“35 Table of Contents Sales and marketing Sales and marketing expenses increased $93.6 million, or 17%, during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period last year, primarily due to an increase of $73.1 million in personnel-related costs…”10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
Fortinet, Inc.
FTNT
Market read
Fortinet, Inc.'s move is being confirmed by its market group.
The latest filing evidence is available. 5 of 35 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 26 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 20.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 0.7 percentage points.
- At least 23 of 35 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- A filing-linked outsider such as ASAN begins moving with the group.
Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 12 of 35 members or fewer.
Research brief
The story so far
The latest filing evidence is available. 5 of 35 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 26 directly disclosed connections are confirming.
- Revenue increased 20.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.9 percentage points.
- Net income increased 23.3% versus the comparable filing period.
- Gross margin fell 0.7 percentage points.
- At least 23 of 35 durable members become active together.
- Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
- A filing-linked outsider such as ASAN begins moving with the group.
Company research
Understand the business, not just the ticker
Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.
- Which operating variable is changing?
- Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
- What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
- Latest annual revenue changed +14.2% year over year.
- Operating cash flow covered net income at 1.40x in the latest annual period.
- Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
- Credit and interest rates has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
- Net margin changed -2.0 percentage points in the latest annual period.
- P/E is 65% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
- EV/sales is 140% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Price as of Sep 11, 2026
156.12Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.
What management says matters
Persistent and emerging business drivers
“The 1.9 percentage points increase in operating margin was primarily due to 1.3, 0.8 and 0.8 percentage points decreases in research and development expense, sales and marketing expense and general and administrative expense, as a percentage of revenue, respe…”10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
“Interest income, interest expense and other income (expense) — net Year Ended December 31, 2025 2024 Change % Change (in millions, except percentages) Interest income $ 162.3 $ 155.2 $ 7.1 5 % Interest expense (20.1) (20.0) (0.1) 1 % Other income (expense)—ne…”10-K · Feb 25, 2026 ↗
“Total revenue is expected to increase in 2026 compared to the prior year; however, our expenses are expected to outpace revenue growth, primarily reflecting investments in sales and marketing headcount, product development and the continued capital expenditur…”10-Q · May 8, 2026 ↗
Valuation discipline
Descriptive valuation snapshot
Price/sales 17.6× · EV/sales 17.3×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.
Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.
Price action
How the market is pricing the story
Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.
Developments
No sourced recent-development timeline yet
Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for FTNT. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.
Business and financial condition
Reported financial figures are not available yet
Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.
Latest filing assessment · baseline
Fundamentals strengthened in the latest filing
10-Q filed 2026-05-08 against the comparable filing from 2025-05-08.
What improved
- Revenue increased 20.1% versus the comparable filing period.
- Operating margin improved 1.9 percentage points.
- Net income increased 23.3% versus the comparable filing period.
What weakened
- Gross margin fell 0.7 percentage points.
Filing receipts
“Service gross margin increased 0.3 percentage points during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period last year, primarily driven by service revenue growth outpacing labor costs increase, partially offset by increased costs related to the continued expansion of our data center and cloud services.”
“Interest income, interest expense and other income — net Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 March 31, 2025 Change % Change (in millions, except percentages) Interest income $ 32.9 $ 44.3 $ (11.4) (26) % Interest expense $ (4.2) $ (4.9) $ 0.7 (14) % Other income—net $ 47.9 $ 26.1 $ 21.8 84 % Interest income decreased $11.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period last year, primarily due to lower average interest rates and lower average cash and cash equivalents balances as a result of share repurchases and debt repayment.”
“The 1.9 percentage points increase in operating margin was primarily due to 1.3, 0.8 and 0.8 percentage points decreases in research and development expense, sales and marketing expense and general and administrative expense, as a percentage of revenue, respectively, partially offset by 0.7 percentage points decrease in gross margin and 0.3 percentage points decrease in gain on intellectual property matters as a percentage of revenue.”
Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.
Business ecosystem
The relationships behind FTNT
Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.
Depends on
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.partnerNov 7, 2025 ▾
“We offer our products hosted in our own data centers, PoPs, and through colocations and major cloud service providers, including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud.”
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc.supplierMay 8, 2026 ▾
“Our limited source components for particular appliances and suppliers of those components include specific types of Central Processing Units from Intel Corporation (“Intel”) and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., network and wireless chips from Broadcom Inc., Marv…”
Depended on by
PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.competitorJun 3, 2026 ▾
“Our main competitors fall into four categories: • large companies that incorporate security features in their products, such as Cisco Systems, Inc.”
Filing peers
Companies whose filings use similar operating language.
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What is moving around it
Live connections
FTNT is currently a Participant in the organic co-movement group Software Stocks. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.
Context history
Theme membership history
No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.