FTNT vs. NOW, AXON, CVLT, QLYS, AI, PRGS, MSFT, ORCL, PANW, and LOGI
Should you be buying Fortinet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortinet include ServiceNow (NOW), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS), Microsoft (MSFT), Oracle (ORCL), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), and Logitech International (LOGI).
Fortinet vs.
ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW) and Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, earnings, dividends, valuation, community ranking, risk, media sentiment, profitability and institutional ownership.
ServiceNow has a beta of 0.95, indicating that its share price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortinet has a beta of 1.06, indicating that its share price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.
ServiceNow received 115 more outperform votes than Fortinet when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 75.30% of users gave ServiceNow an outperform vote while only 65.47% of users gave Fortinet an outperform vote.
87.2% of ServiceNow shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Fortinet shares are held by institutional investors. 0.4% of ServiceNow shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 17.2% of Fortinet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
ServiceNow presently has a consensus price target of $1,062.50, suggesting a potential upside of 3.45%. Fortinet has a consensus price target of $104.80, suggesting a potential upside of 2.66%. Given ServiceNow's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe ServiceNow is more favorable than Fortinet.
Fortinet has a net margin of 29.30% compared to ServiceNow's net margin of 12.97%. Fortinet's return on equity of 256.53% beat ServiceNow's return on equity.
Fortinet has lower revenue, but higher earnings than ServiceNow. Fortinet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than ServiceNow, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, ServiceNow had 31 more articles in the media than Fortinet. MarketBeat recorded 65 mentions for ServiceNow and 34 mentions for Fortinet. Fortinet's average media sentiment score of 1.20 beat ServiceNow's score of 1.04 indicating that Fortinet is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
ServiceNow beats Fortinet on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NASDAQ:FTNT) was last updated on 6/10/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff