] Cumulative total returns since the beginning of 2020
[2] Peers: MSFT, AVGO, CSCO, NOW, PANW. See FTNT Returns vs. Peers.
[3] 2025 data is for the year up to 9/16/2025 (YTD)

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Financials

FTNTMSFTAVGOCSCONOWPANWMedian
NameFortinet MicrosoftBroadcom Cisco Sy.ServiceN.Palo Alt. 
Mkt Price79.78509.04360.0066.93932.01201.34280.67
Mkt Cap61.13,782.21,697.0265.1193.1135.3229.1
Rev LTM6,338281,72459,92656,65412,0579,22234,356
Op Inc LTM1,957128,52823,36612,5041,6011,2437,230
FCF LTM2,03371,61124,93013,2883,8053,4708,546
FCF 3Y Avg1,86168,38620,31914,1783,0543,0678,623
CFO LTM2,401136,16225,43814,1934,6993,7169,446
CFO 3Y Avg2,173114,09720,82114,9863,8283,2509,407

Growth & Margins

FTNTMSFTAVGOCSCONOWPANWMedian
NameFortinet MicrosoftBroadcom Cisco Sy.ServiceN.Palo Alt. 
Rev Chg LTM14.5%14.9%28.0%5.3%21.1%14.9%14.9%
Rev Chg 3Y Avg18.7%12.5%24.0%3.4%22.3%18.9%18.8%
Rev Chg Q13.6%18.1%22.0%7.6%22.4%15.8%17.0%
QoQ Delta Rev Chg LTM3.2%4.3%5.0%1.9%5.1%3.9%4.1%
Op Mgn LTM30.9%45.6%39.0%22.1%13.3%13.5%26.5%
Op Mgn 3Y Avg26.9%44.0%38.4%24.5%10.1%9.2%25.7%
QoQ Delta Op Mgn LTM-0.6%0.4%1.5%0.3%0.3%2.4%0.4%
CFO/Rev LTM37.9%48.3%42.4%25.1%39.0%40.3%39.6%
CFO/Rev 3Y Avg38.9%46.0%44.6%26.7%38.1%40.4%39.6%
FCF/Rev LTM32.1%25.4%41.6%23.5%31.6%37.6%31.8%
FCF/Rev 3Y Avg33.4%27.9%43.5%25.3%30.3%38.1%31.9%

Valuation

FTNTMSFTAVGOCSCONOWPANWMedian
NameFortinet MicrosoftBroadcom Cisco Sy.ServiceN.Palo Alt. 
Mkt Cap61.13,782.21,697.0265.1193.1135.3229.1
P/S9.613.428.34.716.014.714.0
P/EBIT26.530.073.820.995.284.751.9
P/E31.537.189.626.0116.2119.363.4
P/CFO25.427.866.718.741.136.432.1
Total Yield3.2%3.3%1.1%6.3%0.9%0.8%2.1%
Dividend Yield0.0%0.6%0.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%
FCF Yield 3Y Avg3.1%2.2%3.1%6.4%1.9%2.9%3.0%
D/E0.00.00.00.10.00.00.0
Net D/E-0.1-0.00.00.0-0.0-0.0-0.0

Returns

FTNTMSFTAVGOCSCONOWPANWMedian
NameFortinet MicrosoftBroadcom Cisco Sy.ServiceN.Palo Alt. 
1M Rtn0.8%-2.1%17.5%1.1%7.5%13.7%4.3%
3M Rtn-22.5%6.7%44.7%2.4%-7.3%-0.4%1.0%
6M Rtn-17.7%33.2%91.8%11.7%12.3%10.0%12.0%
12M Rtn4.5%18.9%122.0%33.9%4.4%16.3%17.6%
3Y Rtn58.2%113.2%659.1%68.3%118.9%131.3%116.0%
1M Excs Rtn-1.6%-4.6%15.1%-1.3%5.0%11.3%1.9%
3M Excs Rtn-31.3%-3.1%33.6%-7.3%-16.8%-7.9%-7.6%
6M Excs Rtn-33.9%15.0%69.7%-5.8%-5.8%-7.6%-5.8%
12M Excs Rtn-11.0%2.0%103.2%19.7%-12.9%-1.4%0.3%
3Y Excs Rtn-13.6%34.8%567.8%-3.2%35.9%51.5%35.3%

Financials

Segment Financials

Revenue by Segment

$ Mil20242023202220212020
Product1,9271,7801,255916788
Security subscription1,8981,4271,125919751
Technical support and other1,4791,210962759624
Total5,3054,4173,3422,5942,163


Price Behavior

Short Interest

Short Interest: As Of Date8292025
Short Interest: Shares Quantity20,390,487
Short Interest: % Change Since 815202512.8%
Average Daily Volume8,325,460
Days-to-Cover Short Interest2.45
Basic Shares Quantity765,500,000
Short % of Basic Shares2.7%

Earnings Returns History

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 Forward Returns
Earnings Date1D Returns5D Returns21D Returns
8/6/2025-22.0%-17.9%-18.4%
5/7/2025-8.4%-3.3%-1.7%
2/6/20252.8%5.0%-8.3%
11/7/202410.0%12.9%16.0%
8/6/202425.3%28.1%35.8%
5/2/2024-9.7%-10.9%-9.8%
2/6/20243.8%2.8%8.3%
11/2/2023-12.3%-13.8%-9.3%
...
SUMMARY STATS   
# Positive111313
# Negative131111
Median Positive5.8%9.5%11.8%
Median Negative-8.4%-9.2%-13.7%
Max Positive25.3%28.1%35.8%
Max Negative-25.1%-20.1%-28.2%

SEC Filings

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Report DateFiling DateFiling
6302025808202510-Q 6/30/2025
3312025508202510-Q 3/31/2025
12312024221202510-K 12/31/2024
93020241108202410-Q 9/30/2024
6302024808202410-Q 6/30/2024
3312024506202410-Q 3/31/2024
12312023226202410-K 12/31/2023
93020231107202310-Q 9/30/2023
6302023807202310-Q 6/30/2023
3312023508202310-Q 3/31/2023
12312022224202310-K 12/31/2022
93020221107202210-Q 9/30/2022
6302022805202210-Q 6/30/2022
3312022506202210-Q 3/31/2022
12312021225202210-K 12/31/2021
93020211108202110-Q 9/30/2021

Insider Activity

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 OwnerTitleFiling DateActionPriceSharesTransacted
Value
Value of
Held Shares
Form
0NEUKOM WILLIAM H.6062025Buy104.2233534,91231,417,800Form
1Ohlgart ChristianeChief Financial Officer6062025Sell104.711,164121,883634,757Form
2GOLDMAN KENNETH A3122025Sell100.002,000200,0001,861,200Form
3Xie MichaelVP, ENGINEERING & CTO3112025Sell96.119,913952,6891,087,614,423Form
4GOLDMAN KENNETH A3112025Sell99.321,00099,3202,047,184Form