Palo Alto Networks (PANW)
Information Technology · Enterprise cybersecurity platforms · NASDAQ
A comprehensive cloud-native cybersecurity platform provider delivering integrated threat prevention, detection, and response solutions for enterprises globally.
What Palo Alto Networks does
Palo Alto Networks provides enterprise cybersecurity solutions built on a platformization strategy that integrates cloud-delivered security products and subscriptions. The company delivers threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities across network, endpoint, cloud, and application security domains. Its business model emphasizes recurring revenue through annual recurring revenue (ARR) and subscription-based cloud security solutions, complemented by product sales and professional services.
Themes: Enterprise cybersecurity, Cloud security, Threat detection and response, Platform consolidation, AI-powered security, Zero trust architecture, Recurring revenue / subscriptions, M&A integration strategy, Global expansion
Fundamentals
- Price$350.90 as of 2026-08-24 close
- Market cap$286.0B as of 2026-08-24
- 1-year return+88.8% 2025-08-22 close $185.88 → 2026-08-24 close $350.90
- P/E288.93 as of 2026-08-24
- Net margin+8.0% as of 2026-08-24
- Gross margin+71.9% as of 2026-08-24
- ROE+6.3% as of 2026-08-24
- Debt / equity0.05 as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue growth (YoY)+19.5% as of 2026-08-24
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+18.8% SEC XBRL
- Beta1.22 as of 2026-08-24
- Last reported earnings2026-06-02 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
How PANW compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiotop 10% 256 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- net profit marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- operating marginmiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- gross marginmiddle range 403 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- return on equitymiddle range 405 covered Information Technology peers, as of 2026-08-24
- 3-year revenue CAGRtop 25% 386 covered Information Technology peers
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)top 10% 382 covered Information Technology peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Information Technology companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
PANW is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Long-term score
51.4 #729 of 1,605 scored · #105 of 258 in Information Technology
Financial health 89th (free cash flow margin 35.8%, debt to equity 0) and growth 79th (3-year revenue CAGR 18.8%, revenue growth year over year 19.5%); weakest is valuation (10th, price to earnings 288.9, price to book 10.3).
Short-term score
52.2 #545 of 1,698 scored · #73 of 261 in Information Technology
Momentum 64th: over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 32.3 percentage points; trend 57th: the price is 8% above the average price paid over the period covered, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain; weakest is catalysts 37th: the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading.
Scores as of 24 Aug 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 3.
How Palo Alto Networks looks technically
Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is trading 54.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 61 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. A trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 25 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend). Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It made a new 20-day high about 8 trading days ago.
Trend
7
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 54.8% above its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a longer-term uptrend | +54.8% |
|---|---|---|
| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $337.27 | $337.27 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $226.68 | $226.68 |
| Swing structure | its recent peaks and dips disagree — one of them is rising while the other is not, so there is no clean up or down pattern in the swings | mixed — one of the two is not confirming |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 11 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 11 sessions |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 61 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 61 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | a trend is forming but not yet strong — ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 25 (a reading of 25+ marks a strong trend) | 24.9 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 48.5 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($343.01 to $398.87) — its "stochastic" reading is 14 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 14.1 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 4 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 4 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $398.87 | $398.87 |
|---|---|---|
| From the 52-week high | it is 12.0% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -12.0% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 151.4% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +151.4% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 12.0% below its highest point of the past year | 12.0% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it made a new 20-day high about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 8 trading days ago | 8 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $398.87 (set on 2026-08-13) | $398.87 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($141.67 to $396.00), and it has given back roughly a quarter of its rise from last year’s low — 18% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $230.69 to $238.82. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 17.7% |
| From the all-time high | it is 12.0% below its all-time high | -12.0% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 5.0% below a resistance level at $368.49 — a price it turned at twice since 2026-07-06, most recently on 2026-07-17. Since 2024-08-26 it has 11 such levels below the current price and 1 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | +5.0% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $6.51 (set on 2013-06-24) | $6.51 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 5287.4% above its all-time low | +5,287% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are about average versus its own recent 6-month history | 59th percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $15.06 between its high and its low — about 4.3% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $15.06 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $314.03 and $405.39 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $314.03 – $359.71 – $405.39 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 4.3% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 4.3% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 8.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average price (54.8% above it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 8.3 daily ranges above its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 0.80× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have raised their average price target by 6.2% since the prior reading | +6.2% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating has softened toward "sell" since the prior reading | 0.04 toward sell |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | 4 sessions ago it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | 4 sessions ago |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 6 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 6 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-08-24 0.5% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and traded back through that level before the close | -0.5% |
