Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) shares, rose in value on Wednesday, January 22, with the stock price up by 1.07% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $98.24.
Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $97.20, falling within a range of $96.5904 and $98.34. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.995 whereas the PE ratio was 49.52 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $101.00, and the low was $54.57. On the whole, FTNT has fluctuated by 5.23% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Fortinet Inc currently standing at about $75.30 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in February.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 5.89B, with a low estimate of 1.56B and a high estimate of 1.62B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 1.6B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that FTNT’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 100% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 2.77, with the price of FTNT currently trading nearly 2.64% and 2.92% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 59.63, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.96% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.43%. Furthermore, Fortinet Inc (FTNT)’s beta value is 1.01, and its average true range (ATR) is 2.51.
A comparison of Fortinet Inc (FTNT) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. FTNT showed an intraday change of 1.07% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 61.31%%.
Data on historical trading for Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ:FTNT) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 4.24 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 4.59 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 765.70 million shares outstanding.
Nearly 17.51% of Fortinet Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 66.84% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 16.04 million shares as on 2024-12-31, resulting in a short ratio of 4.06. According to the data, the short interest in Fortinet Inc (FTNT) stood at 253.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-12-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-11-29 reached 12.75 million. The stock has risen by 3.98% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the FTNT stock heading into the next quarter.
