FTNT vs CRWD vs ALRM Stock Comparison

Fortinet, CrowdStrike Holdings and Alarm.com Holdings Prices as of Oct 26, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FTNT Fortinet, Inc.
$183.33 +5.7% 1M +114.3% 1Y
Market cap
$135.62B
P/E
64.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.53B
Div. yield
–
Cybersecurity Software Technology
4 wins
ALRM Alarm.com Holdings, Inc.
$64.59 +21.0% 1M +24.8% 1Y
Market cap
$3.17B
P/E
26.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.06B
Div. yield
–
Cybersecurity Software Technology
4 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Alarm.com Holdings leads on 4 of the 12 questions below (Alarm.com Holdings 4, Fortinet 4, CrowdStrike Holdings 3). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFTNTCRWDALRMLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $135.62B $272.35B $3.17B CRWD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 64.0x 4,659x 26.9x ALRM
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 51.2x 196.9x 21.5x ALRM
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +18.8% +24.3% +8.7% CRWD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 28.2% 1.1% 11.1% FTNT
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital 111.7% -2.1% 7.5% FTNT
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA -1.2x -6.5x 0.1x CRWD
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +114.3% -50.3% +24.8% FTNT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +23.4%/yr -1.3%/yr -4.3%/yr FTNT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 42.8% 150.7% 30.8% ALRM
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 69/100 58/100 70/100 ALRM

Percentile Scorecard

FTNTCRWDALRM

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFTNTCRWDALRM
Valuation 49 #64 of 124 21 #98 of 124 86 #18 of 124
Growth 64 #41 of 113 88 #15 of 113 44 #64 of 113
Profitability 100 #1 of 110 67 #37 of 110 85 #17 of 110
Financial Health 55 #59 of 129 62 #50 of 129 58 #55 of 129
Shareholder Returns 76 #17 of 67 55 #31 of 67 79 #15 of 67
Overall 69 58 70
  • FTNT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • CRWD ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • ALRM ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFTNTCRWDALRMSPY
1 month +5.7%+3.8%+21.0% -0.8%
3 months +20.3%+45.4%+20.5% +3.5%
6 months +114.0%-42.4%+44.0% +7.0%
Year to date +130.9%-44.1%+26.6% +12.2%
1 year +114.3%-50.3%+24.8% +13.0%
3 years +225.9%+51.5%+21.0% +86.3%
3 years, per year +48.3%+14.9%+6.6% +23.1%
5 years +185.9%-6.2%-19.5% +68.6%
5 years, per year +23.4%-1.3%-4.3% +11.0%
10 years +2,935.3%—+120.3% +258.0%
10 years, per year +40.7%—+8.2% +13.6%

Risk

MeasureFTNTCRWDALRMSPY
Volatility, 1Y 42.8%150.7%30.8% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 37.8%209.2%31.7% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.991.700.43 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.67-0.330.81 1.02
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.3%-77.1%-52.9% -25.4%
From 52-week high -5.9%-66.5%0.0% -1.8%
52-week high $194.75$782.17$64.59 $779.14
52-week low $75.23$179.38$42.13 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFTNTCRWDALRM
P/E now vs peer median 63.4xmedian 38.1x 4,566xmedian 38.1x 27.0xmedian 38.1x
P/S now vs peer median 17.9xmedian 4.3x 49.7xmedian 4.3x 3.0xmedian 4.3x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 44.1xmedian 35.4x 400.0xmedian 35.4x 18.1xmedian 35.4x
P/FCF now vs peer median 43.1xmedian 27.1x 166.7xmedian 27.1x 16.9xmedian 27.1x
P/B now vs peer median 86.7xmedian 3.4x 52.2xmedian 3.4x 3.7xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 2.18median 1.27 122.89median 1.27 1.36median 1.27

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFTNTCRWDALRM
Revenue $7.53B $5.40B $1.06B
Gross profit $6.04B $4.06B $698.22M
Operating income $2.44B -$119.49M $136.10M
Net income $2.12B $77.40M $117.29M
Free cash flow $3.12B $1.61B $187.71M
R&D $846.40M $1.56B $275.86M
EPS (diluted) $2.87 $0.06 $2.11
Cash & equivalents $2.93B $5.01B $479.42M
Total debt $2.99B $2.98B $2.96B
Shares (diluted) 739.90M 1.04B 55.92M
Enterprise value $121.55B $252.75B $168.28M

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFTNTCRWDALRM
P/E 63.4x 4,566x 27.0x
P/FCF 43.1x 166.7x 16.9x
P/Operating cash flow 39.6x 132.9x 15.9x
P/S 17.9x 49.7x 3.0x
P/B 86.7x 52.2x 3.7x
P/Tangible book 91.2x 55.1x 4.1x
EV/EBITDA 44.1x 400.0x 18.1x
EV/EBIT 53.6x -2,208x 23.4x
EV/Revenue 17.4x 48.9x 3.0x
EV/FCF 42.0x 164.0x 16.9x
EV/Operating cash flow 38.5x 130.8x 16.0x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 2.18 122.89 1.36

