Forsta AP Fonden decreased its position in shares of Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT – Free Report) by 11.3% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 121,200 shares of the software maker’s stock after selling 15,500 shares during the period. Forsta AP Fonden’s holdings in Fortinet were worth $7,305,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of FTNT. Winthrop Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Fortinet in the first quarter worth $25,000. Rise Advisors LLC grew its stake in Fortinet by 135.6% during the 1st quarter. Rise Advisors LLC now owns 377 shares of the software maker’s stock worth $26,000 after purchasing an additional 217 shares in the last quarter. Vima LLC purchased a new stake in Fortinet during the 4th quarter worth about $25,000. Oakworth Capital Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Fortinet in the 2nd quarter valued at about $33,000. Finally, Creekmur Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Fortinet during the fourth quarter worth about $32,000. 83.71% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other news, CEO Ken Xie sold 23,693 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $73.06, for a total value of $1,731,010.58. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 48,842,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,568,434,657.32. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. In other news, CEO Ken Xie sold 23,693 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, August 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $73.06, for a total value of $1,731,010.58. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 48,842,522 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,568,434,657.32. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, VP Michael Xie sold 24,712 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $56.11, for a total transaction of $1,386,590.32. Following the sale, the vice president now directly owns 10,847,018 shares in the company, valued at approximately $608,626,179.98. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 72,672 shares of company stock worth $4,573,864. Company insiders own 18.00% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
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Fortinet Price Performance
Shares of NASDAQ FTNT opened at $75.01 on Friday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $67.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $65.05. Fortinet, Inc. has a 1-year low of $44.12 and a 1-year high of $78.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.45, a current ratio of 1.32 and a quick ratio of 1.22. The company has a market cap of $57.38 billion, a PE ratio of 49.03, a P/E/G ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 1.00.
Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT – Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, August 6th. The software maker reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.41 by $0.16. Fortinet had a net margin of 23.71% and a negative return on equity of 2,160.10%. The company had revenue of $1.43 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.40 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.31 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 10.9% on a year-over-year basis. Sell-side analysts forecast that Fortinet, Inc. will post 1.7 EPS for the current year.
About Fortinet
Fortinet, Inc provides cybersecurity and convergence of networking and security solutions worldwide. It offers secure networking solutions focus on the convergence of networking and security; network firewall solutions that consist of FortiGate data centers, hyperscale, and distributed firewalls, as well as encrypted applications; wireless LAN solutions; and secure connectivity solutions, including FortiSwitch secure ethernet switches, FortiAP wireless local area network access points, FortiExtender 5G connectivity gateways, and other products.
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