FTNT

Fortinet, Inc. ·Nasdaq Global Select·Technology
160.80 live · 2026-08-12 15:59

Some scores are at the bottom of their range

This score sits at the bottom of the 0–100 range. The underlying calculation was negative, so the displayed value is a floor, not a measurement of zero.

  • Tactical Score: displayed 0, underlying value -17.9
52.1%
Brown Bear Score
85.0%
Business Conviction Score
19.3%
Position Health Score
28.3%
Chase Risk
Daily closes

Daily closes · 1Y (252 sessions) · +105.0% · range 75.23–168.29

The Businesswhat the company reports

Business & cash flow

FCF / assets 21.4%
OCF / assets 24.9%
FCF / revenue 38.1%
Gross margin 80.2%
ROIC 43.0%
Forward P/E 42.8

FCF/assets and OCF/assets are the cash-flow measures Brown Bear's own testing found to survive; FCF/revenue is shown alongside for context. Assets are from the latest annual filing (FY2025).

Price vs Earnings growth

Price has run ahead of forward EPS growth by 71.2pp

Confidence 95.0/100

Takeaway Price has moved further than forward earnings growth currently justifies — worth weighing against the rest of the entry case.

Reported earnings

Next report 2026-11-03 after the close · consensus EPS 0.87

Q2 23 revenue: 1.29bnQ2 23 net income: 266.30mQ2 23 EPS: 0.33Q3 23 revenue: 1.33bnQ3 23 net income: 322.90mQ3 23 EPS: 0.41Q3 23Q4 23 revenue: 1.42bnQ4 23 net income: 310.90mQ4 23 EPS: 0.39Q1 24 revenue: 1.35bnQ1 24 net income: 299.30mQ1 24 EPS: 0.39Q1 24Q2 24 revenue: 1.43bnQ2 24 net income: 379.80mQ2 24 EPS: 0.49Q3 24 revenue: 1.51bnQ3 24 net income: 539.90mQ3 24 EPS: 0.70Q3 24Q4 24 revenue: 1.66bnQ4 24 net income: 526.20mQ4 24 EPS: 0.68Q1 25 revenue: 1.54bnQ1 25 net income: 433.40mQ1 25 EPS: 0.56Q1 25Q2 25 revenue: 1.63bnQ2 25 net income: 440.10mQ2 25 EPS: 0.57Q3 25 revenue: 1.72bnQ3 25 net income: 473.90mQ3 25 EPS: 0.62Q3 25Q4 25 revenue: 1.91bnQ4 25 net income: 506.00mQ4 25 EPS: 0.66Q1 26 revenue: 1.85bnQ1 26 net income: 534.50mQ1 26 EPS: 0.72Q1 26

Revenue Net incomeEPS (GAAP) (0.33–0.72, own scale) Derived Q4

12 quarters to Q1 26. Revenue and net income share one scale, so the gap between them is the margin. The line is GAAP EPS — it spans every quarter shown, where the reported figure only goes back as far as the consensus feed does.

Quarter endingRevenueYoY Net incomeEPS (GAAP) EPS reportedvs consensus Filed
2026-03-31 1.85bn +20.1% 534.50m 0.72 0.82 +30.2% 2026-05-08
2025-12-31 (derived) 1.91bn +14.8% 506.00m 0.66 0.81 +7.2% 2026-02-25
2025-09-30 1.72bn +14.4% 473.90m 0.62 0.74 +14.8% 2025-11-07
2025-06-30 1.63bn +13.6% 440.10m 0.57 2025-08-08

Earnings response

Typical move around a filing ±2.5%
On an ordinary two days ±1.6% — filings move it 1.5× as much
Direction 9 up, 3 down over 12 filings
Revenue change and price reaction, by quarter
Q2 22 revenue +28.6% year on yearQ2 22 filed 2022-08-05: price +1.3%Q3 22 revenue +32.6% year on yearQ3 22 filed 2022-11-07: price +7.4%Q3 22Q1 23 revenue +32.2% year on yearQ1 23 filed 2023-05-08: price +2.8%Q2 23 revenue +25.5% year on yearQ2 23 filed 2023-08-07: price +3.2%Q2 23Q3 23 revenue +16.1% year on yearQ3 23 filed 2023-11-07: price +0.3%Q1 24 revenue +7.2% year on yearQ1 24 filed 2024-05-06: price +0.9%Q1 24Q2 24 revenue +10.9% year on yearQ2 24 filed 2024-08-08: price -0.3%Q3 24 revenue +13.0% year on yearQ3 24 filed 2024-11-08: price +16.1%Q3 24Q1 25 revenue +13.8% year on yearQ1 25 filed 2025-05-08: price -8.7%Q2 25 revenue +13.6% year on yearQ2 25 filed 2025-08-08: price -1.0%Q2 25Q3 25 revenue +14.4% year on yearQ3 25 filed 2025-11-07: price +2.2%Q1 26 revenue +20.1% year on yearQ1 26 filed 2026-05-08: price +6.9%Q1 26

