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Fortinet (Fortinet) Debt-to-Equity : -2.14 (As of Dec. 2023)


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What is Fortinet Debt-to-Equity?

Fortinet's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $0 Mil. Fortinet's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $992 Mil. Fortinet's Total Stockholders Equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $-463 Mil. Fortinet's debt to equity for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was -2.14.

A high debt to equity ratio generally means that a company has been aggressive in financing its growth with debt. This can result in volatile earnings as a result of the additional interest expense.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fortinet's Debt-to-Equity or its related term are showing as below:

FTNT' s Debt-to-Equity Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -3.52   Med: -2.14   Max: 1.26
Current: -2.14

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-Equity Ratio of Fortinet was 1.26. The lowest was -3.52. And the median was -2.14.

FTNT's Debt-to-Equity is not ranked
in the Software industry.
Industry Median: 0.21 vs FTNT: -2.14

Fortinet Debt-to-Equity Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fortinet's Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Chart

Fortinet Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only - - 1.26 -3.52 -2.14

Fortinet Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Debt-to-Equity 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 -3.52 86.92 3.09 13.39 -2.14

Competitive Comparison of Fortinet's Debt-to-Equity

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Fortinet's Debt-to-Equity, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-Equity 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 Debt-to-Equity Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Fortinet's Debt-to-Equity distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fortinet's Debt-to-Equity falls into.



Fortinet Debt-to-Equity Calculation

Debt to Equity measures the financial leverage a company has.

Fortinet's Debt to Equity Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Fortinet's Debt to Equity Ratio for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

* 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  (NAS:FTNT) Debt-to-Equity Explanation

In the calculation of Debt to Equity, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by Total Stockholders Equity. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

Because a company can increase its ROE % by having more financial leverage, it is important to watch the leverage ratio when investing in high ROE % companies.


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Fortinet (Fortinet) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
899 Kifer Road, Sunnyvale, CA, USA, 94086
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.
Executives
Ken Xie director, officer: President & CEO 4655 GREAT AMERICA PARKWAY - SUITE 300, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Patrice Perche officer: Chief Revenue Off./EVP Supp. C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Michael Xie director, officer: VP, Engineering & CTO 1090 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
William H. Neukom director C/O FORTINET, INC., 1090 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Keith Jensen officer: Chief Accounting Officer C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94068
John Whittle officer: VP & General Counsel 1090 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
James G. Stavridis director C/O NEUBERGER BERMAN MANAGEMENT LLC, 605 THIRD AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10158-0180
Christopher B Paisley director 14870 THREE OAKS COURT, SARATOGA CA 95070
Jean X. Hu director 2485 AUGUSTINE DRIVE, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Kelly Ducourty director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Cohen Peter Dale Jr. director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Ming Hsieh director 4399 SANTA ANITA AVE., EL MONTE CA 91731
Judith Sim director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086
Del Matto Andrew H officer: Chief Financial Officer 350 ELLIS STREET, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94043
Gary Locke director C/O FORTINET, INC., 899 KIFER ROAD, SUNNYVALE CA 94086