Fortinet (FTNT) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fortinet, Inc. is a cybersecurity and networking company that provides products and services to help organizations protect their networks, devices, applications, and cloud environments. Its offerings include FortiGate next-generation firewalls, the FortiOS operating system, and security, endpoint, cloud, and secure access service edge (SASE) solutions.

The company’s Security Fabric platform is designed to integrate security and networking products and support centralized visibility and management. Fortinet serves businesses, government agencies, service providers, and other organizations around the world.

Founded in 2000, Fortinet is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Co-founder Ken Xie serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $124.51 to $130.43
• 50-Day Range: $118.84 to $194.75
• 52-Week Range: $73.55 to $197.13
• Volume: 3.71 million shs
• Average Volume: 6.41 million shs
• Market Capitalization: $95.17 billion
• P/E Ratio: 42.06
• Dividend Yield: N/A
• Price Target: $150.44
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fortinet Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fortinet scored higher than 80% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 146th out of 597 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.4 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fortinet has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.12, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 11 buy ratings, 24 hold ratings, and 6 sell ratings.

Upside Potential

Fortinet has a consensus price target of $150.44, representing about 16.1% upside from its current price of $129.54.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Fortinet has been the subject of 28 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 9.35%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Fortinet are expected to grow by 9.35% in the coming year, from $3.21 to $3.51 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fortinet is 42.06, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 25.58.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fortinet is 42.06, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Technology sector average P/E ratio of about 41.65.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Fortinet has a PEG Ratio of 2.46. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fortinet has a P/B Ratio of 42.33. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

1.98% of the float of Fortinet has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Fortinet has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 1.94, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Fortinet has recently decreased by 0.88%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Dividend Strength: N/A

Dividend Yield

Fortinet does not currently pay a dividend.

Dividend Growth

Fortinet does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

News and Social Media

• Score: 4.5 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.16

News Sentiment

Fortinet has a news sentiment score of 1.16. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.63 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 18 news articles for Fortinet this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

75 people have searched for FTNT on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 10% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

34 people have added Fortinet to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 62% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Fortinet insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $30,675,309.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

17.60% of the stock of Fortinet is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

Percentage Held by Institutions

83.71% of the stock of Fortinet is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 10/28/2026
• Today: 11/13/2026
• 30th Annual UBS Global Technology and AI Conference: 12/02/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Sector: Technology
• Industry: Software
• Sub-Industry: Systems Software
• Current Symbol: NASDAQ:FTNT
• CIK: 1262039
• Web: www.fortinet.com
• Phone: (408) 235-7700
• Fax: 408-235-7737
• Employees: 15,109
• Year Founded: 2000

Price Target and Rating

• Average Price Target for Fortinet: $150.44
• High Price Target: $225.00
• Low Price Target: $92.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.1%
• Consensus Rating: Hold
• Rating Score (0-4): 2.12
• Research Coverage: 41 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $3.08
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 42.06
• Forward P/E Ratio: 36.91
• P/E Growth: 2.46
• Net Income: $1.85 billion
• Net Margins: 28.96%
• Pretax Margin: 35.31%
• Return on Equity: 152.72%
• Return on Assets: 21.36%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.22
• Current Ratio: 1.40
• Quick Ratio: 1.28

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $6.80 billion
• Price / Sales: 14.00
• Cash Flow: $3.13 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 41.35
• Book Value: $3.06 per share
• Price / Book: 42.33

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 734,710,000
• Free Float: 605,401,000
• Market Cap: $95.17 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 1.04