Briefing on the Fundamentals of Fortinet

By Kim Brooks • Thursday, March 09 10:33 • Permanent Link

Shares of Software company Fortinet slid -2.98% today, erasing yesterday's gains. With many investors piling into FTNT without a second thought, it may be a good idea to take a closer look at the stock. Here are some quick facts to get you started:

Fortinet has moved 7.49% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of -6.28%
FTNT has an average analyst rating of buy and is -10.86% away from its mean target price of $69.32 per share
Its trailing earnings per share (EPS) is $1.04
Fortinet has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 59.41 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $1.67 and its forward P/E ratio is 37.0
The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 231.83 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 2.95
Fortinet is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 27.16 and an average P/B of 6.23
Fortinet (Nasdaq: FTNT) is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It develops and sells cybersecurity solutions, including but not limited to physical products such as firewalls, plus software and services such as anti-virus protection, intrusion prevention systems and endpoint security components.

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