Fortinet, Inc.
FTNTFortinet, Inc.'s price has outrun its earnings. +43.1% in a year against EPS +7.1% — the market is paying now for delivery later.
The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +43.1% in a year while annual EPS moved +7.1% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings.
The price is in a confirmed uptrend (4 weeks in) while the P/E sits at the 82nd percentile of its own 4-year range. Underneath, the last four quarters read improving — profit +20.5% year on year, and 145% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash. What settles it: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved.
Price story Before the numbers, the tape. A stock price moves through four repeating seasons: a flat base (stage 1), an advance (2), a top (3), a decline (4). Where the price sits in that cycle frames everything below.
Fortinet, Inc. trades at $150, in a confirmed uptrend and 4 weeks into that stage. That is +50.8% against its own 200-day average. It sits at 87% of a 52-week range of $74 to $162. On relative strength it has been ahead of the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 14 straight weeks.
Today the stock is in a confirmed uptrend — week 4 of stage 2. At $150 it trades +50.8% versus its 200-day average and sits at 87% of its 52-week range ($74–$162).
Against the market, two honest reads. Cumulative: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +2,142% while the S&P 500 moved +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. Recent form: on a trailing-13-week view the stock has been ahead for 14 straight weeks — the ribbon below is that same metric, week by week.
What would end the trend, mechanically: two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day line. That is the exit rule — no debates.
→ The trend is one thing; the bill is another. Are you paying up for it? Next: the P/E sits at the 82nd percentile of its own range.
Valuation P/E is the price of $1 of annual profit: how many dollars the market pays for each dollar the company earns in a year.
Fortinet, Inc. trades at 58.1× P/E, at the pricey end of its own range (82nd percentile). Its long-run median P/E is 44.6×, measured across 4.3 years of weekly readings. This places the multiple against the stock’s own record, and says nothing about what the business is worth.
Today's P/E of 58.1× is at the pricey end of its own range (82nd percentile), against a long-run median of 44.6× measured over 4.3 years of weekly readings. This is a comparison against the stock's own history — not a claim about what it is worth.
🚨 Why the multiple sits where it does: over the past year annual EPS moved +7.1% against a +43.1% price move — the price outran earnings, pushing the multiple UP its own range.
The price move, decomposed: over 3y, of the +25.0%/yr price move, ~+24.9%/yr came from earnings growth and ~+0.1 pp from the multiple (roughly flat). The split is the honest approximate (price return minus earnings growth); it makes the rally itself visible instead of hiding it behind the percentile.
Put together: the multiple is full against its own past, so the story rests on the earnings line underneath it, not the multiple.
→ Cheap or dear rides on the earnings. Are they actually growing? Next: the fundamental stage — where the business sits in its arc, and how growth has compounded.
Stage: Topping out Every business sits somewhere on a fundamental arc, and this page names the spot before anything else. The last twelve quarters of revenue, profit and EPS growth — plus the return the business earns on its capital — are read as curves: Deteriorating (the curves are falling), Turning around (a trough has just formed and the last few quarters lift off it), Improving (the climb off the trough is sustained), Consistent (steadily positive with healthy returns), Topping out (still high but decelerating from the peak). When the curves genuinely disagree the read is Mixed; too little history is No read. CAGR (compound annual growth rate) is the smooth yearly pace that turns the starting value into the latest one — the fairest way to compare growth across different time spans. Read the columns together: if the 1-year number towers over the 10-year, recent growth is running hotter than the long-run trend. A dash means that window is not held, or the base year was a loss (where a growth rate is not meaningful).
Fortinet, Inc. reads as topping out on its fundamental arc. Topping out — profit and EPS growth have decelerated hard (profit growth +54.1% at its peak → +4.8% latest) while ROCE still reads 40.6%. The read is built from 12 quarters across 4 curves, on full evidence.
Why it matters: decelerating from a peak is where good stories quietly end — the multiple usually notices late.
| 1yr | 3yr | 5yr | 10yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | +14.1% | +15.4% | — | — |
| Profit | +8.1% | +33.0% | — | — |
| EPS | +7.1% | +31.7% | — | — |
| Stock price | +43.1% | +25.0% | +22.5% | +36.0% |
→ The stage names the trajectory. Next: the revenue line that produces it, quarter by quarter.
