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Fortinet (FRA:FO8) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 17.73 (As of May. 26, 2024)


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What is Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-26), Fortinet's current share price is €56.19. Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €3.17. Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 17.73.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FO8' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 8.71   Med: 18.72   Max: 37.13
Current: 17.61

During the past years, Fortinet's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 37.13. The lowest was 8.71. And the median was 18.72.

FRA:FO8's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
95.64% of 1445 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.85 vs FRA:FO8: 17.61

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Fortinet's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was €1.616. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is €3.17 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2024.

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Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Chart

Fortinet Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 16.75 19.12 35.83 18.76 17.88

Fortinet Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.83 25.55 18.75 17.88 19.61

Competitive Comparison of Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Fortinet Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio takes the Revenue per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/S calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPS Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio.

Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=56.19/3.17
=17.73

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Fortinet's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Fortinet's adjusted Revenue per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=1.616/131.7762*131.7762
=1.616

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 131.7762.

Fortinet Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201406 0.161 100.560 0.211
201409 0.177 100.428 0.232
201412 0.213 99.070 0.283
201503 0.226 99.621 0.299
201506 0.242 100.684 0.317
201509 0.261 100.392 0.343
201512 0.308 99.792 0.407
201603 0.293 100.470 0.384
201606 0.322 101.688 0.417
201609 0.317 101.861 0.410
201612 0.388 101.863 0.502
201703 0.357 102.862 0.457
201706 0.360 103.349 0.459
201709 0.351 104.136 0.444
201712 0.401 104.011 0.508
201803 0.377 105.290 0.472
201806 0.435 106.317 0.539
201809 0.443 106.507 0.548
201812 0.511 105.998 0.635
201903 0.479 107.251 0.589
201906 0.527 108.070 0.643
201909 0.569 108.329 0.692
201912 0.635 108.420 0.772
202003 0.600 108.902 0.726
202006 0.663 108.767 0.803
202009 0.668 109.815 0.802
202012 0.743 109.897 0.891
202103 0.717 111.754 0.845
202106 0.796 114.631 0.915
202109 0.879 115.734 1.001
202112 1.021 117.630 1.144
202203 1.056 121.301 1.147
202206 1.203 125.017 1.268
202209 1.454 125.227 1.530
202212 1.530 125.222 1.610
202303 1.486 127.348 1.538
202306 1.499 128.729 1.534
202309 1.581 129.860 1.604
202312 1.680 129.419 1.711
202403 1.616 131.776 1.616

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Fortinet  (FRA:FO8) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Fortinet (FRA:FO8) Business Description

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Fortinet is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, zero-trust access, and security operations. The firm derives a majority of its revenue through sales of its subscriptions and support-based business. The California-based firm has more than 700,000 customers across the world.

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