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Fortinet, Inc. (FTNT) vs Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)

Fortinet, Inc. and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. are both Software Infrastructure companies. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is the larger, with a market value of $257.6B against $90.0B — 2.9× the size. Fortinet, Inc. trades at the lower P/E: 39.5× against 597×. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. grew revenue faster over the last twelve months: 24.5% against 20.2%. Fortinet, Inc. has the higher net margin (29.0% vs 2.67%) and the lower return on invested capital (0.00% vs 1.66%). Across the 22 metrics below, Fortinet, Inc. leads on 17 and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. on 5.

Valuation

Metric FTNT PANW Software Infrastructure median
P/E 39.49 596.98 24.43
P/S 11.40 20.64 2.81
P/B 40.00 8.62 2.88
Price to free cash flow 26.19 57.62 17.94
EV/EBITDA 27.59 109.14 14.51
EV/Sales 10.92 20.54 2.91
Earnings yield 2.53% 0.17% 0.00%
Free cash flow yield 3.82% 1.74% 0.49%

Profitability

Metric FTNT PANW Software Infrastructure median
Gross margin 79.75% 70.36% 57.45%
Operating margin 32.98% 6.05% 0.00%
Net margin 28.96% 2.67% 0.00%
Free cash flow margin 43.54% 35.83% 0.00%
Return on equity 153.08% 1.74% 0.00%
Return on assets 21.43% 0.85% 0.00%
Return on invested capital 0.00% 1.66% 0.00%

Growth

Metric FTNT PANW Software Infrastructure median
Revenue growth (TTM) 20.23% 24.50% 14.28%
EPS growth (last fiscal year) 7.08% (75.00%) 18.26%
Revenue growth, 5-year CAGR 21.25% 21.95% 16.15%
Net income growth, 5-year CAGR 30.56% 0.00% 0.00%

Health

Metric FTNT PANW Software Infrastructure median
Debt to equity 0.22 0.06 0.02
Current ratio 1.40 0.87 1.53
Net debt to EBITDA (1.02) (0.60) 0.05

Dividend

Metric FTNT PANW Software Infrastructure median
Dividend yield — — 1.06%
Payout ratio — — 0.29

Size

Metric FTNT PANW Software Infrastructure median
Market cap 90.01b 257.64b 661.51m

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