Revenue up year on year Revenue down Price move around the filing separate scales — a crossing means nothing

Quarter endingFiledRevenue YoY Move around filingNext 20 sessions vs SPY
2026-03-31 2026-05-08 +20.1% +6.9% +20.2%
2025-09-30 2025-11-07 +14.4% +2.2% +1.2%
2025-06-30 2025-08-08 +13.6% -1.0% +4.8%
2025-03-31 2025-05-08 +13.8% -8.7% -1.5%

Share count

Diluted shares over time

Diluted shares Return since the previous filing

Direction Shrinking — shares retired
Diluted shares 742.8M as at 2026-03-31
Change over 1 year -4.4%
Change over 3 years -6.4%
Public float $56.85bn as at 2025-06-30 (10-K)

The Pricewhat the chart is doingTop ↑

Price Levels

StrategyCurrent Price Reasonable
Reference band 158.43 — 162.45
Protective stop 148.03 (Structure, 7.7% risk)
Support 151.58 (2 touches, 6.1% away)
Resistance 168.93 (5.0% away)

Takeaway The shares are nearer the ceiling than the floor: about 5.0% below 168.93, where sellers have turned up before, and 6.1% above 151.58, where buyers have stepped in before. That floor has held 2 times, which is how it was spotted. If someone bought at today's price and sold if it dropped through the level below, they would be about 7.7% out of pocket. That is all this figure means — an illustration of the risk, not a price to sell at.

Levels are computed from price structure. They describe where the engine locates support and extension — they are not targets, and not advice.

Ichimoku Cloud (Adaptive)

Daily cloudPrice ABOVE the cloud | periods 5/14/29 (55% of classic 9/26/52)
LinesTenkan/Kijun BULL | cloud twist BULL (fresh up, 6d ago)
Cloud thickness14% percentile (thin — little structure to fight through)
Chikou spanAbove price from 26 periods ago
Weekly cloudPrice ABOVE the weekly cloud (context only, not scored)

Takeaway The stock is trading above its cloud — a shaded band drawn from several of its own moving averages, currently 157.93 to 158.70. Being above it means the medium-term picture is pointing upwards, and that band is the first place the stock has recent support if it slips back. Its shorter-term averages agree with that.

Trailing returns

21 days -3.6%
63 days +41.2%
126 days +88.1%
252 days +115.7%
Below 252d high4.4%

Trend context

PositionFar above trend
ExtensionExtremely extended
Trend slopeRising
Direction of travelDiverging from trend

Takeaway Extreme upside extension is still moving away from fair trend; chase risk is elevated.

Volatility

State No recent compression
Current band width12.8% of price
Recent tightest12.0% (9 sessions ago, narrower than 75.0% of its history)
Expansion since1.06×
Band 148.57 — 168.82

Takeaway Lately this share price has been swinging around inside a range roughly 13% wide. That is normal for this stock, so there is nothing unusual to read into it either way.

Historical trends

0255075100Share price 149.98–168.292026-07-032026-08-12
Position Health Business Conviction Share price

History begins when the site started recording, not when the company listed, so a short line means a short record and nothing more.

