Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT · FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

Fortinet Q1 FY2026: Revenue Beats 20% as AI and SASE Demand Accelerate

Fortinet's Q1 FY2026 results show accelerating demand for its integrated cybersecurity platform, with revenue rising 20% to $1.85B and billings surging 31% to $2.09B, both beating the high end of guidance. The company raised full-year guidance across all top-line metrics, citing AI-driven network complexity, sovereign SASE adoption, and OT security as durable tailwinds. Record free cash flow of $1B and high operating margins reinforce the financial strength of the model, while new 3500G and 400G hardware and a bundled SD-WAN/SASE service extend the product moat. The stock responded with a 20% one-session jump and continued to drift higher by an additional 34%.

Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology $111.64B market cap
100quality score

Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Fortinet, Inc. specializes in delivering extensive, unified, and automated cybersecurity solutions to a global clientele, encompassing the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific regions. At its core, the company offers FortiGate, a powerful platform combining hardware and software licenses that provides a comprehensive suite of security and networking functionalities. This includes firewall capabilities, intrusion prevention, anti-malware defense, virtual private network (VPN) services, application control, web filtering, anti-spam measures, and wide area network (WAN) acceleration. Beyond its flagship product, Fortinet provides a diverse portfolio of specialized security tools. These range from FortiSwitch for secure network switching and FortiAP for robust wireless connectivity, to FortiExtender, a versatile hardware appliance. For centralized network visibility and control, clients utilize FortiAnalyzer for logging, analysis, and reporting, and FortiManager for scalable administration of FortiGate devices.…

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.82 Consensus $1
EPS surprise +32.5% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $1.85B Consensus $1.73B
Revenue surprise +6.7% Reported versus consensus

Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
FTNT EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q1 '24 estimate $0.38 Q1 '24 actual $0.43, beat Q2 '24 estimate $0.41 Q2 '24 actual $0.57, beat Q3 '24 estimate $0.52 Q3 '24 actual $0.63, beat Q2 '25 estimate $0.59 Q2 '25 actual $0.64, beat Q3 '25 estimate $0.63 Q3 '25 actual $0.74, beat Q4 '25 estimate $0.74 Q4 '25 actual $0.81, beat Q1 '26 estimate $0.62 Q1 '26 actual $0.82, beat Q2 '26 estimate $0.75 Q2 '26 actual $0.90, beat Q3 '26 estimate $0.86 Q4 '26 estimate $0.83 Q1 '27 estimate $0.84
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold66 ratings
Bullish2842.4%
Neutral3248.5%
Bearish69.1%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$156.07Current
$55Low
$111.81Average
$203High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 12, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Susquehanna Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 31, 2026
Wells Fargo Underweight UnderweightMaintainJul 30, 2026
Stifel Hold HoldMaintainJul 30, 2026
Rosenblatt Buy BuyMaintainJul 30, 2026
RBC Capital Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainJul 30, 2026
Piper Sandler Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 30, 2026
Morgan Stanley Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 30, 2026
Evercore ISI Group In Line In LineMaintainJul 30, 2026
Citigroup Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 30, 2026
Cantor Fitzgerald Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 30, 2026
BTIG Buy BuyMaintainJul 30, 2026
Barclays Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainJul 30, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainJul 21, 2026
Mizuho Underperform UnderperformMaintainJul 15, 2026
TD Cowen Buy BuyMaintainJul 13, 2026
HSBC Reduce HoldDowngradeJun 30, 2026
B of A Securities Buy BuyMaintainJun 8, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainMay 7, 2026
Stephens & Co. Equal Weight Equal WeightMaintainMay 7, 2026
Scotiabank Sector Perform Sector PerformMaintainMay 7, 2026
JP Morgan Underweight UnderweightMaintainMay 7, 2026
BMO Capital Market Perform Market PerformMaintainMay 4, 2026
Freedom Broker Hold BuyDowngradeFeb 17, 2026
Wedbush Outperform OutperformMaintainFeb 6, 2026
Jefferies Hold HoldMaintainNov 6, 2025
Baird Neutral NeutralMaintainNov 6, 2025
BWG Global Mixed PositiveDowngradeOct 20, 2025
Keybanc Sector Weight OverweightDowngradeAug 7, 2025
Needham Hold HoldMaintainFeb 7, 2025
Guggenheim Neutral NeutralMaintainFeb 7, 2025
Goldman Sachs Buy BuyMaintainFeb 7, 2025
Deutsche Bank Hold HoldMaintainFeb 7, 2025
Raymond James Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJan 14, 2025
DZ Bank Sell HoldDowngradeFeb 8, 2024
Capital One Equal Weight OverweightDowngradeJan 17, 2024
William Blair Market Perform OutperformDowngradeNov 3, 2023
Oppenheimer Perform OutperformDowngradeNov 3, 2023
Loop Capital Buy BuyMaintainFeb 9, 2023
MKM Partners Buy BuyMaintainJan 31, 2023
SMBC Nikko Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 7, 2022
Atlantic Equities Overweight OverweightMaintainSep 2, 2022
Cowen & Co. Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 28, 2021
Monness, Crespi, Hardt Neutral BuyDowngradeJun 29, 2021
DA Davidson Buy BuyMaintainApr 30, 2021
Credit Suisse Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 30, 2020
CFRA Hold HoldMaintainFeb 12, 2020
Northland Capital Markets Outperform OutperformMaintainFeb 3, 2020
Bank of America Buy BuyMaintainNov 19, 2019
PiperJaffray Overweight OverweightMaintainNov 8, 2019
Citi Sell SellMaintainAug 2, 2019
Stifel Nicolaus Hold HoldMaintainApr 16, 2019
First Analysis Outperform NeutralUpgradeFeb 8, 2019
JMP Securities Market Outperform Market OutperformMaintainJan 26, 2018
Nomura Buy BuyMaintainOct 11, 2016
Pacific Crest Overweight Sector WeightUpgradeAug 30, 2016
Wunderlich Securities Buy BuyMaintainApr 27, 2016
Wunderlich Buy BuyMaintainApr 27, 2016
Macquarie Neutral NeutralMaintainApr 20, 2015
Buckingham Research Buy BuyMaintainApr 15, 2015
FBR Capital Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 22, 2014
Northland Outperform OutperformMaintainJul 2, 2014
Sterne Agee Buy BuyMaintainFeb 4, 2014
Topeka Capital Hold HoldMaintainNov 29, 2013
Topeka Hold HoldMaintainNov 29, 2013
Northland Securities Market Perform OutperformDowngradeJul 29, 2013
FBN Securities Outperform OutperformMaintainApr 11, 2013
Northern Securities Outperform OutperformMaintainSep 12, 2012
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $156.07. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
WedbushAnalyst unavailable$155$158.85 -0.7%Sep 10, 2026
SusquehannaAnalyst unavailable$160$156.4 +2.5%Jul 31, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$185$156.05 +18.5%Jul 30, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$165$156.26 +5.7%Jul 30, 2026
Evercore ISIAnalyst unavailable$165$158.65 +5.7%Jul 30, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$136$159.79 -12.9%Jul 30, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$160$158.1 +2.5%Jul 30, 2026
UBSRoger Boyd$180$158.54 +15.3%Jul 30, 2026
BTIGGray Powell$203$153.22 +30.1%Jul 30, 2026
ScotiabankPatrick Colville$163$153.22 +4.4%Jul 30, 2026
Stifel NicolausAnalyst unavailable$175$153.22 +12.1%Jul 30, 2026
Goldman SachsGabriela Borges$190$153.22 +21.7%Jul 30, 2026
Piper SandlerAnalyst unavailable$175$153.22 +12.1%Jul 30, 2026
Rosenblatt SecuritiesCatherine Trebnick$195$153.22 +24.9%Jul 30, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$135$153.22 -13.5%Jul 30, 2026
Wolfe ResearchAnalyst unavailable$175$153.22 +12.1%Jul 30, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$190$153.22 +21.7%Jul 30, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldJonathan Ruykhaver$185$153.22 +18.5%Jul 30, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldAnalyst unavailable$165$155.05 +5.7%Jul 23, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$183$160.36 +17.3%Jul 21, 2026
Robert W. BairdShrenik Kothari$120$160.36 -23.1%Jul 21, 2026