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFTNTCRWDALRM
Revenue growth (1Y) 18.8% 24.3% 8.7%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 14.7% 26.9% 7.3%
Gross profit growth (1Y) 17.2% 26.2% 8.8%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) 16.6% 27.6% 9.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 24.8% 66.9% 8.3%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 27.6% 7.9% 34.6%
Net income growth (1Y) 9.3% 127.3% -8.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 26.0% 41.4% 20.7%
EPS growth (1Y) 14.2% 120.0% -2.1%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 29.1% 37.2% 19.9%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 41.5% 45.2% 10.4%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 15.5% 23.8% 36.7%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) 53.3% 45.4% 12.0%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 16.4% 24.1% 41.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFTNTCRWDALRM
Gross margin 80.2% 75.2% 65.8%
EBITDA margin 39.4% 12.2% 16.5%
Operating margin 32.4% -2.2% 12.8%
Pretax margin 34.8% 1.4% 14.4%
Net margin 28.2% 1.1% 11.1%
FCF margin 41.4% 29.8% 17.7%
Operating cash flow margin 45.1% 37.4% 18.8%
Return on equity 166.9% 1.6% 13.6%
Return on assets 20.4% 0.7% 7.1%
Return on invested capital 111.7% -2.1% 7.5%
Return on capital employed 44.2% -1.7% 9.1%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.5x 0.6x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 26.1x 1.7x
Stock comp / revenue 3.9% 23.1% 2.9%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFTNTCRWDALRM
Debt / assets 4.6% 6.2% 29.6%
Debt / equity 0.3x 0.1x 0.6x
Net debt / EBITDA -1.2x -6.5x 0.1x
Debt / FCF 0.2x 0.5x 2.6x
Liabilities / assets 85.7% 57.3% 47.8%
Equity / assets 14.3% 42.7% 52.2%
Interest coverage 135.7x -4.5x 8.6x
Current ratio 1.3x 1.6x 5.0x
Quick ratio 1.1x 1.4x 4.0x
Cash ratio 0.8x 1.1x 3.0x
Altman Z-score 10.21 23.88 4.25

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFTNTCRWDALRM
Dividend yield – – –
Net buyback yield 2.1% 0.0% 2.3%
Shareholder yield 2.1% 0.0% 2.3%
Payout ratio (earnings) – – –
Payout ratio (FCF) – – –
Dividend growth (1Y) – – –
Dividend CAGR (3Y) – – –

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFTNTCRWDALRM
Forward P/E 51.2xFY2026 196.9xFY2026 21.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.58FY2026 $1.33FY2026 $3.00FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +29.7%FY2026 +43.0%FY2026 +14.5%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +0.8% +23.3% +5.7%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.38BFY2026 $6.28BFY2026 $1.01BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +23.2%FY2026 +30.5%FY2026 +0.4%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.2% +22.3% +15.2%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFTNTCRWDALRM
Held by institutions 68.6% 77.4% 98.2%
Institutions holding 1,567 2,432 314
Change in shares held, QoQ +23.7% +12.2% +1.4%
Institutions buying 854 1,374 169
Institutions selling 549 837 106
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.64 1.59

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FTNTCRWDALRM
FTNT 1.00 0.32 0.29
CRWD 0.32 1.00 0.04
ALRM 0.29 0.04 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FTNT, CRWD and ALRM?

CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fortinet (FTNT) $135.62B, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) $272.35B, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) $3.17B.

Which stock is cheaper, FTNT, CRWD and ALRM?

Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Fortinet (FTNT) 64.0x, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 4,659x, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) 26.9x). On next year's consensus earnings, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) is cheapest (Fortinet (FTNT) 51.2x, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 196.9x, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) 21.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Fortinet (FTNT) +18.8%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) +24.3%, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) +8.7%.

Which company is more profitable?

Fortinet (FTNT) has the highest net margin (Fortinet (FTNT) 28.2%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 1.1%, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) 11.1%). On return on invested capital, Fortinet (FTNT) leads (Fortinet (FTNT) 111.7%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -2.1%, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) 7.5%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fortinet (FTNT) returned the most: Fortinet (FTNT) +114.3%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -50.3%, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) +24.8%. Over five years, Fortinet (FTNT) compounded fastest (Fortinet (FTNT) +23.4%/yr, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -1.3%/yr, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) -4.3%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) has been the steadiest (Fortinet (FTNT) 42.8%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 150.7%, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) 30.8%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FTNT, CRWD and ALRM?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Alarm.com Holdings (ALRM) leads on 4. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.