Repair Pathway

  1. Nearest Trigger MACD bullish crossover repair trigger repair engine identifies this as the nearest technical repair catalyst · Broadly stable
  2. Trigger 2 Volume confirmation above 1.2x +0.20x volume confirmation would improve confidence in the pathway · Broadly stable
  3. Trigger 3 Positive 20-day momentum acceleration secondary repair secondary repair catalyst could add confirmation if the primary trigger develops · Broadly stable
  4. Trigger 4 Relative strength stabilisation state change relative momentum rank supports RS stabilisation · Broadly stable
  5. Trigger 5 MACD histogram above zero 0.19 gap is deteriorating · Broadly stable

Who's Tradingthe flow behind the priceTop ↑

Insider activity

ActivityNo filings in the window
Buy filings0
Sell filings0

Open-market Form 4 purchases and sales over the last 75 days, read from SEC EDGAR Form 4. Grants, option exercises, gifts and shares withheld for tax are excluded — they are compensation mechanics, not a decision to buy or sell. Reported Form 4 activity. Brown Bear tested insider cluster-buying as a return signal and rejected it as era-unstable; shown as fact, not signal.

Volume confirmation

Volume-price trend Above its signal line
Confirmation Moderate

No absorption or distribution event in the recent window.

Takeaway More shares change hands on the days this stock rises than on the days it falls. That is what you would expect to see if the rise is being driven by real buying rather than drifting up on a thin market.

Options Positioning

No binary-event flag

FTNT: no binary-event flag. Near IV 43%, far IV 45% (ratio 0.96), implied move 5.4%.

Implied volatility 43% near (9d) · 45% far (65d)
Term structure 0.96× near/far
Historical volatility 33%
Implied vs historical 1.30×
Implied move ±5.4% by 2026-08-21
Implied move vs ATR 0.41×
Skew Flat (0.94×)
Call wall 190.00 (+18.1% away)
Put wall 140.00 (-13.0% away)
Gamma pin 140.00

Takeaway Insuring against a move in this stock costs less for the next few weeks than for the next few months, which is the normal state of affairs and suggests no particular date is worrying anyone. Options traders are positioned for a move of around 5.4% in either direction by 2026-08-21.

Chain as at 2026-08-12. This is a risk read on whether a specific event is being priced — not a directional view.

Context & Methodthe record, and how it was builtTop ↑

Relative Rotation

ImprovingLeadingLaggingWeakeningvs sectorvs SPYsector vs SPYRS-Ratio →RS-Momentum →

Early Stock Rotation

Rotation health 80.0/100; Strong Rotation Tailwind.

Rotation health 80.0
Rotation strength 77.0
LegQuadrantRS-RatioRS-Mom
Stock vs sector Improving 81.4 126.4
Stock vs SPY Improving 87.5 118.3
Sector vs SPY Leading 113.6 115.9

Direction of travel: North / momentum improving

Position only. Brown Bear's RRG redesign programme is closed — five constructions, none beat an appropriate null — so this section describes where the name sits, and is not a signal.

News Headlines

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Detailed Scoring

Positive signals

  • Piotroski F-score 5/9 (+10.0)
  • Altman Z-score 13.32 (+10.0)
  • Insider conviction score (+5.0)
  • Gross margin quality: 80.2% (+22.0)
  • ROIC quality: 43.0% (+30.0)
  • FCF margin quality: 38.1% (+20.0)
  • ROIC improving by 6.5 pts (+5.0)
  • High earnings quality (accrual ratio -0.071) (+5.0)
  • Accrual ratio improving (-0.05 -> -0.07) (+5.0)
  • Track 1: bullish DI spread 18.4 (+5.0)
  • Track 1: relative momentum rank 0.95 (+5.0)
  • Track 1: EMA20 reclaim distance 1.0% (+7.2)
  • Track 1: EMA20 slope improving 0.9% (+2.1)
  • Track 1: RSI recovery 62.2, 5-day change +7.6 (+2.7)
  • Track 1: VPT strength 0.17 (+3.5)
  • Track 1: price above EMA50 by 7.1% (+4.4)
  • Track 1: EMA50 slope improving 4.0% (+3.0)
  • Track 1: Bollinger position 0.61 (+3.2)

Negative signals

  • Underperforming sector over 20 days
  • Track 1: weak volume confirmation (0.69x average)
  • Relative strength versus sector deteriorating
  • Track 1: negative 20-day momentum acceleration (-0.12)
  • Track 1: weak/falling ADX (14.9, falling)
  • Track 1: MACD histogram deteriorating (-0.50)
  • Track 1: weak MACD line/signal structure (-8.0)
  • Track 1: MACD slope deteriorating (-3.0)
  • Gross margin improving by -0.4 pts (+-3.0)

Chase risk is not elevated for this name, so extension penalties are omitted from the negative signals above.