In the last trading session, 3.53 million shares of the Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) were traded, and its beta was 1.08. Most recently the company’s share price was $64.80, and it changed around $1.11 or 1.74% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $49.44B. FTNT currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $81.24, offering almost -25.37% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $44.12, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 31.91% since then. We note from Fortinet Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 3-month average coming to 5.81 million.
Fortinet Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 2.45. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 2 out of 30 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 6 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 7 recommended FTNT as a Hold, whereas 15 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Fortinet Inc is expected to report earnings per share of $0.38 for the current quarter.
Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) trade information
Instantly FTNT has showed a green trend with a performance of 1.74% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The company’s shares are currently up 10.71% year-to-date, but still up 0.50% over the last five days. On the other hand, Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) is -5.12% down in the 30-day period.
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $71.68, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 9.6% from its current value. Analyst projections state that FTNT is forecast to be at a low of $57 and a high of $85.
Fortinet Inc (FTNT) estimates and forecasts
Fortinet Inc share prices are performing particularly well not compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 14.98 percent over the past six months and at a 3.68% annual growth rate that is well below the industry average of 20.60%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 11.80% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 2.60% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 9.00%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 33 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of $1.34 billion in revenue for the current quarter. 33 analysts expect Fortinet Inc to make $1.39 billion in revenue for the quarter ending Jun 2024. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were $1.26 billion and $1.29 billion respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 6.00%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 7.80%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 30.73%. Fortinet Inc earnings are expected to increase by 4.52% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 14.62% per year for the next five years.
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Fortinet Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in May.
