Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. Has $16.13 Million Stock Position in Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT)

Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Fortinet, Inc. (NASDAQ:FTNT - Free Report) by 359.0% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 167,542 shares of the software maker's stock after purchasing an additional 131,037 shares during the quarter. Cookson Peirce & Co. Inc.'s holdings in Fortinet were worth $16,128,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

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Several other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Hemington Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Fortinet by 16.6% during the 1st quarter. Hemington Wealth Management now owns 752 shares of the software maker's stock worth $72,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI increased its stake in shares of Fortinet by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Citizens Financial Group Inc. RI now owns 12,334 shares of the software maker's stock worth $1,187,000 after purchasing an additional 107 shares during the last quarter. Eagle Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Fortinet by 0.4% during the 1st quarter. Eagle Capital Management LLC now owns 26,285 shares of the software maker's stock worth $2,530,000 after purchasing an additional 109 shares during the last quarter. ORG Partners LLC grew its stake in Fortinet by 47.5% in the 1st quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 348 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $34,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bogart Wealth LLC grew its stake in Fortinet by 37.3% in the 1st quarter. Bogart Wealth LLC now owns 412 shares of the software maker's stock valued at $40,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 83.71% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Fortinet news, VP Michael Xie sold 476,596 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $98.48, for a total value of $46,935,174.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the vice president directly owned 9,730,560 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $958,265,548.80. The trade was a 4.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Ken Xie sold 158,486 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $98.48, for a total transaction of $15,607,701.28. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 51,391,879 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $5,061,072,243.92. This represents a 0.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 17.20% of the company's stock.

Fortinet Trading Up 1.1%

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Shares of FTNT stock opened at $79.33 on Thursday. Fortinet, Inc. has a 12-month low of $70.12 and a 12-month high of $114.82. The company has a market capitalization of $60.79 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.61, a P/E/G ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $100.27 and a 200 day moving average price of $101.18. The company has a quick ratio of 1.24, a current ratio of 1.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24.

Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The software maker reported $0.64 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.59 by $0.05. Fortinet had a net margin of 30.60% and a return on equity of 111.46%. The company had revenue of $1.63 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.63 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.57 earnings per share. The company's revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. Research analysts forecast that Fortinet, Inc. will post 2.09 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

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A number of research firms recently issued reports on FTNT. Barclays lowered their target price on shares of Fortinet from $110.00 to $90.00 and set an "equal weight" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Wolfe Research began coverage on shares of Fortinet in a research note on Monday, May 12th. They issued a "peer perform" rating on the stock. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of Fortinet from $110.00 to $90.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, August 7th. Roth Capital set a $103.00 target price on shares of Fortinet and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 22nd. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their target price on shares of Fortinet from $110.00 to $113.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twenty-five have assigned a hold rating, eight have given a buy rating and two have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of $97.93.

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Fortinet Company Profile

Fortinet, Inc provides cybersecurity and convergence of networking and security solutions worldwide. It offers secure networking solutions focus on the convergence of networking and security; network firewall solutions that consist of FortiGate data centers, hyperscale, and distributed firewalls, as well as encrypted applications; wireless LAN solutions; and secure connectivity solutions, including FortiSwitch secure ethernet switches, FortiAP wireless local area network access points, FortiExtender 5G connectivity gateways, and other products.

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