Fortinet, Inc.

SWX:FTNT Stock Report

Market Cap: CHF 93.8b

Fortinet Valuation

Is FTNT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

0/6

Valuation Score 0/6

  • Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Future Cash Flow Value

What is the Fair Price of FTNT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

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Below Future Cash Flow Value: FTNT (CHF120.25) is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value (CHF103.78)

Significantly Below Future Cash Flow Value: FTNT is trading above our estimate of future cash flow value.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for FTNT?

Key metric: As FTNT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for FTNT. This is calculated by dividing FTNT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is FTNT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio59.6x
EarningsUS$1.95b
Market CapUS$116.48b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does FTNT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for FTNT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average30.7x
NOW ServiceNow
62.4x23.50%US$109.1b
TEMN Temenos
20.1x2.26%CHF 4.7b
ORCL Oracle
23.8x24.31%US$410.5b
GEN Gen Digital
16.5x6.65%US$16.1b
FTNT Fortinet
59.6x10.07%CHF 116.5b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: FTNT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (59.6x) compared to the peer average (30.6x).

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio

Historical Price to Earnings Ratio compares a stock's price to its earnings over time. Higher ratios indicate that investors are willing to pay more for the stock.

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Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does FTNT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the European Software Industry?

8 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
FTNT 59.6xIndustry Avg. 21.5xNo. of Companies23PE020406080100+
8 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
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Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: FTNT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (59.6x) compared to the European Software industry average (21.2x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is FTNT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

FTNT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio59.6x
Fair PE Ration/a

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: Insufficient data to calculate FTNT's Price-To-Earnings Fair Ratio for valuation analysis.

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst FTNT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentCHF 120.25
CHF 92.02
-23.48%
21.05%CHF 145.43CHF 56.56n/a37
Jun ’27n/a
CHF 84.84
0%
15.05%CHF 117.99CHF 55.06n/a36
May ’27n/a
CHF 69.91
0%
12.11%CHF 93.80CHF 50.03n/a35
Apr ’27n/a
CHF 71.12
0%
11.82%CHF 95.83CHF 51.11n/a34
Mar ’27n/a
CHF 69.55
0%
10.83%CHF 92.93CHF 54.21n/a33
Feb ’27n/a
CHF 67.46
0%
11.99%CHF 92.76CHF 54.11n/a33
Jan ’27n/a
CHF 69.12
0%
11.71%CHF 95.30CHF 55.59n/a33
Dec ’26n/a
CHF 70.43
0%
11.60%CHF 96.73CHF 53.20n/a33
Nov ’26n/a
CHF 71.69
0%
11.39%CHF 95.55CHF 53.35n/a34
Oct ’26n/a
CHF 71.50
0%
11.29%CHF 95.45CHF 53.29n/a35
Sep ’26n/a
CHF 72.31
0%
10.58%CHF 96.41CHF 60.26n/a36
Aug ’26n/a
CHF 88.46
0%
10.40%CHF 108.69CHF 66.82n/a37
Jul ’26n/a
CHF 87.14
0%
10.67%CHF 107.99CHF 66.39CHF 120.2539
Jun ’26n/a
CHF 90.58
0%
10.73%CHF 112.00CHF 68.86n/a39
May ’26n/a
CHF 93.44
0%
11.38%CHF 111.70CHF 68.67n/a38
Apr ’26n/a
CHF 101.56
0%
10.64%CHF 119.41CHF 73.41n/a37
Mar ’26n/a
CHF 102.65
0%
10.56%CHF 120.50CHF 74.08n/a36
Feb ’26n/a
CHF 90.42
0%
13.53%CHF 108.90CHF 56.26n/a36
Jan ’26n/a
CHF 86.91
0%
11.40%CHF 103.27CHF 55.68n/a37
Dec ’25n/a
CHF 84.23
0%
11.34%CHF 98.20CHF 54.85n/a36
Nov ’25n/a
CHF 68.43
0%
11.63%CHF 91.41CHF 53.98n/a36
Oct ’25n/a
CHF 62.18
0%
9.18%CHF 76.01CHF 52.28n/a36
Sep ’25n/a
CHF 61.99
0%
9.73%CHF 76.75CHF 50.24n/a36
Aug ’25n/a
CHF 61.80
0%
12.60%CHF 78.75CHF 40.19n/a36
Jul ’25n/a
CHF 64.43
0%
11.47%CHF 80.63CHF 48.30n/a37
CHF 86.15
Fair Value
39.6% overvalued intrinsic discount
37
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is lower than the current share price.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/07/02 09:48
End of Day Share Price 2026/06/26 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Industry and Sector Metrics

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Analyst Sources

Fortinet, Inc. is covered by 67 analysts. 42 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Ellie BagshawArete Research Services LLP
Shrenik KothariBaird
Saket KaliaBarclays