FTNT vs GEN vs CRWD Stock Comparison

Fortinet, Gen Digital and CrowdStrike Holdings Prices as of Oct 28, 2026 Peers: Industry group
FTNT Fortinet, Inc.
$174.08 -1.3% 1M +102.7% 1Y
Market cap
$100.10B
P/E
43.9x
Revenue (TTM)
$7.88B
Div. yield
–
Cybersecurity Software Technology
2 wins
GEN Gen Digital Inc.
$24.35 +16.8% 1M -8.8% 1Y
Market cap
$16.86B
P/E
14.0x
Revenue (TTM)
$5.23B
Div. yield
–
Cybersecurity Software Technology
3 wins

Head to Head

8 decided of 12

CrowdStrike Holdings leads on 3 of the 12 questions below (CrowdStrike Holdings 3, Gen Digital 3, Fortinet 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFTNTGENCRWDLeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $100.10B $16.86B $264.73B CRWD
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 43.9x 14.0x 4,528x GEN
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 48.6x 7.9x 200.5x GEN
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +20.2% +16.9% +24.3% CRWD
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months — — 1.1% –
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — — -2.1% –
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — — -6.5x –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% –
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +102.7% -8.8% -51.2% FTNT
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +21.0%/yr -0.9%/yr -1.1%/yr FTNT
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 43.2% 40.3% 150.4% GEN
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 52/100 58/100 59/100 CRWD

Percentile Scorecard

FTNTGENCRWD

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

AxisFTNTGENCRWD
Valuation 31 #86 of 124 81 #24 of 124 21 #98 of 124
Growth 67 #38 of 113 63 #43 of 113 88 #15 of 113
Profitability 96 #5 of 109 80 #23 of 109 68 #36 of 109
Financial Health 15 #108 of 127 8 #117 of 127 61 #50 of 127
Shareholder Returns – – 58 #27 of 63
Overall 52 58 59
  • FTNT ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • GEN ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software
  • CRWD ranked among 137 companies in Infrastructure Software

Price Performance

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

Returns

PeriodFTNTGENCRWDSPY
1 month -1.3%+16.8%+2.9% +0.9%
3 months +13.6%-11.9%+48.7% +5.9%
6 months +102.2%+27.2%-41.1% +8.5%
Year to date +119.2%-10.4%-43.1% +13.3%
1 year +102.7%-8.8%-51.2% +12.4%
3 years +209.4%+47.5%+54.3% +88.1%
3 years, per year +45.8%+13.8%+15.6% +23.5%
5 years +158.8%-4.3%-5.4% +68.2%
5 years, per year +21.0%-0.9%-1.1% +11.0%
10 years +2,637.1%-2.1%— +263.4%
10 years, per year +39.2%-0.2%— +13.8%

Risk

MeasureFTNTGENCRWDSPY
Volatility, 1Y 43.2%40.3%150.4% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 38.7%41.0%208.3% 12.7%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.980.841.70 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 2.38-0.22-0.34 0.98
Max drawdown, 5Y -38.3%-49.7%-77.1% -25.4%
From 52-week high -10.6%-22.5%-65.9% -0.9%
52-week high $194.75$31.41$782.17 $779.14
52-week low $75.23$17.89$179.38 $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.

MultipleFTNTGENCRWD
P/E now vs peer median 55.9xmedian 37.9x 12.1xmedian 37.9x 4,650xmedian 37.9x
P/S now vs peer median 16.2xmedian 4.4x 2.8xmedian 4.4x 50.6xmedian 4.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median —median 34.5x —median 34.5x 407.4xmedian 34.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median 41.4xmedian 26.6x 8.6xmedian 26.6x 169.7xmedian 26.6x
P/B now vs peer median 56.8xmedian 3.4x 5.3xmedian 3.4x 53.1xmedian 3.4x
PEG now vs peer median 1.96median 1.24 -4.45median 1.24 125.16median 1.24

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 monthsFTNTGENCRWD
Revenue $7.88B $5.23B $5.40B
Gross profit – $4.05B $4.06B
Operating income $2.60B $2.19B -$119.49M
Net income $2.28B $1.21B $77.40M
Free cash flow – – $1.61B
R&D $857.40M $430.00M $1.56B
EPS (diluted) $3.08 $2.00 $0.06
Cash & equivalents $3.75B $589.00M $5.01B
Total debt – – $2.98B
Shares (diluted) 739.90M 603.00M 1.04B
Enterprise value $100.10B $16.86B $245.13B

