FORTINET, INC. vs Sandisk Corporation, two Computer Hardware stocks. A side-by-side on valuation, growth, margins, returns, and what each price is betting.
Where FTNT and SNDK diverge most: on debt / equity, FTNT reads 0.32 and SNDK reads 0.00; on revenue growth, FTNT reads +18.7% and SNDK reads +111.6%. The rest of the comparable metrics sit closer together. What FTNT's price implies is a somewhat stretched bet versus history (whole-company basis). The bull and bear cases for each are in their full reports below.
| Metric | FTNT | SNDK |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $161.89 | $1214.05 |
| Market cap | $119.8B | $179.8B |
| Sector | Computer Hardware | Computer Hardware |
| Stage | Growth | Growth |
| P/E | 57.2 | — |
| P/B | 77.22 | 13.05 |
| P/S | 15.91 | 15.93 |
| EV/EBITDA | 45.3 | 32.7 |
| Revenue growth | +18.7% | +111.6% |
| Gross margin | 80.2% | 78.3% |
| Operating margin | 33.7% | 69.1% |
| Net margin | 28.2% | 40.0% |
| Return on equity | 136.7% | 32.7% |
| Return on assets | 19.5% | 26.4% |
| Return on invested capital | 94.2% | 34.2% |
| FCF yield | 2.6% | 2.5% |
| Debt / equity | 0.32 | 0.00 |
| Current ratio | 1.28 | 4.78 |
| Altman Z (solvency) | 7.01 | 8.19 |
| Piotroski F (quality) | 6 / 9 | 6 / 9 |
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