Morgan Stanley slashes price target on Fortinet Inc [FTNT] – find out why.

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Fortinet Inc [NASDAQ: FTNT] traded at a high on Wednesday, posting a 1.30 gain after which it closed the day’ session at $98.17.

The results of the trading session contributed to over 4319530 shares changing hands. Over the past one week, the price volatility of Fortinet Inc stands at 2.84% while the volatility over the past one month is 3.38%.

The market cap for FTNT stock reached $75.49 billion, with 767.00 million shares outstanding and 638.44 million shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 4.60M shares, FTNT reached a trading volume of 4319530 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

What do top market gurus say about Fortinet Inc [FTNT]?

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for FTNT shares is $115.44 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on FTNT stock is a recommendation set at 2.44. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Morgan Stanley have made an estimate for Fortinet Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Overweight, with their previous recommendation back on March 18, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Deutsche Bank raised their target price to Buy. The new note on the price target was released on February 26, 2025, representing the official price target for Fortinet Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise from $105 to $112, while Robert W. Baird kept a Neutral rating on FTNT stock.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Fortinet Inc is set at 3.43, with the Price to Sales ratio for FTNT stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 12.68. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 50.41, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 5.29. Price to Free Cash Flow for FTNT in the course of the last twelve months was 40.17 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.39.

How has FTNT stock performed recently?

Fortinet Inc [FTNT] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 0.25. With this latest performance, FTNT shares dropped by -14.08% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 28.60% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 47.14% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for FTNT stock in for the last two-week period is set at 42.06, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 41.53, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 44.35 for Fortinet Inc [FTNT]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 101.97, while it was recorded at 96.28 for the last single week of trading, and 82.72 for the last 200 days.

Fortinet Inc [FTNT]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals

Fortinet Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 1.39 and a Current Ratio set at 1.47.

Earnings analysis for Fortinet Inc [FTNT]

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for FTNT. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Fortinet Inc go to 9.57%.

Insider trade positions for Fortinet Inc [FTNT]

There are presently around $71.51%, or 86.67%% of FTNT stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of FTNT stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 66.87 million shares, which is approximately 8.7709%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 55.24 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$3.33 billion in FTNT stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$1.75 billion in FTNT stock with ownership which is approximately 3.8024%.