Fortinet, Inc. · FTNT · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026

Fortinet Q2: SASE and AI demand support another guidance raise

Fortinet's Q2 results provide evidence that AI, OT and sovereign SASE demand are supporting growth, while the raised outlook and record margin strengthen the near-term case. The durability of that trajectory depends on pricing execution, supply costs and competition.

Reported After market closeNASDAQTechnology $128.57B market cap
100quality score

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Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $0.90 Consensus $0.75
EPS surprise +20.6% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $2.05B Consensus $1.89B
Revenue surprise +8.4% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move +0.7% Event window
SPY move +1.7% Same window
Abnormal move -1.0% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.2× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +12.0% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Compared with the prior quarter, Fortinet delivered another strong growth quarter, with SASE Firewall becoming a more prominent growth engine. Management added the FortiGate 1200G sovereign SASE appliance and highlighted an eight-figure AI data-center workload contract, while again raising full-year guidance.

Guidance delta

Management raised full-year guidance across billings, revenue, service revenue and EPS.

Key takeaways

  • Q2 revenue grew 26% and billings grew 33%, beating the high end of guidance.
  • SASE Firewall revenue grew 34% to more than $2 billion and became a major growth engine.
  • Record 38% non-GAAP operating margin and higher guidance reinforced the strong quarter.
  • AI, OT and regulated-market demand supported Fortinet's platform strategy.

Management priorities

  • Scale the FortiGate 1200G sovereign SASE appliance.
  • Expand FortiSOC and other AI-enabled security offerings.
  • Continue investing in integrated Secure Networking, Unified SASE and Security Operations.
  • Invest $350-$550 million in FY2026 infrastructure capex and deepen Intel ASIC collaboration.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
FTNT REVENUE earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 9 reported fiscal quarters and 3 future estimate-only quarters. Q4 '23 estimate $1B Q4 '23 actual $1B, beat Q1 '24 estimate $1B Q1 '24 actual $1B, beat Q2 '24 estimate $1B Q2 '24 actual $1B, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1B Q3 '24 actual $2B, beat Q2 '25 estimate $2B Q2 '25 actual $2B, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2B Q3 '25 actual $2B, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2B Q4 '25 actual $2B, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '26 actual $2B, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2B Q2 '26 actual $2B, beat Q3 '26 estimate $2B Q4 '26 estimate $2B Q1 '27 estimate $2B
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusHold67 ratings
Bullish2841.8%
Neutral3349.2%
Bearish69.0%

1 unmapped firm rating excluded from the percentages.

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$173.71Current
$55Low
$112.87Average
$203High

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Sep 22, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

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

FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Bernstein Market Perform Market PerformMaintainSep 17, 2026
Susquehanna Neutral NeutralMaintainJul 31, 2026
Wells Fargo Underweight UnderweightMaintainJul 30, 2026
Stifel Hold HoldMaintainJul 30, 2026
Rosenblatt Buy BuyMaintainJul 30, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $173.7. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
BernsteinAnalyst unavailable$145$171.77 -16.5%Sep 17, 2026
WedbushAnalyst unavailable$155$158.85 -10.8%Sep 10, 2026
SusquehannaAnalyst unavailable$160$156.4 -7.9%Jul 31, 2026
RBC CapitalAnalyst unavailable$185$156.05 +6.5%Jul 30, 2026
Robert W. BairdAnalyst unavailable$165$156.26 -5.0%Jul 30, 2026
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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.…

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