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How to buy Fortinet shares | $128.36
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Fortinet, Inc (FTNT) is a leading software-infrastructure business based in the US. It opened the day at $127.3 after a previous close of $127.56. During the day the price has varied from a low of $126.185 to a high of $128.5. The latest price was $128.36 (25 minute delay). Fortinet is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 8,075 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
How to buy shares in Fortinet
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- Open your account. You'll need your ID, bank details and national insurance number.
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- Search the platform for stock code: FTNT in this case.
- Research Fortinet shares. The platform should provide the latest information available.
- Buy your Fortinet shares. It's that simple.
What's in this guide?
- Can I buy shares in Fortinet?
- Has coronavirus impacted Fortinet shares?
- Fortinet shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Fortinet stock a buy or sell?
- Fortinet performance over time
- Can I short Fortinet shares?
- Is Fortinet suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Fortinet shares over-valued?
- Fortinet's financials
- How volatile are Fortinet shares?
- Does Fortinet pay a dividend?
- Have Fortinet shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has Coronavirus impacted Fortinet's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Fortinet's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was $128.82, which is 11.13% up on its pre-crash value of $114.48 and 83.50% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as $70.2.
If you had bought $1,000 worth of Fortinet shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth $737.02 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth $1,105.28.
Fortinet share price
Use our graph to track the performance of FTNT stocks over time.Fortinet shares at a glance
Information last updated 2020-12-11.
| Open | $127.3 |
|---|---|
| High | $128.5 |
| Low | $126.185 |
| Close | $128.36 |
| Previous close | $127.56 |
| Change | $0.8 |
| Change % | 0.627% |
| Volume | 1,072,727 |
Information last updated 2020-12-27.
| 52-week range | $70.2 - $153.3299 |
|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | $126.3503 |
| 200-day moving average | $128.0766 |
| Wall St. target price | $143.96 |
| PE ratio | 55.9127 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $2.679 |
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Is it a good time to buy Fortinet stock?
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Fortinet price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $128.36
| 1 week (2021-01-15) | -12.40% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2020-12-23) | -14.56% |
| 3 months (2020-10-23) | -1.55% |
| 6 months (2020-07-23) | -5.03% |
| 1 year (2020-01-23) | 7.80% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-01-23) | 79.57% |
| 3 years (2018-01-23) | 180.57% |
| 5 years (2016-01-22) | 362.56% |
Is Fortinet under- or over-valued?
Valuing Fortinet stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Fortinet's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Fortinet's P/E ratio
Fortinet's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 56x. In other words, Fortinet shares trade at around 56x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Fortinet's PEG ratio
Fortinet's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.4223. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Fortinet's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Fortinet's EBITDA
Fortinet's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $506.5 million (£0.0 million).
The EBITDA is a measure of a Fortinet's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
Fortinet financials
| Revenue TTM | $2.5 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 17.85% |
| Gross profit TTM | $1.7 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 7.69% |
| Return on equity TTM | 47.53% |
| Profit margin | 18.51% |
| Book value | $4.394 |
| Market capitalisation | $24.3 billion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
How to short and sell Fortinet shares
- Create a CFD or spread betting account.
- Search for the stock code. E.g. "FTNT.US"
- Choose your position size.
- Select "sell" rather than "buy".
- Confirm your position and keep tabs on it. You may wish to set limits on your position.
There are currently 3.3 million Fortinet shares held short by investors – that's known as Fortinet's "short interest". This figure is 1.6% down from 3.3 million last month.
There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Fortinet shares can be evaluated.
Fortinet's "short interest ratio" (SIR)
Fortinet's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Fortinet shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Fortinet shares traded daily (recently around 1.0 million). Fortinet's SIR currently stands at 3.21. In other words for every 100,000 Fortinet shares traded daily on the market, roughly 3210 shares are currently held short.
However Fortinet's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Fortinet shares, or, against the total number of tradable Fortinet shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Fortinet's short interest could be expressed as 0.02% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Fortinet shares in existence, roughly 20 shares are currently held short) or 0.0283% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Fortinet shares, roughly 28 shares are currently held short).
Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Fortinet.
Find out more about how you can short Fortinet stock.
Fortinet's environmental, social and governance track record
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Fortinet.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Fortinet's total ESG risk score
Total ESG risk: 22.91
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Fortinet's overall score of 22.91 (as at 01/01/2019) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 26th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Fortinet is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Fortinet's environmental score
Environmental score: 0.36/100
Fortinet's environmental score of 0.36 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Fortinet is a leader in its sector terms of its environmental impact, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Fortinet's social score
Social score: 14.43/100
Fortinet's social score of 14.43 puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. This could suggest that Fortinet is a leader in its sector when it comes to taking good care of its workforce and the communities it impacts.
Fortinet's governance score
Governance score: 7.12/100
Fortinet's governance score puts it squarely in the 2nd percentile of companies rated in the same sector. That could suggest that Fortinet is a leader in its sector when it comes to responsible management and strategy, and exposed to a lower level of risk.
Fortinet's controversy score
Controversy score: 2/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. A high-profile company, Fortinet scored a 2 out of 5 for controversy – the second-highest score possible, reflecting that Fortinet has, for the most part, managed to keep its nose clean.
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary
Fortinet, Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 22.91 |
|---|---|
| Total ESG percentile | 25.9 |
| Environmental score | 0.36 |
| Environmental score percentile | 2 |
| Social score | 14.43 |
| Social score percentile | 2 |
| Governance score | 7.12 |
| Governance score percentile | 2 |
| Level of controversy | 2 |
Fortinet share dividends
We're not expecting Fortinet to pay a dividend over the next 12 months. However, you can browse other dividend-paying shares in our guide.
Have Fortinet's shares ever split?
Fortinet's shares were split on a 2:1 basis on 2 June 2011. So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 2 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Fortinet shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 50% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Fortinet shares which in turn could have impacted Fortinet's share price.
Fortinet share price volatility
Over the last 12 months, Fortinet's shares have ranged in value from as little as $70.2 up to $153.3299. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Fortinet's is 1.0929. This would suggest that Fortinet's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
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Fortinet overview
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.
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