Morgan StanleyMeta Marshall$133$160.36 -14.8%Jul 21, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$120$161.61 -23.1%Jul 20, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$160$161.69 +2.5%Jul 16, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$125$166.83 -19.9%Jul 15, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$170$157.51 +8.9%Jul 13, 2026
BTIGGray Powell$186$163.73 +19.2%Jul 10, 2026
HSBCAnalyst unavailable$102$155.42 -34.6%Jun 29, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$155$145.06 -0.7%Jun 12, 2026
SusquehannaShyam Patil$115$111.96 -26.3%May 8, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$107$110.97 -31.4%May 7, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$80$110.83 -48.7%May 7, 2026
Deutsche BankAnalyst unavailable$100$111.44 -35.9%May 7, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$120$111.29 -23.1%May 7, 2026
Robert W. BairdShrenik Kothari$115$89.95 -26.3%May 7, 2026
Wells FargoAnalyst unavailable$70$89.95 -55.1%May 7, 2026
StephensAnalyst unavailable$115$89.95 -26.3%May 7, 2026
BTIGGray Powell$125$89.95 -19.9%May 7, 2026
BarclaysAnalyst unavailable$115$89.95 -26.3%May 7, 2026
Compass PointAnalyst unavailable$100$88.34 -35.9%May 4, 2026
Arete ResearchEllie Kearney$104$84.35 -33.4%Apr 27, 2026
Stifel NicolausAnalyst unavailable$85$83.1 -45.5%Mar 11, 2026
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$95$82.76 -39.1%Feb 9, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$90$81.46 -42.3%Feb 6, 2026
RBC CapitalDan Bergstrom$90$81.61 -42.3%Feb 6, 2026
BernsteinAnalyst unavailable$83$81.83 -46.8%Feb 6, 2026
Evercore ISIPeter Levine$80$80.89 -48.7%Feb 6, 2026
Mizuho SecuritiesAnalyst unavailable$74$78.93 -52.6%Feb 6, 2026
UBSAnalyst unavailable$90$78.93 -42.3%Feb 6, 2026
JefferiesJoseph Gallo$90$78.93 -42.3%Feb 6, 2026
BarclaysSaket Kalia$88$81.29 -43.6%Feb 3, 2026
ScotiabankAnalyst unavailable$85$81.26 -45.5%Feb 2, 2026
JefferiesJoseph Gallo$80$81.51 -48.7%Jan 30, 2026
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$88$75.1 -43.6%Jan 20, 2026
Piper SandlerRob Owens$90$77.88 -42.3%Jan 5, 2026
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$70$79.38 -55.1%Dec 18, 2025
Cantor FitzgeraldJonathan Ruykhaver$87$78.92 -44.3%Nov 24, 2025
Morgan StanleyMeta Marshall$67$76.92 -57.1%Sep 2, 2025
Morgan StanleyKeith Weiss$78$96.58 -50.0%Aug 7, 2025
BarclaysSaket Kalia$110$99.06 -29.5%Jul 14, 2025
Roth CapitalAnalyst unavailable$103$94.37 -34.0%Apr 22, 2025
UBSAnalyst unavailable$123$95.47 -21.2%Mar 18, 2025
KeyBancEric Heath$115$97.13 -26.3%Dec 19, 2024
Stifel NicolausAdam Borg$103$93.36 -34.0%Dec 18, 2024
Rosenblatt SecuritiesCatherine Trebnick$100$69.69 -35.9%Nov 19, 2024
HSBCStephen Bersey$111$97.18 -28.9%Nov 11, 2024
BMO CapitalKeith Bachman$88$78.18 -43.6%Nov 8, 2024
BarclaysSaket Kalia$85$78.84 -45.5%Nov 4, 2024
Rosenblatt SecuritiesCatherine Trebnick$85$78.74 -45.5%Oct 31, 2024
Truist FinancialJunaid Siddiqui$85$80.7 -45.5%Oct 23, 2024
Mizuho SecuritiesGregg Moskowitz$68$82.12 -56.4%Oct 17, 2024
HSBCStephen Bersey$83$77.66 -46.8%Sep 23, 2024
CFRAJanice Quek$84$75.08 -46.2%Sep 13, 2024
CitigroupFatima Boolani$76$74.49 -51.3%Sep 13, 2024
Robert W. BairdShrenik Kothari$80$68.26 -48.7%Aug 7, 2024
BMO CapitalKeith Bachman$76$69.93 -51.3%Aug 7, 2024
Wells FargoAndrew Nowinski$64$55.81 -59.0%Aug 7, 2024
HSBCStephen Bersey$59$69.93 -62.2%Aug 7, 2024
Rosenblatt SecuritiesCatherine Trebnick$68$55.44 -56.4%Aug 5, 2024
CitigroupFatima Boolani$65$57.39 -58.4%Jul 30, 2024
Morgan StanleyHamza Fodderwala$69$58.92 -55.8%Jul 17, 2024
ScotiabankPatrick Colville$80$59.65 -48.7%Jun 11, 2024
Evercore ISIPeter Levine$67$60.09 -57.1%Jun 10, 2024
Piper SandlerRob Owens$70$59.83 -55.1%May 3, 2024
Truist FinancialJunaid Siddiqui$70$61.43 -55.1%May 3, 2024
HSBCStephen Bersey$54$65.2 -65.4%May 3, 2024
UBSFatima Boolani$69$65.2 -55.8%May 3, 2024
Cantor FitzgeraldYi Fu Lee$55$65.2 -64.8%May 3, 2024
Mizuho SecuritiesGregg Moskowitz$66$65.2 -57.7%May 3, 2024
RBC CapitalDan Bergstrom$68$65.2 -56.4%May 3, 2024
BarclaysSaket Kalia$75$65.2 -51.9%May 3, 2024
Robert W. BairdShrenik Kothari$81$69.48 -48.1%Feb 7, 2024
GuggenheimRaymond McDonough$62$47.75 -60.3%Nov 3, 2023
GuggenheimRaymond McDonough$70$56.77 -55.1%Aug 7, 2023
Loop Capital MarketsAnalyst unavailable$66$51.99 -57.7%Feb 7, 2023
BMO CapitalAnalyst unavailable$57$53.09 -63.5%Feb 2, 2023
Morgan StanleyAnalyst unavailable$71$48.98 -54.5%Dec 22, 2022
Morgan StanleyHamza Fodderwala$66$45.93 -57.7%Nov 3, 2022
SMBC NikkoCarson Sippel$70$53.74 -55.1%Oct 6, 2022
MKM PartnersCatharine Trebnick$70$50.42 -55.1%Sep 16, 2022
Deutsche BankBrad Zelnick$63$51.93 -59.6%Aug 17, 2022
BarclaysSaket Kalia$77$52.53 -50.7%Aug 4, 2022
BMO CapitalKeith Bachman$70$57.37 -55.1%Jul 5, 2022
KeyBancMichael Turits$70.6$56.31 -54.8%May 15, 2022
Deutsche BankPatrick Colville$60$52.19 -61.6%May 12, 2022
CitigroupFatima Boolani$81$61.73 -48.1%Apr 29, 2022
Goldman SachsBrian Essex$78$66.35 -50.0%Apr 17, 2022
BarclaysSaket Kalia$79$67.8 -49.4%Apr 3, 2022
Deutsche BankPatrick Colville$50$66.55 -68.0%Mar 26, 2022
WedbushDaniel Ives$70$62.87 -55.1%Feb 6, 2022
Evercore ISIIrvin Liu$76$62.87 -51.3%Feb 4, 2022
Morgan StanleyHamza Fodderwala$63$62.87 -59.6%Feb 4, 2022
Raymond JamesAdam Tindle$70$62.87 -55.1%Feb 4, 2022
Colliers SecuritiesCatharine Trebnick$66$62.87 -57.7%Feb 4, 2022
Wells FargoAndrew Nowinski$72$59.4 -53.9%Feb 3, 2022
Cowen & Co.Shaul Eyal$85$61.43 -45.5%Jan 19, 2022
BTIGGray Powell$78.2$68.27 -49.9%Nov 17, 2021
Piper SandlerRob Owens$70$68.24 -55.1%Nov 5, 2021
FBN SecuritiesShebly Seyrafi$80$68.24 -48.7%Nov 5, 2021
OppenheimerIttai Kidron$80$68.24 -48.7%Nov 5, 2021
Goldman SachsBrian Essex$76$68.24 -51.3%Nov 5, 2021
KeyBancMichael Turits$74$66.38 -52.6%Oct 25, 2021
Stifel NicolausAdam Borg$71$59.92 -54.5%Sep 21, 2021
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Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +20.0% Event window
SPY move -0.3% Same window
Abnormal move +20.3% Stock minus SPY
Volume 3.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +34.0% Up to 20 sessions
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Transcript intelligence

