Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) traded at $70.91 at close of the session on Friday, April 05, made an upward move of 2.43% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $69.23 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.08 . The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 48.65. In terms of its 52-week price range, FTNT has a high of $81.24 and a low of $44.12. The company’s stock has lost about -0.57% over that past 30 days.
Fortinet Inc has a market cap of $54.11 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on May 02, 2024 – May 06, 2024. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of $0.38, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $1.71 for 2024 and $1.94 for next year. These figures represent 4.90% and 13.50% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $1.34 billion, with a low of $1.33 billion and a high of $1.36 billion. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 6.00% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $5.78 billion, or 9.00% up from figures reported last year.
There have been no upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the FTNT stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 50% Buy.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the FTNT stock currently stands at 3.33, and the current price level is 2.74% off its SMA20 and 3.46% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 57.49 while the volatility over the past week is 4.30% and jumps to 2.75% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.07, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 2.12.
Coming back to Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 6.23 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 4.69 million. Current shares outstanding are 761.00 million.
The insiders hold 17.54% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 66.40%. The data shows that short shares as of Mar 15, 2024, stood at 13.3 million at a short ratio of 2.4. This represents a 1.74% short interest in shares outstanding on Mar 15, 2024. Shares short rose in March from the previous month at 11.02 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 21.15% up in year-to-date price movement.
