What is Fortinet's stock repurchased, excise tax?

Fortinet (FTNT) reported stock repurchased, excise tax of $4.58M in Q4 2025.

What does stock repurchased, excise tax mean?

This captures the excise tax paid on the repurchase of corporate stock, as required by recent tax legislation. It represents an additional cost associated with returning capital to shareholders. Monitoring this helps quantify the total cost of share buyback programs beyond the market value of the shares repurchased.

Fortinet FTNT Stock repurchased, excise tax

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.8B+20.1%

Gross profit$1.5B+19.1%

Operating income$580.0M+27.8%

Net income$534.5M+23.3%

EPS (diluted)$0.72+28.6%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$2.2B-38.2%

Total debt$567.2M-47.3%

Total equity$989.7M-49.6%

Total assets$9.9B-5.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$1.1B+24.8%

CapEx$70.6M+6.2%

Free cash flow$1.0B+26.3%

Valuation

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Market cap$109.85B+43.7%

Enterprise value$108.19B+46.4%

P/E56.2×+15.5×

P/S15.5×+3.0×

Profitability

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Gross margin80.3%-1.0pp

Operating margin31.1%-0.4pp

Net margin27.5%-3.1pp

FCF margin34.3%+0.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity132.4%—

Debt / equity0.6×0.0×

Current ratio1.2×-0.2×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Fortinet in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:ShareRepurchaseProgramExciseTax.

The official record: Fortinet’s 10-K, filed February 25, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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What is Fortinet's stock repurchased, excise tax?: Fortinet (FTNT) reported stock repurchased, excise tax of $4.58M in Q4 2025.
What does stock repurchased, excise tax mean?: This captures the excise tax paid on the repurchase of corporate stock, as required by recent tax legislation. It represents an additional cost associated with returning capital to shareholders. Monitoring this helps quantify the total cost of share buyback programs beyond the market value of the shares repurchased.