FTNT vs. ZS, JNPR, PFPT, FFIV, CRWD, NOW, AXON, QLYS, CVLT, and AI
Should you be buying Fortinet stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fortinet include Zscaler (ZS), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Proofpoint (PFPT), F5 (FFIV), CrowdStrike (CRWD), ServiceNow (NOW), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), and C3.ai (AI).
Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) and Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, institutional ownership, valuation, community ranking, earnings, dividends, media sentiment, risk and analyst recommendations.
83.7% of Fortinet shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.0% of Fortinet shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Zscaler shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
Fortinet presently has a consensus price target of $70.10, suggesting a potential upside of 17.91%. Zscaler has a consensus price target of $227.29, suggesting a potential upside of 38.46%. Given Zscaler's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Zscaler is more favorable than Fortinet.
Fortinet received 815 more outperform votes than Zscaler when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 67.07% of users gave Fortinet an outperform vote while only 59.38% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote.
Fortinet has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fortinet, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
In the previous week, Zscaler had 2 more articles in the media than Fortinet. MarketBeat recorded 23 mentions for Zscaler and 21 mentions for Fortinet. Fortinet's average media sentiment score of 0.90 beat Zscaler's score of 0.43 indicating that Fortinet is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Fortinet has a net margin of 22.23% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -7.32%. Zscaler's return on equity of -14.60% beat Fortinet's return on equity.
Fortinet has a beta of 1.08, indicating that its share price is 8% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 0.85, indicating that its share price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Summary
Fortinet beats Zscaler on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.
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