Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) Key Metrics

NASDAQ: FTNTValuation, returns, debt and efficiency ratios over 10 years.

FTNT valuation today

Trailing 12 months · as of October 18, 2026
Market cap
$124.09B
Enterprise value
$124.28B
P/E (TTM)
59.8
10-yr median 48.5
Forward P/E
45.0
PEG ratio
1.92
Price / sales
16.5
10-yr median 8.8
Price / book
82.4
10-yr median 21.5
EV / EBITDA
44.4
10-yr median 37.0
Dividend yield
—
Beta
1.04

FTNT key metrics, 2016–2025

Fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 · U.S. dollars

FTNT valuation Price multiples at each fiscal year-end price.

P/E ratio−21.6%
32.8
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 164.9 (−76.0%)2017: 247.8 (+50.2%)2018: 36.6 (−85.2%)2019: 56.3 (+53.7%)2020: 51.0 (−9.5%)2021: 99.0 (+94.1%)2022: 45.9 (−53.6%)2023: 40.2 (−12.5%)2024: 41.8 (+4.0%)2025: 32.8 (−21.6%)
20162025
Price / sales−27.1%
8.9
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 4.2 (−23.5%)2017: 5.2 (+25.0%)2018: 6.8 (+30.6%)2019: 8.6 (+27.0%)2020: 9.6 (+11.2%)2021: 18.0 (+87.2%)2022: 8.9 (−50.4%)2023: 8.7 (−2.4%)2024: 12.2 (+40.8%)2025: 8.9 (−27.1%)
20162025
Price / book+0.5%
49.1
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 6.3 (−12.8%)2017: 13.2 (+108.2%)2018: 12.1 (−8.0%)2019: 13.9 (+14.6%)2020: 29.1 (+109.1%)2021: 75.2 (+158.5%)2024: 48.82025: 49.1 (+0.5%)
20162025
EV / EBITDA−25.7%
23.6
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 44.4 (−47.9%)2017: 39.6 (−11.0%)2018: 36.7 (−7.2%)2019: 37.2 (+1.4%)2020: 37.9 (+1.7%)2021: 80.4 (+112.3%)2022: 35.4 (−55.9%)2023: 36.0 (+1.6%)2024: 31.7 (−11.9%)2025: 23.6 (−25.7%)
20162025
Price / free cash flow−29.7%
27.3
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 19.1 (−14.8%)2017: 16.9 (−11.1%)2018: 20.9 (+23.6%)2019: 26.1 (+24.6%)2020: 26.0 (−0.4%)2021: 49.9 (+91.8%)2022: 27.2 (−45.6%)2023: 26.6 (−1.9%)2024: 38.8 (+45.6%)2025: 27.3 (−29.7%)
20162025
Free cash flow yield+1.1 pts
3.7%
2025 · hover or tap a bar for each year
2016: 5.2% (+0.8 pts)2017: 5.9% (+0.7 pts)2018: 4.8% (−1.1 pts)2019: 3.8% (−0.9 pts)2020: 3.8% (0.0 pts)2021: 2.0% (−1.8 pts)2022: 3.7% (+1.7 pts)2023: 3.8% (+0.1 pts)2024: 2.6% (−1.2 pts)2025: 3.7% (+1.1 pts)
20162025

FTNT valuation history

Fiscal year-endToday10-year median

FTNT returns on capital

ROEROICROA

Net income (ROE, ROA) or after-tax operating income (ROIC) divided by the average of the opening and closing balance.

FTNT debt vs cash

Total debtCash & short-term investments

Debt includes short- and long-term borrowings and, where reported, lease liabilities.

FTNT cash returned to shareholders

DividendsBuybacksFree cash flow

FTNT price vs earnings per share

Share price at year-endEPS (right axis)

