Which is more profitable, Fortinet or IBM?

Fortinet keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Fortinet or IBM?

Fortinet grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Fortinet or IBM?

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

Which has less debt, Fortinet or IBM?

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

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Fortinet vs IBM stock

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

In one sentence

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

Side by side

	Fortinet	IBM
	$93.5 billion	$234 billion
	27.3%	15.7%
	+21.3%	+4.1%
	50.4×	22.0×
	Net cash	3.0 years
	83.5%	10.2%
	–	2.5%

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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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