Insider trade

CEO sold ~$3.16M of FTNT shares in the open market

Traded Aug 3, 2026 · Filed Aug 5, 2026

FortinetFTNT

~$3.16M
Reported value · 20K sh @ $160.823: 53.1M
Holds after · shares reported: +9.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.8%, $163.21 → $178.72 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Fortinet sold $3.16M of Fortinet shares. It was planned long ago, so it says very little.

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Aug 3, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 5, 2026

CEO$1M+Pre-arranged plan referenced

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$3,159,689

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

5 days after results of Jul 29, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $163.21 on Aug 3, 2026, within 3% of its 52-week high, after a 13% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $74.39 (Aug 8, 2025) to $166.83 (Jul 14, 2026), 96% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $144.73 on Jun 18, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

Footnote references a pre-arranged trading plan (Rule 10b5-1)

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Oct 16, 2025 in the U.S. District Court, N.D. California. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

2 such cases were open. State of Rhode Island Office of the General Treasurer on Behalf of the Employees' Retirement System of the State of Rhode Island v. Fortinet, Inc., docket 3:25-cv-08888, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	-2.0%	+0.3%	-2.4%
30 days	-4.8%	+0.1%	-4.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001475587-26-000014
Filed / recorded: Aug 5, 2026, 1:13 AM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 2, 2026, 12:27 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Fortinet, Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1262039
Ticker: FTNT
Reporting person: Ken Xie
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: PRESIDENT & CEO
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Aug 3, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 19,647
Price per share: $160.823
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 53,095,798
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The reported transaction was effected pursuant to a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan adopted by the Reporting Person on March 3, 2026.
Represents the weighted average sale price. The lowest price at which shares were sold was $160.45 and the highest price at which shares were sold was $161.44.