FTNT key metrics

2016–2025
Fortinet, Inc. key metrics by fiscal year
2025202420232022202120202019201820172016
Valuation
Market capitalization$60.72B$72.93B$46.13B$39.37B$60.06B$24.91B$18.68B$12.27B$7.78B$5.31B
Enterprise value$58.13B$69.86B$44.69B$38.18B$58.52B$23.12B$16.66B$10.65B$6.55B$4.24B
P/E ratio32.841.840.245.999.051.056.336.6247.8164.9
Price / sales8.912.28.78.918.09.68.66.85.24.2
Price / book49.148.8——75.229.113.912.113.26.3
Price / free cash flow27.338.826.627.249.926.026.120.916.919.1
Price / operating cash flow23.432.323.822.740.023.023.119.213.115.4
EV / sales8.511.78.48.617.58.97.75.94.43.3
EV / EBITDA23.631.736.035.480.437.937.236.739.644.4
EV / free cash flow26.137.225.826.348.624.123.318.214.315.2
Earnings yield3.1%2.4%2.5%2.2%1.0%2.0%1.8%2.7%0.4%0.6%
Free cash flow yield3.7%2.6%3.8%3.7%2.0%3.8%3.8%4.8%5.9%5.2%
Dividend yield————1.6%———0.0%0.0%
Shareholder yield (dividends + buybacks)3.8%0.0%3.3%5.1%2.9%4.3%0.8%1.7%5.7%2.1%
Share price at fiscal year-end$79.41$94.48$58.53$48.89$71.88$29.71$21.35$14.09$8.74$6.02
Per share
Revenue per share$8.89$7.72$6.73$5.49$4.00$3.09$2.47$2.07$1.68$1.45
Earnings per share$2.42$2.26$1.46$1.06$0.73$0.58$0.38$0.38$0.04$0.04
Operating cash flow per share$3.39$2.93$2.46$2.15$1.79$1.29$0.92$0.73$0.67$0.39
Free cash flow per share$2.91$2.43$2.20$1.80$1.44$1.14$0.82$0.67$0.52$0.32
Cash per share$4.69$5.27$3.10$2.75$3.05$2.19$2.36$1.89$1.41$1.23
Book value per share$1.62$1.94−$0.59−$0.35$0.96$1.02$1.53$1.16$0.66$0.95
Tangible book value per share$1.15$1.48−$0.79−$0.58$0.73$0.87$1.42$1.09$0.63$0.91
Dividends per share————$1.18———$0.00$0.00
Capex per share$0.48$0.49$0.26$0.35$0.35$0.15$0.11$0.06$0.15$0.08
Debt per share$1.30$1.29$1.26$1.27$1.21$0.06$0.05$0.03$0.02$0.02
Shares outstanding764.6M771.9M788.2M805.3M835.5M838.5M875.0M871.0M890.4M881.5M
Change in shares outstanding−0.9%−2.1%−2.1%−3.6%−0.4%−4.2%+0.5%−2.2%+1.0%+0.1%
Returns & profitability
Return on equity (ROE)135.7%338.7%——73.4%44.4%28.2%41.9%4.4%4.0%
Return on assets (ROA)18.4%20.5%17.0%14.1%12.2%12.3%9.5%12.6%1.4%1.6%
Return on tangible assets18.5%18.5%16.2%14.2%10.6%12.5%8.8%11.1%1.4%1.5%
Free cash flow margin32.7%31.6%32.6%32.8%36.0%36.9%33.1%32.5%30.7%21.8%
Income quality (OCF / net income)1.401.291.692.022.472.222.441.9118.9310.74
Financial health
Total debt$996.3M$994.3M$992.3M$1.02B$1.01B$53.1M$46.1M$28.2M$21.4M$13.6M
Cash & short-term investments$3.58B$4.07B$2.44B$2.21B$2.55B$1.84B$2.07B$1.65B$1.25B$1.09B
Net debt−$2.59B−$3.07B−$1.45B−$1.19B−$1.54B−$1.78B−$2.02B−$1.62B−$1.23B−$1.07B
Debt / equity0.810.67——1.270.060.030.030.040.02
Debt / assets0.100.100.140.160.170.010.010.010.010.01
Net debt / EBITDA−1.05−1.40−1.17−1.10−2.11−2.92−4.51−5.59−7.43−11.24
Current ratio1.171.471.191.241.551.501.901.771.671.86
Quick ratio1.091.391.061.151.481.421.821.701.601.73
Interest coverage103.690.259.153.943.710.610.08.88.15.9
Working capital$866.2M$1.91B$709.3M$732.0M$1.28B$910.9M$1.31B$964.5M$689.6M$709.3M
Invested capital−$1.35B−$1.58B−$1.91B−$1.47B−$738.6M−$928.2M−$677.1M−$611.2M−$640.4M−$234.3M
Tangible asset value$882.8M$1.14B−$625.2M−$465.6M$609.7M$731.4M$1.24B$949.9M$558.5M$798.3M
Net current asset value−$3.25B−$2.30B−$3.29B−$2.70B−$1.52B−$448.1M$232.2M$153.1M$48.3M$236.5M
Graham number$9.40$9.92——$3.95$3.66$3.62$3.17$0.72$0.88
Graham net-net per share−$5.36−$3.82−$5.06−$4.00−$2.24−$0.88−$0.00−$0.05−$0.13$0.08
Capital allocation
Dividends paid————$989.4M———$0$0
Share buybacks (net)$2.29B$600,000$1.50B$1.99B$741.8M$1.08B$145.1M$211.8M$446.3M$110.8M
Dividend payout ratio————163.1%———0.0%0.0%
Dividends + buybacks / free cash flow102.9%0.0%86.7%137.4%143.8%112.8%20.3%36.1%97.2%39.8%
Capex / revenue5.4%6.4%3.8%6.4%8.9%4.9%4.3%2.9%9.1%5.3%
Capex / operating cash flow14.1%16.8%10.5%16.2%19.7%11.6%11.4%8.3%22.8%19.4%
Capex / depreciation2.403.091.802.703.511.831.500.952.441.39
Stock-based compensation / revenue4.1%4.3%4.7%4.9%6.2%7.4%8.0%9.0%9.2%9.6%
R&D / revenue12.0%12.0%11.6%11.6%12.7%13.2%12.8%13.5%14.1%14.4%
SG&A / revenue38.0%38.3%41.8%42.0%44.6%4.6%47.6%48.5%52.8%55.5%
Efficiency
Days sales outstanding84.787.891.685.583.488.983.480.280.781.9
Days of inventory on hand100.2126.2110.574.173.682.575.067.887.2103.1
Days payables outstanding59.162.366.065.967.676.265.963.460.063.9
Cash conversion cycle (days)125.8151.7136.193.789.495.292.584.6107.9121.1
Receivables turnover4.314.163.984.274.384.104.384.554.524.46
Payables turnover6.185.865.535.545.404.795.545.766.085.71
Inventory turnover3.642.893.304.934.964.424.875.384.183.54
Asset turnover0.670.700.790.730.670.650.620.680.680.65
Average receivables$1.58B$1.43B$1.33B$1.03B$763.9M$632.1M$494.4M$396.3M$330.6M$286.3M
Average payables$210.8M$197.6M$223.8M$195.9M$145.0M$119.0M$91.4M$78.2M$63.4M$59.1M
Average inventory$357.5M$400.1M$374.7M$220.2M$157.8M$128.8M$104.0M$83.7M$92.1M$95.4M
Intangibles / total assets3.4%3.6%2.2%3.0%3.2%3.1%2.5%2.0%1.4%1.8%

