Fortinet
Market Cap
US$22.4b
Last Updated
2020/07/02 23:52 UTC
Data Sources
Company Financials +
Executive Summary
Fortinet, Inc. provides broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions worldwide.
Rewards
Risk Analysis
Snowflake Analysis
Flawless balance sheet with acceptable track record.
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Share Price & News
How has Fortinet's share price performed over time and what events caused price changes?
Latest Share Price and Events
Stable Share Price: FTNT's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months.
Market Performance
7 Day Return
1.9%
FTNT
2.8%
US Software
1.6%
US Market
1 Year Return
75.6%
FTNT
35.2%
US Software
4.8%
US Market
Return vs Industry: FTNT exceeded the US Software industry which returned 35.2% over the past year.
Return vs Market: FTNT exceeded the US Market which returned 4.8% over the past year.
Shareholder returns
| FTNT | Industry | Market | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Day | 1.9% | 2.8% | 1.6% |
| 30 Day | -3.8% | 9.3% | 2.3% |
| 90 Day | 36.5% | 42.2% | 29.5% |
| 1 Year | 75.6%75.6% | 36.2%35.2% | 7.1%4.8% |
| 3 Year | 264.5%264.5% | 157.8%148.9% | 37.1%28.1% |
| 5 Year | 234.6%234.6% | 249.2%228.6% | 67.2%48.6% |
Price Volatility Vs. Market
How volatile is Fortinet's share price compared to the market and industry in the last 5 years?
Simply Wall St News
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What Is Fortinet's (NASDAQ:FTNT) P/E Ratio After Its Share Price Rocketed?1 month ago | Simply Wall St
Fortinet, Inc. Just Recorded A 119% EPS Beat: Here's What Analysts Are Forecasting Next1 month ago | Simply Wall St
What Is Fortinet's (NASDAQ:FTNT) P/E Ratio After Its Share Price Rocketed?Valuation
Is Fortinet undervalued compared to its fair value and its price relative to the market?
14.7%
Undervalued compared to fair value
Share Price vs. Fair Value
Below Fair Value: FTNT ($138.44) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($162.3)
Significantly Below Fair Value: FTNT is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.
Price To Earnings Ratio
PE vs Industry: FTNT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (63.7x) compared to the Software industry average (53.6x).
PE vs Market: FTNT is poor value based on its PE Ratio (63.7x) compared to the US market (16.5x).
Price to Earnings Growth Ratio
PEG Ratio: FTNT is poor value based on its PEG Ratio (5.1x)
Price to Book Ratio
PB vs Industry: FTNT is overvalued based on its PB Ratio (42x) compared to the US Software industry average (6.5x).
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Future Growth
How is Fortinet forecast to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 26 analysts?
12.4%
Forecasted annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue Growth Forecasts
Analyst Future Growth Forecasts
Earnings vs Savings Rate: FTNT's forecast earnings growth (12.4% per year) is above the savings rate (2.2%).
Earnings vs Market: FTNT's earnings (12.4% per year) are forecast to grow slower than the US market (22.8% per year).
High Growth Earnings: FTNT's earnings are forecast to grow, but not significantly.
Revenue vs Market: FTNT's revenue (13.1% per year) is forecast to grow faster than the US market (9.3% per year).
High Growth Revenue: FTNT's revenue (13.1% per year) is forecast to grow slower than 20% per year.
Earnings per Share Growth Forecasts
Future Return on Equity
Future ROE: FTNT's Return on Equity is forecast to be very high in 3 years time (52%).
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Past Performance
How has Fortinet performed over the past 5 years?
64.4%
Historical annual earnings growth
Earnings and Revenue History
Quality Earnings: FTNT has high quality earnings.
Growing Profit Margin: FTNT's current net profit margins (16.4%) are lower than last year (18.6%).
Past Earnings Growth Analysis
Earnings Trend: FTNT's earnings have grown significantly by 64.4% per year over the past 5 years.
Accelerating Growth: FTNT's earnings growth over the past year (6.3%) is below its 5-year average (64.4% per year).
Earnings vs Industry: FTNT earnings growth over the past year (6.3%) underperformed the Software industry 7.9%.
Return on Equity
High ROE: FTNT's Return on Equity (69.3%) is considered outstanding.
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Financial Health
How is Fortinet's financial position?
Financial Position Analysis
Short Term Liabilities: FTNT's short term assets ($2.0B) exceed its short term liabilities ($1.5B).
Long Term Liabilities: FTNT's short term assets ($2.0B) exceed its long term liabilities ($1.1B).
Debt to Equity History and Analysis
Debt Level: FTNT is debt free.
Reducing Debt: FTNT has not had any debt for past 5 years.
Debt Coverage: FTNT has no debt, therefore it does not need to be covered by operating cash flow.
Interest Coverage: FTNT has no debt, therefore coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Balance Sheet
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Dividend
What is Fortinet current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Dividend Yield vs Market
Notable Dividend: Unable to evaluate FTNT's dividend yield against the bottom 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
High Dividend: Unable to evaluate FTNT's dividend yield against the top 25% of dividend payers, as the company has not reported any recent payouts.
Stability and Growth of Payments
Stable Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if FTNT's dividends per share have been stable in the past.
Growing Dividend: Insufficient data to determine if FTNT's dividend payments have been increasing.
Current Payout to Shareholders
Dividend Coverage: Insufficient data to calculate payout ratio to determine if its dividend payments are covered by earnings.
