Axon Enterprise (AXON) Competitors

Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ:AXON) and Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT) are both large-cap aerospace companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, profitability, earnings, risk, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, media sentiment and dividends.

Is AXON or FTNT more profitable?

Fortinet has a net margin of 26.79% compared to Axon Enterprise's net margin of 15.37%. Fortinet's return on equity of 973.30% beat Axon Enterprise's return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Axon Enterprise	15.37%	7.50%	3.78%
Fortinet	26.79%	973.30%	18.21%

Do analysts prefer AXON or FTNT?

Axon Enterprise currently has a consensus price target of $488.67, suggesting a potential downside of 23.14%. Fortinet has a consensus price target of $90.43, suggesting a potential downside of 7.36%. Given Fortinet's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Fortinet is more favorable than Axon Enterprise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Axon Enterprise	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	13 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	3.00
Fortinet	1 Sell rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.39

Which has stronger earnings & valuation, AXON or FTNT?

Fortinet has higher revenue and earnings than Axon Enterprise. Fortinet is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Axon Enterprise, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Axon Enterprise	$1.94B	24.98	$174.23M	$3.87	164.28
Fortinet	$5.71B	13.10	$1.15B	$1.98	49.30

Does the MarketBeat Community favor AXON or FTNT?

Fortinet received 849 more outperform votes than Axon Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.23% of users gave Fortinet an outperform vote while only 65.09% of users gave Axon Enterprise an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Axon Enterprise	Outperform Votes 453 65.09%	Underperform Votes 243 34.91%
Fortinet	Outperform Votes 1302 66.23%	Underperform Votes 664 33.77%

Do insiders & institutionals have more ownership in AXON or FTNT?

79.1% of Axon Enterprise shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Fortinet shares are held by institutional investors. 6.1% of Axon Enterprise shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 18.0% of Fortinet shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Which has more risk & volatility, AXON or FTNT?

Axon Enterprise has a beta of 1.01, suggesting that its stock price is 1% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Fortinet has a beta of 1, suggesting that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to AXON or FTNT?

In the previous week, Axon Enterprise had 4 more articles in the media than Fortinet. MarketBeat recorded 32 mentions for Axon Enterprise and 28 mentions for Fortinet. Axon Enterprise's average media sentiment score of 0.88 beat Fortinet's score of 0.87 indicating that Axon Enterprise is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Axon Enterprise	19 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	5 Neutral mention(s)	2 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Fortinet	15 Very Positive mention(s)	2 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Summary

Fortinet beats Axon Enterprise on 11 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.