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PANW Stock Chart & Stats
$339.90
-$1.84(-0.57%)
At close: 4:00 PM EDT
$339.90
-$1.84(-0.57%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$139.57 - $398.88
Previous CloseN/A
Volume5.13M
Average Volume (3M)5.81M
Market Cap
$305.88B
Enterprise Value$270.60K
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$3.07B
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$2.50B
Price to Earnings (P/E)815.4
Beta1.40
Next Earnings
Nov 12, 2026EPS Estimate
0.97Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend YieldN/A
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)0.46
Shares Outstanding818,000,000
10 Day Avg. Volume6,356,920
30 Day Avg. Volume5,814,332
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio-9.87
Price to Book (P/B)9.04
Price to Sales (P/S)21.65
P/FCF Ratio60.43
Enterprise Value/Market Cap<0.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue<0.01
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit<0.01
Enterprise Value/Ebitda<0.01
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$405.95Price Target Upside19.43% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering41
EPS Forecast (FY)4.19
Revenue Forecast (FY)$14.15B
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Recurring Platform Revenue And ExpansionA subscription-led model can provide recurring revenue, renewal visibility, and opportunities to expand spending within existing customers. Multi-year agreements and cross-platform adoption strengthen customer relationships and support more durable revenue growth than one-time product sales alone.
Strong Platform Adoption And Competitive PositionAccelerating platformization and retention above 120% indicate customers are adopting more Palo Alto Networks modules and increasing spending over time. This broadens the company’s role in security environments, raises switching friction, and supports durable share gains.
Resilient Cash Generation And Conservative LeverageHigh free-cash-flow generation gives Palo Alto Networks capacity to fund research, acquisitions, integration, and customer deployment efforts internally. A sizable cash position and conservative leverage also improve resilience while preserving flexibility for strategic capital allocation.
Bears Say
Sharp Profitability CompressionThe steep decline in net margin weakens confidence that recent revenue growth is translating into durable earnings. Even with robust gross margins, lower profitability can constrain reinvestment efficiency and make results more sensitive to operating costs, integration demands, and execution.
Cloud Mix May Pressure MarginsA faster increase in cloud hosting costs could offset operating leverage as the business shifts toward cloud-delivered security. This creates a structural margin headwind over the next several quarters and places greater importance on pricing, infrastructure efficiency, and disciplined product scaling.
Platform Deployments Have Lengthy Sales CyclesLong deployment timelines can delay the conversion of platform interest into revenue and cash-flow acceleration. Customers balancing modernization with other AI priorities may produce uneven adoption, making growth dependent on renewal cycles and sustained execution across complex enterprise environments.
PANW FAQ
What was Palo Alto Networks’s price range in the past 12 months?
Palo Alto Networks lowest stock price was $139.57 and its highest was $398.88 in the past 12 months.
What is Palo Alto Networks’s market cap?
Palo Alto Networks’s market cap is $305.88B.
When is Palo Alto Networks’s upcoming earnings report date?
Palo Alto Networks’s upcoming earnings report date is Nov 12, 2026 which is in 57 days.
How were Palo Alto Networks’s earnings last quarter?
Palo Alto Networks released its earnings results on Sep 01, 2026. The company reported $1.02 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.978 by $0.042.
Is Palo Alto Networks overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Palo Alto Networks’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does Palo Alto Networks pay dividends?
Palo Alto Networks does not currently pay dividends.
What is Palo Alto Networks’s EPS estimate?
Palo Alto Networks’s EPS estimate is 0.97.
How many shares outstanding does Palo Alto Networks have?
Palo Alto Networks has 818,000,000 shares outstanding.
What happened to Palo Alto Networks’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Palo Alto Networks reported an EPS of $1.02 in its last earnings report, beating expectations of $0.978. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -9.282%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Palo Alto Networks?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in PANW
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology
Palo Alto Networks Stock Smart Score
Neutral
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Analyst Consensus
Strong Buy
Average Price Target:
$405.95 (19.43% Upside)
$405.95 (19.43% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Neutral
PANW Sentiment 56%
Sector Average 61%
Sector Average 61%
Hedge Fund Trend
Increased
By 5.0M Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Insider Transactions
Sold Shares
Worth $8.7M over
the Last 3 Months
the Last 3 Months
Crowd Wisdom
Negative
Last 7 Days ▼ 0.8%
Last 30 Days ▼ 0.8%
Last 30 Days ▼ 0.8%
News Sentiment
Very Bullish
Bullish news 100%
Bearish news 0%
Bearish news 0%
Technicals
SMA
Positive
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
90.50%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
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Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
105.55%
Trailing 12-Months
Learn more about TipRanks Smart Score
Company Description
Palo Alto Networks
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is a global leader in providing advanced cybersecurity solutions. The company's core product line includes both hardware and software-based firewalls. It also offers Panorama, a sophisticated security management platform designed for centralized control of these firewall deployments, whether they are physical appliances, virtual instances, or situated in public or private cloud environments. Additionally, the firm provides virtual system upgrades to enhance the capacity of its physical firewall units. Complementing its core products, Palo Alto Networks delivers an extensive range of subscription services. These encompass robust threat prevention, protection against malware and advanced persistent threats, URL filtering, and security for both laptop and mobile devices. Further specialized subscriptions include DNS security, Internet of Things (IoT) security, SaaS security (via API and inline methods), threat intelligence, and data loss prevention. Beyond its product and subscription offerings, the company extends various expert services, such as cloud security, secure access solutions, security analytics and automation tools, and specialized cybersecurity consulting, often integrated with threat intelligence. Its professional services cover critical areas like architectural design and planning, system implementation, configuration, and seamless firewall migration. Educational resources, including certifications and both online and in-classroom training, are also available, alongside comprehensive support services. Palo Alto Networks distributes its security solutions both directly and through an extensive network of channel partners. Its diverse clientele primarily comprises medium to large-scale enterprises, service providers, and governmental organizations across a wide array of industries. These sectors include education, energy, financial services, healthcare, internet and media, manufacturing, the broader public sector, and telecommunications. Established in 2005, Palo Alto Networks maintains its corporate headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
PANW Company Deck
PANW Earnings Call
Q4 2026
0:00 / 0:00
Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call was strongly optimistic, characterized by record financial performance, accelerating platformization, rapid growth in Prisma AIRS, XSIAM, SASE, and observability, successful acquisition integration, and positive fiscal 2027 guidance. The main challenges were lower gross margins, expected cloud hosting-cost growth, persistent hardware commodity costs, the fading impact of a large Chronosphere migration, and the time required for customers to modernize legacy environments. Highlights significantly outweighed the lowlights.View all PANW earnings summariesPANW Revenue Breakdown
19.86% Product
80.14% Subscription and support

PANW Stock 12 Month Forecast
All Analysts
Top Analysts
Average Price Target
$405.95
▲(19.43% Upside)
Technical Analysis
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Ownership Overview
0.35% Insiders
15.14% Mutual Funds
12.73% Other Institutional Investors
41.87% Public Companies and Individual Investors