4-Factor Sector Score
59.7/100 — rank 3 of 28 in Software - Infrastructure · 82% evidence confidence
Fortinet, Inc. scores 59.7 out of 100 against the 28 companies it is compared with in Software - Infrastructure, ranking 3. Strong business, demanding price: keep it on the quality list, but require either earnings upgrades or valuation compression.
The four contributions add to the total exactly: 17.9 + 16.5 + 5.4 + 19.9 = 59.7. This is the SAME number shown on the sector comparison — it is computed once, for the whole peer set, and read here.
What would change it: The read weakens if profit growth turns negative or margin improvement reverses while sector-relative strength deteriorates.
Revenue Revenue is the top line: everything the company billed its customers in the period.
Fortinet, Inc. reported $1.9 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.1% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 19.5% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $6.8 B. The last four reported quarters add to $7.1 B.
Fortinet, Inc. reported $1.9 B of revenue in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.1% year on year. That is the 12th straight quarter of year-on-year growth. Over 4 years it has compounded at 19.5% a year. The last full year, FY25, came in at $6.8 B. The last four reported quarters add to $7.1 B.
FY25 revenue came in at $6.8 B (+14.1% on the year), capping 4 years at 19.5% compound. The latest quarter (Mar 26) printed $1.9 B, +20.1% year on year — the 12th consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth.
Pace check: the last four quarters averaged +15.8% growth against the decade's 19.5% — the current year is running slower than its own long-run rate.
Acceleration check: trailing-twelve-month revenue grew +15.8% over the last 4 quarters against +14.9%/yr over the last 8 — stabilising; TTM profit +4.8% vs +29.1%/yr — rolling over.
→ Revenue grew — did margins hold as it scaled? Next: 31.4% this quarter (+2.2 pp YoY).
Operating margin Operating margin is what is left of every $100 of sales after running the business, before interest and tax. It is the cleanest read on pricing power and cost control.
Fortinet, Inc.'s operating margin is 31.4% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.2 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 19.5% to 30.6%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.
Fortinet, Inc.'s operating margin is 31.4% in the Mar 26 quarter, +2.2 percentage points against the same quarter a year ago. That is the widest this company has ever printed on a full-year basis. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 19.5% to 30.6%. The current quarter is running above every full year in that window.
The latest quarter's operating margin is 31.4%, +2.2 pp against the same quarter a year ago. Across 5 fiscal years the operating margin has ranged 19.5%–30.6%, and FY25's 30.6% is the top of that band — a record year.
Why the margin moved: operating margin went +2.2 pp year on year while gross margin went −0.7 pp — the gain came mostly below the gross line: operating leverage, with costs spread over a bigger revenue base.
Worth repeating from the valuation section: cheap against its own history on record margins is not the same thing as cheap — a record margin flatters every ratio built on top of it.
→ Margins held — did that reach the bottom line? Next: profit +20.5% in the latest quarter.
Net profit Net profit is what survives every cost, interest and tax — the number EPS, dividends and book value all grow from.
Fortinet, Inc. earned $0.5 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.5% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $1.9 B. The 4-year compound rate is 32.7%. That is 28.6% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.4 B.
Fortinet, Inc. earned $0.5 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.5% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $1.9 B. The 4-year compound rate is 32.7%. That is 28.6% of the quarter's revenue. The same quarter a year earlier earned $0.4 B.
Mar 26 profit was $0.5 B, +20.5% year on year. On the full year, FY25 printed $1.9 B (+8.1%), and the 4-year compound rate is 32.7%.
Why profit moved: revenue contributed +20.1% and the margin +2.2 pp — the quarter was margin-led: most of the profit growth came from keeping more of each sale.
Pace comparison, last four quarters: profit +6.5% vs revenue +15.8%. Profit is growing slower than sales — costs are eating the growth before it reaches the bottom line.
→ Profit rose — but did the cash follow? Next: 145% of the last 3 years' profit arrived as cash.
Cash flow — the router The P&L says what was earned; the cash-flow statement says what actually arrived. Operating cash flow (CFO) against profit is the cleanest lie detector in the accounts.