Computed from FTNT's annual financial statements (latest annual report filed February 25, 2026) and the closing share price on each fiscal year-end, adjusted for stock splits. Figures in U.S. dollars; data from EODHD. Averages use the opening and closing balance of each year.

FTNT valuation and financial ratios

At the end of fiscal 2025 (December 31, 2025), Fortinet traded at 32.8 times earnings, against a 10-year median of 48.5. Based on the latest twelve months, the trailing P/E is 59.8 and the forward P/E is 45.0. Fortinet earned a return on equity of 135.7% in fiscal 2025. It ended the year with $996.3 million of debt and $3.6 billion in cash and short-term investments, a net cash position of $2.6 billion. It returned $2.3 billion to shareholders: $0 in dividends and $2.3 billion in share buybacks, 103% of free cash flow. The share count fell 13.3% from 881.5M to 764.6M over 9 years.

See the FTNT income statement, the FTNT chart for price history, or the FTNT stock overview for the latest quote and news.

FTNT key metrics FAQ

What is Fortinet's P/E ratio?

Fortinet's trailing P/E ratio is 59.8 based on the last twelve months of earnings (as of October 18, 2026), and its forward P/E is 45.0. At the end of fiscal 2025 it was 32.8, compared with a 10-year median of 48.5.

What is Fortinet's EV/EBITDA?

Fortinet's enterprise value was 23.6 times EBITDA at the end of fiscal 2025 (enterprise value $58.1 billion, EBITDA $2.5 billion); the current EV/EBITDA is 44.4.

What is Fortinet's return on equity?

Fortinet's return on equity (ROE) was 135.7% in fiscal 2025: net income of $1.9 billion on average shareholders' equity of $1.4 billion. ROE is high partly because years of buybacks have reduced equity on the balance sheet.

How much debt does Fortinet have?

Fortinet had total debt of $996.3 million at the end of fiscal 2025, a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81 and more cash than debt.

Does Fortinet buy back its shares?

Yes. Fortinet spent $2.3 billion on net share repurchases in fiscal 2025 Shares outstanding changed −0.9% over the year, to 764.6M..

What is Fortinet's free cash flow yield?

Fortinet generated $2.2 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2025, a free cash flow yield of 3.7% on its market value at year-end ($60.7 billion).

What is Fortinet's current ratio?

Fortinet's current ratio was 1.17 at the end of fiscal 2025: current assets were 1.17 times current liabilities.

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