Future Payout to Shareholders
Future Dividend Coverage: No need to calculate the sustainability of FTNT's dividend in 3 years as they are not forecast to pay a notable one for the US market.
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Management
How experienced are the management team and are they aligned to shareholders interests?
2.4yrs
Average management tenure
CEO
Ken Xie (57yo)
19.75yrs
Tenure
US$9,629,923
Compensation
Mr. Ken Xie founded Fortinet Inc., October 2000 and has been its Chief Executive Officer and Director since October 2000. Mr. Xie serves as an Advisor at WI Harper Group. He is a Strategic Advisor at Forge ...
CEO Compensation Analysis
Compensation vs Market: Ken's total compensation ($USD9.63M) is about average for companies of similar size in the US market ($USD11.50M).
Compensation vs Earnings: Ken's compensation has increased by more than 20% in the past year.
Leadership Team
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 19.75yrs | US$9.63m | 7.76% $1.7b | |
| Founder | 19.42yrs | US$4.29m | 7.24% $1.6b | |
| CFO & Chief Accounting Officer | 2.42yrs | US$3.39m | 0.0016% $364.8k | |
| Executive VP of Corporate Development & Strategic Alliances | 13.75yrs | US$2.51m | 0.00079% $176.8k | |
| Vice President of Talent Management & Operations | 0.50yr | no data | no data | |
| Vice President of Investor Relations | 2.42yrs | no data | no data | |
| Senior Executive Vice President of Worldwide Sales & Support | 4.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Chief Marketing Officer & Executive VP of Products | 1.5yrs | no data | no data | |
| Vice President of Talent Acquisition | 0.50yr | no data | no data | |
| Senior Vice President of Marketing | 1.5yrs | no data | no data |
2.4yrs
Average Tenure
54yo
Average Age
Experienced Management: FTNT's management team is considered experienced (2.4 years average tenure).
Board Members
| Name | Position | Tenure | Compensation | Ownership |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder | 19.75yrs | US$9.63m | 7.76% $1.7b | |
| Founder | 19.42yrs | US$4.29m | 7.24% $1.6b | |
| Lead Independent Director | 2.25yrs | US$337.06k | 0.033% $7.4m | |
| Independent Director | 16.42yrs | US$342.74k | 0.047% $10.6m | |
| Independent Director | 7.25yrs | US$330.50k | 0.0042% $948.9k | |
| Independent Director | 5.08yrs | US$333.28k | 0.015% $3.4m | |
| Independent Director | 0.75yr | US$225.10k | no data | |
| Independent Director | 0.25yr | no data | 0.00026% $58.2k |
6.2yrs
Average Tenure
57yo
Average Age
Experienced Board: FTNT's board of directors are considered experienced (6.2 years average tenure).
Ownership
Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?
Insider Trading Volume
Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.
Ownership Breakdown
Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.
Top Shareholders
Company Information
Fortinet, Inc.'s company bio, employee growth, exchange listings and data sources
Key Information
- Name: Fortinet, Inc.
- Ticker: FTNT
- Exchange: NasdaqGS
- Founded: 2000
- Industry: Systems Software
- Sector: Software
- Market Cap: US$22.379b
- Shares outstanding: 161.65m
- Website: https://www.fortinet.com
Number of Employees
Location
- Fortinet, Inc.
- 899 Kifer Road
- Sunnyvale
- California
- 94086
- United States
Listings
| Ticker | Exchange | Primary Security | Security Type | Country | Currency | Listed on |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FTNT | NasdaqGS (Nasdaq Global Select) | Yes | Common Stock | US | USD | Nov 2009 |
| FO8 | DB (Deutsche Boerse AG) | Yes | Common Stock | DE | EUR | Nov 2009 |
| 0IR9 | LSE (London Stock Exchange) | Yes | Common Stock | GB | USD | Nov 2009 |
| FTNT * | BMV (Bolsa Mexicana de Valores) | Yes | Common Stock | MX | MXN | Nov 2009 |
| F1TN34 | BOVESPA (Bolsa de Valores de Sao Paulo) | BDR EACH 2 REPR 1 SHS UNSPON | BR | BRL | Jan 2020 |
Biography
Fortinet, Inc. provides broad, integrated, and automated cybersecurity solutions worldwide. 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 (WAN) acceleration. The company also provides FortiSwitch product family that offers secure switching solutions for connecting customers end devices; FortiAP product family, which provides secure wireless networking solutions; FortiExtender appliance provides a WAN connection to its FortiGate products; FortiAnalyzer product family, which offers centralized network logging, analyzing, and reporting solutions; and FortiManager product family that provides central and scalable management solution for its FortiGate products. It offers FortiWeb product family provides web application firewall solutions; FortiMail product family that secure email gateway solutions; FortiSandbox technology that delivers proactive detection and mitigation services; and FortiSIEM family of software solutions, which offers a cloud-ready security information and event management solutions, as well as FortiToken and FortiAuthenticator product families for multi-factor authentication to safeguard systems, assets, and data; and FortiNAC product family to implement zero trust network access strategies. The company provides security subscription, technical support, professional, and training services. It sells its security solutions to channel partners and directly to various customers in telecommunications, technology, government, financial services, education, retail, manufacturing, and healthcare industries. Fortinet, Inc. provides its products and services in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Company Analysis and Financial Data Status
| Data | Last Updated (UTC time) |
|---|---|
| Company Analysis | 2020/07/02 23:52 |
| End of Day Share Price | 2020/07/02 00:00 |
| Earnings | 2020/03/31 |
| Annual Earnings | 2019/12/31 |
Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more here.