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
MetricFTNTGENCRWD
P/E 55.9x 12.1x 4,650x
P/FCF 41.4x 8.6x 169.7x
P/Operating cash flow 34.6x 8.2x 135.4x
P/S 16.2x 2.8x 50.6x
P/B 56.8x 5.3x 53.1x
P/Tangible book 56.8x 17.9x 56.1x
EV/EBITDA – – 407.4x
EV/EBIT – – -2,249x
EV/Revenue 16.2x 2.8x 49.8x
EV/FCF – – 167.1x
EV/Operating cash flow 34.6x 8.2x 133.3x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 1.96 -4.45 125.16

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFTNTGENCRWD
Revenue growth (1Y) 20.2% 16.9% 24.3%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 15.1% 11.7% 26.9%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – 14.1% 26.2%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – 10.2% 27.6%
Operating income growth (1Y) 27.8% 30.5% 66.9%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) 28.9% 26.3% 7.9%
Net income growth (1Y) 21.8% 111.6% 127.3%
Net income CAGR (3Y) 25.6% -4.8% 41.4%
EPS growth (1Y) 25.3% 118.9% 120.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 28.5% -2.7% 37.2%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) 50.6% 34.4% 45.2%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 17.5% 22.0% 23.8%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) – – 45.4%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) – – 24.1%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFTNTGENCRWD
Gross margin – – 75.2%
EBITDA margin – – 12.2%
Operating margin – – -2.2%
Pretax margin – – 1.4%
Net margin – – 1.1%
FCF margin – – 29.8%
Operating cash flow margin 46.8% 34.0% 37.4%
Return on equity 120.1% 44.7% 1.6%
Return on assets 20.0% 7.7% 0.7%
Return on invested capital – – -2.1%
Return on capital employed – – -1.7%
Asset turnover 0.7x 0.3x 0.5x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 1.6x 1.5x 26.1x
Stock comp / revenue 3.9% 4.3% 23.1%

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFTNTGENCRWD
Debt / assets – – 6.2%
Debt / equity – – 0.1x
Net debt / EBITDA – – -6.5x
Debt / FCF – – 0.5x
Liabilities / assets 81.2% 82.4% 57.3%
Equity / assets 18.8% 17.6% 42.7%
Interest coverage – – -4.5x
Current ratio 1.4x 0.4x 1.6x
Quick ratio – – 1.4x
Cash ratio – – 1.1x
Altman Z-score – – 24.32

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFTNTGENCRWD
Dividend yield – 2.1% –
Net buyback yield – – 0.0%
Shareholder yield – 2.1% 0.0%
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.

ConsensusFTNTGENCRWD
Forward P/E 48.6xFY2026 7.9xFY2026 200.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $3.58FY2026 $3.07FY2026 $1.33FY2026
EPS growth, next FY +29.7%FY2026 +19.9%FY2026 +43.0%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +0.8% +10.4% +23.3%
Revenue, next fiscal year $8.38BFY2026 $5.64BFY2026 $6.28BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +23.2%FY2026 +12.7%FY2026 +30.5%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after +13.2% +8.2% +22.3%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFTNTGENCRWD
Held by institutions 68.6% 89.1% 77.4%
Institutions holding 1,567 688 2,433
Change in shares held, QoQ +23.7% +3.8% +12.2%
Institutions buying 854 391 1,375
Institutions selling 549 211 837
Buyers to sellers 1.56 1.85 1.64

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.

FTNTGENCRWD
FTNT 1.00 0.42 0.32
GEN 0.42 1.00 0.09
CRWD 0.32 0.09 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FTNT, GEN and CRWD?

CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fortinet (FTNT) $100.10B, Gen Digital (GEN) $16.86B, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) $264.73B.

Which stock is cheaper, FTNT, GEN and CRWD?

Gen Digital (GEN) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Fortinet (FTNT) 43.9x, Gen Digital (GEN) 14.0x, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 4,528x). On next year's consensus earnings, Gen Digital (GEN) is cheapest (Fortinet (FTNT) 48.6x, Gen Digital (GEN) 7.9x, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 200.5x). 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) +20.2%, Gen Digital (GEN) +16.9%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) +24.3%.

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Fortinet (FTNT) returned the most: Fortinet (FTNT) +102.7%, Gen Digital (GEN) -8.8%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -51.2%. Over five years, Fortinet (FTNT) compounded fastest (Fortinet (FTNT) +21.0%/yr, Gen Digital (GEN) -0.9%/yr, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) -1.1%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Gen Digital (GEN) has been the steadiest (Fortinet (FTNT) 43.2%, Gen Digital (GEN) 40.3%, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) 150.4%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

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

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) leads on 3. 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.