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Fortinet (Fortinet) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

: 29.54 (As of Today)
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As of today (2024-04-17), Fortinet's share price is $64.64. Fortinet's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2.19. Hence, Fortinet's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 29.54.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fortinet's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

FTNT' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 17.09   Med: 25.6   Max: 49.92
Current: 29.39

During the past 13 years, Fortinet's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 49.92. The lowest was 17.09. And the median was 25.60.

FTNT's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
57.78% of 1466 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.355 vs FTNT: 29.39

Fortinet's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $0.21. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $2.19.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Fortinet was 22.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 24.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 27.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 31.40% per year.

During the past 13 years, Fortinet's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 208.40% per year. The lowest was 6.40% per year. And the median was 30.10% per year.


Fortinet Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortinet's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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.

* Premium members only.

Fortinet Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 26.10 25.99 49.88 27.16 26.64

Fortinet Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.16 29.03 30.36 22.54 26.64

Competitive Comparison

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Fortinet's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fortinet's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortinet's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Fortinet Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Fortinet's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=64.64/2.188
=29.54

Fortinet's Share Price of today is $64.64.
Fortinet's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2.19.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Fortinet  (NAS:FTNT) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Fortinet (Fortinet) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
899 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 700,000 customers across the world.
Executives
Ken Xie director, officer: President & CEO 4655 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY - SUITE 300, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Patrice Perche officer: Chief Revenue Off./EVP Supp. C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Michael Xie director, officer: VP, Engineering & CTO 1090 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
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
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
Judith Sim director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Del Matto Andrew H officer: Chief Financial Officer 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Gary Locke director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086