Fortinetreason 01 of 4it can hold its price and keep the customerderived 2026-09-08accession 0001262039-26-000021
Fortinet possesses pricing power in its hardware business, demonstrated by its ability to raise prices amid component cost inflation while simultaneously accelerating unit volume growth and expanding product gross margins. This suggests customers value the performance differentiation enough to absorb price increases rather than switch to alternatives, indicating the FortiASIC-powered appliances command a premium that competitors cannot easily replicate.
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“Product revenue increased 52% during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period last year, primarily driven by hardware revenue growth resulting from higher unit shipments, higher average selling prices resulting from customer demand for higher-performing models and recent pricing actions.”
“Product revenue growth was driven by growth in secure networking hardware products and term licenses, including increased demand for higher performance products, deployments related to AI infrastructure, technology upgrades, upsell activity, and expansion into new use cases.”
“Product gross margin increased 2.4 percentage points during the three months ended June 30, 2026 compared to the same period last year, primarily driven by recent pricing actions.”
“We are implementing price increases to mitigate increased hardware costs resulting from memory chip shortages.”