Verdict: Mixed

Key finding: Forgent's CFO left with no reason beyond family, effective the same day, about 3 weeks before the usual fiscal Q1 report window, and the release did not reaffirm guidance. The business numbers are the strongest in the group (revenue +94% YoY, FY27 guide $2.4-2.6B vs $1.42B FY26), but the stock opened at $27.18, the IPO price, and is trading near its all-time low of $25.95.

Scorecard

Ticker Rev last Q ($M) Rev YoY last Q Rev YoY prior Q Gross margin (last Q, trend) Op margin EPS last Q vs yr ago P/S Mkt cap 1-mo price %
FPS 462 +94.3% +145.9% 33.5% (up from 31.1%) 20.0% 0.18 vs -0.10 5.0 $7.1B -15.9%
VRT 3,274 +24.1% +30.1% 37.7% (flat) 19.5% 1.27 vs 0.83 6.8 $78.4B -15.4%
POWL 312 +8.9% +6.5% 30.6% (up from 29.7%) 20.6% 1.42 vs 1.32 5.1 $5.9B -9.2%
ETN 8,531 +21.4% +16.8% 33.5% (down from 35.6%) 16.3% 2.11 vs 2.51 4.9 $147.6B -9.5%
GEV 11,104 +21.9% +16.1% 21.3% (up from 19.1%) 5.9% 2.47 vs 1.86 6.0 $246.6B -2.1%

FPS is the growth leader of the group by a wide margin: revenue +94% vs +9-24% for peers, with gross margin rising and op margin (20.0%) level with POWL and VRT, at a P/S (5.0) no richer than POWL. The table also shows the whole data-center power group selling off: VRT is down as much as FPS over the month.

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Mixed. The business evidence says intact: the fastest growth in the group, rising margins, a beat-and-raise year (FY26 revenue $1.42B, +89%, above the high end of guidance) and a FY27 guide of $2.4-2.6B. The CFO filing itself contains no bad facts. But a same-day CFO exit weeks before results, with no guidance reaffirmation, is a real unknown, and the sector is selling at the same time. The news alone looks like an overreaction on the facts disclosed; whether it is depends on the November report, which nobody can see yet.

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