Which is more profitable, Cisco or Fortinet?

Fortinet keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Cisco or Fortinet?

Fortinet grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Cisco or Fortinet?

Cisco costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Cisco or Fortinet?

Fortinet would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Cisco vs Fortinet stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Cisco is cheaper for its profits. Fortinet is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt.

Side by side

	Cisco	Fortinet
	$377 billion	$93.5 billion
	21.0%	27.3%
	+4.9%	+21.3%
	28.4×	50.4×
	1.1 years	Net cash
	17.7%	83.5%
	1.4%	–

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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