Over the last 3 fiscal years 145% of Fortinet, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash — the cash follows the profit. In FY25 that was $2.6 B of operating cash against $1.9 B of profit. After $0.4 B of capital spending, $2.2 B was left as free cash.
FY25: operating cash of $2.6 B against reported profit of $1.9 B, leaving free cash of $2.2 B after $0.4 B of capital spending. Across the last 3 fiscal years the conversion rate is 145% of profit.
Cash-flow readings here are annual — that is the resolution our series carries, so this section moves once a year.
Why: conversion is measured cleanly, but the working-capital day-counts behind it sit below what we hold — the move is shown without inventing its driver.
Router verdict: the visible cash user is investment — the next section checks what the spending is buying.
→ So follow the cash to where it goes. Next: $1.0 B of building over 3 years.
Where the cash goes Working capital is the cash tied up between paying suppliers and getting paid: debtor days (customers owe), inventory days (stock waits), and the cash conversion cycle (the whole loop, in days of sales).
Fortinet, Inc. does not report the debtor, inventory and payable day-counts a cash cycle is built from, so this section reads the investment side instead. Capital spending ran $1.0 B over the last 3 years. Averaged over those years that is 4.9% of FY25 revenue a year.
Working-capital day-counts are not in our numbers for this stock, so this section reads the investment side — where the cash is being put to work.
On the investment side: capital spending of $1.0 B over the last 3 fiscal years.
The synthesis: the cash is going into capacity, not disappearing into the cycle — the question becomes whether the new capacity earns.
→ Does all this activity actually earn its cost of capital? Next: ROE is 132% and the ROIC − WACC spread is +49.8 pp.
Return on equity Return on equity (ROE) is the profit the business earns on its shareholders’ money. With the full capital-employed split not in our numbers, ROE is the cleanest long ladder we can draw here.
Fortinet, Inc. earns a ROE of 150% in FY25. That is up from a trough of −282% in FY22. Return on invested capital clears the cost of that capital by +49.8 percentage points, so growth here adds value rather than only size. The wiring behind it is 27.4% net margin on 0.65× asset turns.
FY25 ROE is 150%, recovered from a FY22 trough of −282% — the full ladder below shows the fall and the climb, undoctored.
Why the return is what it is — the wiring (FY25): 27.4% net margin × 0.65× asset turns × 8.38× balance-sheet leverage ≈ 149.2% on equity. Margin is doing the heavy lifting; leverage is a meaningful part of the equation.
The capstone test — ROIC − WACC: 60.0% − 10.2% = a +49.8 pp spread. The 10.2% is an estimate of this company's own cost of capital — read the sign and the size of the spread, not the decimals. A spread this wide means every dollar reinvested creates more than a dollar of value — the engine compounds.
→ Returns like these — is the balance sheet borrowing to make them? Next: debt-to-equity is 0.57.
Dividend
Fortinet, Inc. pays no dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters it has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings rather than distribute them, which makes the cash-flow and reinvestment sections the place that cash shows up.
Fortinet, Inc. does not currently pay a dividend. Across the last 12 reported quarters the company has declared no dividend per share, so there is no payout history to chart and no yield to quote. Companies at this stage typically reinvest earnings instead of distributing them.
→ No payout to follow. The cash question becomes what the business does with what it earns instead.
Debt Debt-to-equity says how much of the business is funded by borrowings. Low is the safe corner; the trend matters as much as the level.
Fortinet, Inc. carries total debt of $0.5 B against shareholder equity of $1.0 B as of Mar 26, a debt-to-equity of 0.51. On the annual view that ratio went from 1.24 in FY21 to 0.81 in FY25. Read the returns elsewhere on this page with that leverage in mind.
Mar 26: total debt of $0.5 B against shareholder equity of $1.0 B — a debt-to-equity of 0.51. On the annual view, debt-to-equity went from 1.24 (FY21) to 0.81 (FY25). Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind.
→ Who owns this, and are they adding or leaving? Next: short interest is 2.4% of the float.
Ownership There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read here, so we read the crowd through short interest — the slice of tradable shares currently sold short, positioned for a fall.
