On August 28, Fortinet declined 3.26% in regular trading, trading at approximately $166.79/share, with turnover of $103 million. The decline came as the cybersecurity sector retreated following a sharp rally in the prior session driven by CrowdStrike and Okta's optimistic earnings outlooks.

On August 27, the cybersecurity sector surged broadly, with CrowdStrike rising nearly 20%, Okta jumping 25%, and the Global X Cybersecurity ETF posting its largest gain in 16 months. Fortinet itself gained over 8% during that session. Following the rapid run-up, profit-taking pressure emerged across the sector, with CrowdStrike declining approximately 5.85% on August 28, dragging Fortinet lower through sector linkage.

Fundamentally, Fortinet recently reported Q2 adjusted EPS of $0.90, well above the $0.75 estimate, with revenue of $2.048 billion also beating consensus. The company raised full-year revenue guidance to $8.02-$8.18 billion and recently acquired AI security firm Virtue AI to expand its AI-driven security platform capabilities.

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