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Fortinet (FRA:FO8) Shiller PE Ratio : 110.18 (As of May. 27, 2024)


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What is Fortinet Shiller PE Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-27), Fortinet's current share price is €56.19. Fortinet's E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.51. Fortinet's Shiller PE Ratio for today is 110.18.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fortinet's Shiller PE Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FO8' s Shiller PE Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 103.86   Med: 180.97   Max: 320.19
Current: 109.82

During the past years, Fortinet's highest Shiller PE Ratio was 320.19. The lowest was 103.86. And the median was 180.97.

FRA:FO8's Shiller PE Ratio is ranked worse than
87.68% of 917 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 30.31 vs FRA:FO8: 109.82

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years.

Fortinet's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €0.359. Add all the adjusted EPS for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our E10, which is €0.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

Shiller PE for Stocks: The True Measure of Stock Valuation


Fortinet Shiller PE Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortinet's Shiller PE 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 Shiller PE Ratio Chart

Fortinet Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Shiller PE Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 181.13 172.79 290.28 135.48 114.39

Fortinet Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Shiller PE 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 167.76 174.91 123.51 114.39 122.27

Competitive Comparison of Fortinet's Shiller PE Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Fortinet's Shiller PE Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Shiller PE 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 Shiller PE Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fortinet's Shiller PE Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortinet's Shiller PE Ratio falls into.



Fortinet Shiller PE Ratio Calculation

For Shiller PE Ratio, the earnings of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/E calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Shiller PE Ratio is also called PE10.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The same calculation is applied here to individual companies.

Fortinet's Shiller PE Ratio for today is calculated as

Shiller PE Ratio=Share Price/ E10
=56.19/0.51
=110.18

* 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 E10 for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Fortinet's adjusted earnings per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_EPS=Earnings per Share (Diluted)/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0.359/131.7762*131.7762
=0.359

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Fortinet Quarterly Data

Earnings per Share (Diluted) CPI Adj_EPS
201406 0.006 100.560 0.008
201409 0.003 100.428 0.004
201412 0.006 99.070 0.008
201503 0.002 99.621 0.003
201506 0.001 100.684 0.001
201509 0.009 100.392 0.012
201512 -0.002 99.792 -0.003
201603 0.002 100.470 0.003
201606 -0.002 101.688 -0.003
201609 0.007 101.861 0.009
201612 0.027 101.863 0.035
201703 0.011 102.862 0.014
201706 0.023 103.349 0.029
201709 0.025 104.136 0.032
201712 -0.029 104.011 -0.037
201803 0.039 105.290 0.049
201806 0.048 106.317 0.059
201809 0.057 106.507 0.071
201812 0.183 105.998 0.228
201903 0.060 107.251 0.074
201906 0.074 108.070 0.090
201909 0.084 108.329 0.102
201912 0.119 108.420 0.145
202003 0.109 108.902 0.132
202006 0.123 108.767 0.149
202009 0.127 109.815 0.152
202012 0.146 109.897 0.175
202103 0.108 111.754 0.127
202106 0.133 114.631 0.153
202109 0.162 115.734 0.184
202112 0.211 117.630 0.236
202203 0.154 121.301 0.167
202206 0.199 125.017 0.210
202209 0.293 125.227 0.308
202212 0.378 125.222 0.398
202303 0.290 127.348 0.300
202306 0.305 128.729 0.312
202309 0.384 129.860 0.390
202312 0.367 129.419 0.374
202403 0.359 131.776 0.359

Add all the adjusted EPS together and divide 10 will get our E10.

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  (FRA:FO8) Shiller PE Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PE Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Shiller PE Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of profit margins during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Shiller PE Ratio should give similar results to regular PE Ratio.

Compared with the PS Ratio, the Shiller PE Ratio makes the comparison between different industries more meaningful.


Be Aware

Shiller PE Ratio assumes that over the long term, businesses and profitability revert to their means. If a company's business model does not work in the future compared with the past, Shiller PE Ratio and PS Ratio will give false valuations.


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Fortinet (FRA:FO8) Business Description

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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.

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