2.4% of Fortinet, Inc.'s tradable float is currently sold short — some money is positioned against it. At typical trading volumes those positions would take about 2.4 days to buy back. There is no quarter-by-quarter holder register to read for this filer, so the crowd is read through short interest instead.
The latest reading: 2.4% of the float is sold short, and at typical trading volumes it would take about 2.4 days to buy those positions back. Some money is positioned against it. This is a single point-in-time reading — we do not yet hold its history, so we show no trend chart.
Why it sits there: who is doing the shorting, and why, does not travel with the number — the level is shown without inventing its story.
→ One last check: does the safety math agree? Next: the balance-sheet safety line.
Safety line The Z-score estimates how far a company sits from balance-sheet distress — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the danger zone. It was built for manufacturers, so it is not applied to banks and lenders.
Fortinet, Inc.: the Z-score reads 5.95. A Z-score above roughly 3 reads as safe and below roughly 1.8 as the distress zone, so this sits well clear of distress. It is a distance-to-distress estimate from the balance sheet, not a forecast of failure.
Why it matters: a Z-score of 5.95 sits well clear of the distress zone — the balance sheet is not the risk here.
The safety line in one sentence: the Z-score reads 5.95.
| Company | P/E | Mkt cap | Revenue | EPS | ROCE | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fortinet, Inc. this page | 58.1× | $110B | Mixed | |||
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Frequently asked questions
What is Fortinet, Inc.'s stock price today?
Fortinet, Inc. trades at $150, +43.1% over the past year. The company is valued at $110 B. The stock sits at 87% of its 52-week range of $74–$162, +50.8% versus its 200-day average. On the tape, the price is in a confirmed uptrend, 4 weeks in. — as of 29 July 2026.
What were Fortinet, Inc.'s latest quarterly results?
Fortinet, Inc. reported revenue of $1.9 B and net profit of $0.5 B for the Mar 26 quarter. Revenue rose 20.1% and profit rose 20.5% year on year. Earnings per share were $0.72. The operating margin was 31.4%, 2.2 pp higher than a year earlier. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Fortinet, Inc.'s revenue?
Fortinet, Inc. reported revenue of $1.9 B in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.1% year on year. For the full FY25 fiscal year, revenue was $6.8 B (+14.1%). Over the last 4 years revenue compounded at 19.5% a year. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Fortinet, Inc.'s profit?
Fortinet, Inc. earned $0.5 B of net profit in the Mar 26 quarter, +20.5% year on year. Full-year FY25 profit was $1.9 B. The operating margin ran 31.4% in the latest quarter. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Fortinet, Inc.'s market cap?
Fortinet, Inc.'s market capitalisation is $110 B at a stock price of $150. Market cap is the share price multiplied by shares outstanding, so it is restated whenever the price moves. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Fortinet, Inc.'s P/E ratio?
Fortinet, Inc. trades at a P/E of 58.1×, at the 82nd percentile of its own 4-year range, against a long-run median of 44.6×. This is a comparison with the stock's own history, not a value call — as of 29 July 2026.
Does Fortinet, Inc. pay a dividend?
No — Fortinet, Inc. has declared no dividend per share in any of its last 12 reported quarters, so there is no payout history and no yield to quote. That is a reading of the filed statements, not an estimate. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Fortinet, Inc. overvalued?
On its own history, Fortinet, Inc. looks expensive against its own history: its P/E of 58.1× sits at the 82nd percentile of its 4-year range (long-run median 44.6×). That is a percentile read against the stock's own past, not a price opinion or a direction call. One caveat: margins are the best this company has ever printed — cheap on record margins is not the same thing as cheap. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Fortinet, Inc. growing?
Yes — Fortinet, Inc. is growing: latest-quarter revenue +20.1% year on year, profit +20.5%, and the margin +2.2 pp at 31.4%. The 4-year compound rates are 19.5% (revenue) and 32.7% (profit). The earnings engine currently reads: improving — as of 29 July 2026.
How is Fortinet, Inc. performing?
Fortinet, Inc. is in a confirmed uptrend, 4 weeks in. Its latest quarter's revenue rose 20.1% and profit rose 20.5% year on year. Against the S&P 500 it has been ahead on a trailing-13-week view for 14 weeks. This describes what the data did, not a rating. — as of 29 July 2026.
