FTNT vs. ZS, JNPR, PFPT, FFIV, CRWD, NOW, AXON, QLYS, CVLT, and AI
Should you be buying Fortinet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortinet include Zscaler (ZS), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Proofpoint (PFPT), F5 (FFIV), CrowdStrike (CRWD), ServiceNow (NOW), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), and C3.ai (AI).
Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) and Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their earnings, profitability, risk, valuation, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, community ranking, institutional ownership and dividends.
Fortinet received 815 more outperform votes than Zscaler when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.07% of users gave Fortinet an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote.
83.7% of Fortinet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Fortinet shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Zscaler shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a company is poised for long-term growth.
Fortinet presently has a consensus price target of $70.10, indicating a potential upside of 16.54%. Zscaler has a consensus price target of $227.29, indicating a potential upside of 35.94%. Given Zscaler's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Fortinet.
Fortinet has a net margin of 22.23% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -7.32%. Zscaler's return on equity of -14.60% beat Fortinet's return on equity.
Fortinet has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortinet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Fortinet has a beta of 1.08, meaning that its stock price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 0.85, meaning that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
In the previous week, Fortinet had 1 more articles in the media than Zscaler. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Fortinet and 22 mentions for Zscaler. Fortinet's average media sentiment score of 0.83 beat Zscaler's score of 0.26 indicating that Fortinet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Summary
Fortinet beats Zscaler on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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