Axon Enterprise (AXON) Competitors

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

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

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

Which has preferable valuation & earnings, FTNT or AXON?

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
Fortinet	$5.71B	12.64	$1.15B	$1.98	47.58
Axon Enterprise	$1.56B	29.23	$174.23M	$3.87	154.87

Do analysts recommend FTNT or AXON?

Fortinet currently has a consensus target price of $79.52, indicating a potential downside of 15.59%. Axon Enterprise has a consensus target price of $427.83, indicating a potential downside of 28.62%. Given Fortinet's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Fortinet is more favorable than Axon Enterprise.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Fortinet	1 Sell rating(s)	19 Hold rating(s)	11 Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.38
Axon Enterprise	0 Sell rating(s)	1 Hold rating(s)	12 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.92

Which has more volatility and risk, FTNT or AXON?

Fortinet has a beta of 1, indicating that its stock price has a similar volatility profile to the S&P 500.Comparatively, Axon Enterprise has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Does the media refer more to FTNT or AXON?

In the previous week, Fortinet had 17 more articles in the media than Axon Enterprise. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Fortinet and 31 mentions for Axon Enterprise. Fortinet's average media sentiment score of 0.97 beat Axon Enterprise's score of 0.93 indicating that Fortinet is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company	Very Positive	Positive	Neutral	Negative	Very Negative	Overall Sentiment
Fortinet	24 Very Positive mention(s)	6 Positive mention(s)	12 Neutral mention(s)	1 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive
Axon Enterprise	16 Very Positive mention(s)	3 Positive mention(s)	8 Neutral mention(s)	0 Negative mention(s)	0 Very Negative mention(s)	Positive

Is FTNT or AXON 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
Fortinet	26.79%	973.30%	18.21%
Axon Enterprise	15.37%	7.50%	3.78%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor FTNT or AXON?

Fortinet received 843 more outperform votes than Axon Enterprise when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.43% of users gave Fortinet an outperform vote while only 64.99% of users gave Axon Enterprise an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Fortinet	Outperform Votes 1294 66.43%	Underperform Votes 654 33.57%
Axon Enterprise	Outperform Votes 451 64.99%	Underperform Votes 243 35.01%

Summary

Fortinet beats Axon Enterprise on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.