What changed

Compared to Q4 FY2025, where billings grew 18% and revenue growth was 15%, Q1 FY2026 accelerated on both axes with billings at 31% and revenue at 20%. Service billings accelerated to 27%, easing the prior concern about services revenue lagging hardware. Deferred revenue grew 15%. The guidance posture shifted from maintained to raised. New product launches (3500G and 400G series, bundled SD-WAN/SASE) were announced alongside the secured AI data center deal for a GPU-compute cloud provider. The prior quarter's pricing actions of 5% to 20% across appliances do not appear to have dampened demand. Competitor Check Point was mentioned this quarter, whereas no competitors were named in the prior quarter.

Guidance delta

Full-year FY2026 guidance was raised across all top-line metrics, a shift from the prior quarter's maintained posture. The prior quarter guided to 13% billing growth and 12% revenue growth; the raise reflects management confidence in sustained AI, OT, and sovereign SASE tailwinds.

Key takeaways

  • Revenue grew 20% YoY to $1.85B, beating the $1.73B consensus by 6.7%
  • EPS of $0.82 exceeded the $0.619 estimate by 32.5%
  • Billings surged 31% to $2.09B, above the high end of guidance
  • Record free cash flow of $1B underscored financial strength
  • Full-year guidance raised across all top-line metrics
  • Shares jumped roughly 20% on results with a further 34% subsequent drift

Management priorities

  • Rollout of the 3500G and 400G hardware families
  • Expansion of the bundled SD-WAN and SASE service offering
  • Continued investment in ASIC technology and edge security appliances
  • Growth of sovereign SASE deployments, especially with European service providers
  • Ongoing shareholder return programs and investor engagement

Sources

  1. Earnings call transcript and parsed analysis · 2026-05-11T10:29:34.698584+00:00
  2. FN2 earnings calendar · 2026-07-26T00:37:12.209961+00:00
  3. Polygon adjusted daily market bars · 2026-07-29T00:50:56.518816+00:00
  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-07-29T00:50:56.516016+00:00

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