What stage is Fortinet, Inc. in?
Topping out — profit and EPS growth have decelerated hard (profit growth +54.1% at its peak → +4.8% latest) while ROCE still reads 40.6%. The read comes from the last 12 quarters of growth (revenue growth +15.8% latest, profit growth +4.8% latest, eps growth +6.6% latest) plus the ROCE curve, classified by deterministic rules — a trajectory read, not a buy or sell call — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Fortinet, Inc. in an uptrend?
Yes — the price is in a confirmed uptrend (week 4 of stage 2), trading +50.8% versus its 200-day average and at 87% of its 52-week range. Price stages cycle base → advance → top → decline, and the stage names where this stock sits in that cycle — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Fortinet, Inc. beating the market?
On recent form, yes — Fortinet, Inc. has been ahead of the S&P 500 on a trailing-13-week view for 14 straight weeks, the same metric the week-by-week ribbon on this page draws. Separately, on the cumulative view: over the last 10.1 years the stock moved +2,142% against the S&P 500's +248% — ahead of the index over the full window. — as of 29 July 2026.
Will Fortinet, Inc.'s stock price go up?
This page publishes no price forecast for Fortinet, Inc. What it measures instead: the stock price is $150, the price is in a confirmed uptrend 4 weeks in. Its P/E of 58.1× sits at the 82nd percentile of its own 4-year range. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is the market betting against Fortinet, Inc.?
Somewhat — short interest is 2.4% of Fortinet, Inc.'s tradable float, about 2.4 days to cover at typical volumes. A moderate reading: some money is positioned against it. With no quarter-by-quarter holder register here, short interest is the cleanest crowd read we hold — as of 29 July 2026.
Does Fortinet, Inc. have too much debt?
It is moderate — Fortinet, Inc.'s debt-to-equity is 0.57. A year-by-year borrowings ladder is not in our numbers for this stock, so the latest reading is the cleanest hold. Read the returns on this page with that leverage in mind — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Fortinet, Inc.'s capex?
Fortinet, Inc. spent $1.0 B on capital expenditure over the last 3 fiscal years, a figure derived from the change in fixed assets plus depreciation. In FY25 alone that was $0.4 B. — as of 29 July 2026.
What is Fortinet, Inc.'s cash flow?
Fortinet, Inc. generated $2.6 B of operating cash flow in FY25 and $2.2 B of free cash flow after $0.4 B of capital spending. Reported profit that year was $1.9 B, so operating cash ran ahead of profit. — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Fortinet, Inc.'s profit real cash?
Yes — over the last 3 fiscal years, 145% of Fortinet, Inc.'s reported profit arrived as operating cash. In FY25, operating cash was $2.6 B against reported profit of $1.9 B. The cash then goes mostly into building capacity. Cash-flow resolution is annual — as of 29 July 2026.
How financially safe is Fortinet, Inc.?
On the balance sheet, the Z-score reads 5.95 — above roughly 3 is safe, below roughly 1.8 is the distress zone. That sits well clear of trouble. — as of 29 July 2026.
Where is Fortinet, Inc. in its business cycle?
Fortinet, Inc.'s FY25 operating margin was 30.6%, against a 5-year band of 19.5%–30.6%: the top of the band — a record year. Record profitability is late-cycle territory: every ratio flatters at the top, and the story leans on margins holding. The latest quarter ran 31.4%. Profitability versus a company's own long band is the cleanest cycle clock this page holds — as of 29 July 2026.
What could break the Fortinet, Inc. story?
The sharpest disagreement: the price moved +43.1% in a year while annual EPS moved +7.1% — the difference is re-rating, and re-rating has to be repaid with earnings. Mechanically, two Friday closes in a row below the 200-day average would end the price trend — that is the exit rule this page tracks — as of 29 July 2026.
Is Fortinet, Inc. a stock worth studying right now?
This is not investment advice. The machine read: Fortinet, Inc.'s price has outrun its earnings. +43.1% in a year against EPS +7.1% — the market is paying now for delivery later. The sharpest open question: whether earnings grow into a price that has already moved. Every number on this page is drawn deterministically from the raw series, with no forecasts and no price opinions — as of 29 July 2026.