KeyBanc Lifts Fortinet Price Target Price By 14%

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  • KeyBanc analyst Michael Turits raised the price target on Fortinet Inc (NASDAQ: FTNT) to $370 from $324, implying 11.5% upside, and reiterated an Overweight.

  • The rating follows vigorous Q3 checks, the expectation for minimal supply chain disruption, and solid VAR survey results.

  • The analyst notes that his Q3 VAR survey saw an increased percentage of respondents indicating they met or exceeded this quarter's plan.

  • At the same time, however, there were increased reports of supply chain delays, and expectations for both 2021 and 2022 growth moderated.

  • Digital transformation focus remains on cloud data management, advanced security, and application modernization, Turits adds.

  • The analyst also points out that security VARs again indicated robust demand, if with a slightly lower percentage of meets/beats than last quarter and with increasing reports of supply chain constraints.

  • Price Action: FTNT shares closed lower by 1.01% at $331.91 on Monday.

Latest Ratings for FTNT

Oct 2021

Keybanc

Maintains

Overweight

Oct 2021

Mizuho

Maintains

Neutral

Oct 2021

Barclays

Maintains

Equal-Weight

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