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FTNT (Fortinet) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 24.70 (As of May. 27, 2025)


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What is Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2025-05-27), Fortinet's current share price is $104.74. Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was $4.24. Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 24.70.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FTNT' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 11.44   Med: 19.98   Max: 37.13
Current: 24.76

During the past years, Fortinet's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 37.13. The lowest was 11.44. And the median was 19.98.

FTNT's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
96.95% of 1376 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 2.09 vs FTNT: 24.76

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Fortinet's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was $1.982. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is $4.24 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

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Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Fortinet Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.12 35.83 18.76 17.88 23.49

Fortinet Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 19.61 16.46 20.20 23.49 22.70

Competitive Comparison of Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.


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Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=104.74/4.24
=24.70

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 is calculated as:

For example, Fortinet's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1.982/134.9266*134.9266
=1.982

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 134.9266.

Fortinet Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201506 0.272 100.684 0.365
201509 0.292 100.392 0.392
201512 0.336 99.792 0.454
201603 0.326 100.470 0.438
201606 0.362 101.688 0.480
201609 0.356 101.861 0.472
201612 0.410 101.863 0.543
201703 0.382 102.862 0.501
201706 0.405 103.349 0.529
201709 0.418 104.136 0.542
201712 0.475 104.011 0.616
201803 0.464 105.290 0.595
201806 0.509 106.317 0.646
201809 0.517 106.507 0.655
201812 0.581 105.998 0.740
201903 0.541 107.251 0.681
201906 0.596 108.070 0.744
201909 0.627 108.329 0.781
201912 0.705 108.420 0.877
202003 0.663 108.902 0.821
202006 0.747 108.767 0.927
202009 0.786 109.815 0.966
202012 0.904 109.897 1.110
202103 0.854 111.754 1.031
202106 0.959 114.631 1.129
202109 1.034 115.734 1.205
202112 1.154 117.630 1.324
202203 1.163 121.301 1.294
202206 1.272 125.017 1.373
202209 1.439 125.227 1.550
202212 1.620 125.222 1.746
202303 1.591 127.348 1.686
202306 1.624 128.729 1.702
202309 1.687 129.860 1.753
202312 1.832 129.419 1.910
202403 1.756 131.776 1.798
202406 1.863 132.554 1.896
202409 1.954 133.029 1.982
202412 2.142 133.157 2.170
202503 1.982 134.927 1.982

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Fortinet  (NAS:FTNT) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Fortinet Business Description

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Address
909 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94086
Fortinet is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, zero-trust access, and security operations. The firm derives a majority of its revenue through sales of its subscriptions and support-based business. The California-based firm has more than 800,000 customers across the world.
Executives
Kenneth A Goldman officer: VP & Chief Financial Officer C/O YAHOO! INC., 701 FIRST AVENUE, SUNNYVALE CA 94089
Michael Xie director, officer: VP, Engineering & CTO 1090 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Ken Xie director, officer: President & CEO 4655 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY - SUITE 300, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
William H. Neukom director C/O FORTINET, INC., 1090 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Keith Jensen officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94068
John Whittle officer: VP & General Counsel 1090 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Judith Sim director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Patrice Perche officer: Chief Revenue Off./EVP Supp. C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
James G. Stavridis director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN MANAGEMENT LLC, 605 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10158-0180
Christopher B Paisley director 14870 THREE OAKS COURT, SARATOGA CA 95070
Jean X. Hu director 2485 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Kelly Ducourty director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Cohen Peter Dale Jr. director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Ming Hsieh director 4399 SANTA ANITA AVE., EL MONTE CA 91731
Del Matto Andrew H officer: Chief Financial Officer 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043