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| Gap filled | a 3.5% gap down opened on 2026-08-06 has been "filled" 11 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 1 session to close | 11 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it closed lower in its latest session, after a session that did not close lower — a single down day rather than a run | 1 session down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock beat the market by 5.1 percentage points (the stock gained 8.4% while the market gained 3.3%) | +5.0% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock beat the market by 32.3 percentage points (the stock gained 34.7% while the market gained 2.4%) | +32.3% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock beat the market by 136.6 percentage points (the stock gained 147.7% while the market gained 11.1%) | +136.6% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 70.5 percentage points (the stock gained 88.8% while the market gained 18.3%) | +70.5% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, trading above its 200-day average, outperforming the market over 6 months, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold), trading above the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 1 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it is currently in a bearish state: MACD momentum is negative — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 1 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 7.4% above the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-07-17 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established uptrend, with the band below acting as the level that would have to give way. The band itself is thick, spanning 15.0% of the share price, which is taken to mean a barrier that has held for a while and takes effort to cross. | +7.4% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 59% above the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $221.06 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 161 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +58.7% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 8% above the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-06-02 (its 8-K), so the typical buyer over that stretch is showing a gain. That average is $323.70 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 58 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | +8.4% |
Price levels it has turned at before
PANW last closed at $350.90 on 2026-08-24. Since 2024-08-26 it has turned at 11 prices below its last close and 1 above; the 3 nearest below and the nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $368.49 | Resistance | 5.0% above the last close | turned there twice · 2026-07-06 to 2026-07-17 |
| $218.99 | Support | 37.6% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-10-08 to 2025-11-12 |
| $208.07 | Support | 40.7% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-12-17 to 2025-09-22 |
| $202.59 | Support | 42.3% below the last close | turned there six times · 2024-11-13 to 2025-12-08 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
No Elliott-wave labelling currently fits its swings: the recent highs and lows do not satisfy the three rules a five-wave count has to obey, so there is no count to show rather than a count we are unsure about.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-08-24.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading above the 200-day moving average · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · Analyst price target recently RAISED · beating the market · Stretched far above its 200-day average (6+ daily ranges) · At the bottom of its 14-day range (stochastic below 20) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-08-24. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.64 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 50 analysts
- Mean price target$360.35 range $201.00 – $475.00; median $362.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-08-23. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for PANW
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.9777 next reporting period, as of 2026-08-23
Change over time is not available yet: it needs two readings of the same reporting period at least 30 days apart, and we have been recording these estimates since 2026-08-04. An estimate for a DIFFERENT quarter is not a revision, so a reading from before the last report is never compared with one after it.
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Intense competition from established and emerging cybersecurity vendors expanding into new product and service categories","Execution risks associated with large-scale acquisitions (e.g., CyberArk) and integration of complex technologies and teams","Dependence on geopolitical conditions, trade regulations, and worldwide economic factors affecting manufacturing, delivery, and customer spending"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of PANW's 10-Q filed 2026-06-03 against the prior one filed 2026-02-18.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Added reference to 'identities' in cybersecurity platforms description: 'secure enterprise users, networks, clouds, endpoints, and identities' (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Added phrase 'and on any device' in SASE description: 'secures users working from anywhere and on any device' (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Added reference to 'our or our subsidiaries' debt repayment obligations' in forward-looking statements (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Added reference to 'Iran' in geopolitical conditions: 'hostilities in Israel, Iran, and the surrounding regions' (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Removed:
- Removed reference to CyberArk acquisition expectations from forward-looking statements section; changed from 'including with respect to our acquisition of CyberArk Software Ltd. and our expectations regarding the benefits and synergies of the acquisition' to only mention 'including with respect to our acquisition of CyberArk Software Ltd.' with benefits/synergies statement moved separately (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Removed phrase 'and on any device' from original SASE description in older filing: 'secures users working from anywhere' became 'secures users working from anywhere and on any device' (older filing, 2026-02-18)
- Removed 'identities' from list of secured elements in older filing: changed from 'users, networks, clouds, endpoints' to include 'identities' (older filing, 2026-02-18)
- Removed reference to expanded competitors 'as a result of acquisitions'; changed to 'as a result of entering into new product and service categories' (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Reworded:
- Changed comparison period reference from 'three and six months ended January 31, 2026' to 'three and nine months ended April 30, 2026' (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Changed competitor scope language from 'expanded scope of our competitors as a result of acquisitions' to 'expanded scope of our competitors as a result of entering into new product and service categories' (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Reorganized forward-looking statement on CyberArk acquisition and benefits: split into separate sentences with different phrasing and placement (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Added specific language about 'expectations regarding the change in the fair value of our convertible senior notes and capped call transactions and its impact on us and our financial results' (newer filing, 2026-06-03)
- Notes:
- The older filing text is truncated at the end of the Network Security section, limiting full comparison of that section
- Page number changed from 22 to 26, consistent with additional content in newer filing
Risk Factors
- Added:
- In the AI risk factor bullet point (filed 2026-06-03): added phrase 'or use of' so it now reads 'Issues in the development, deployment or use of AI' versus the older version's 'Issues in the development and deployment of AI'
- Reworded:
- AI risk factor (filed 2026-06-03 vs 2026-02-18): Changed 'and legal liability and could adversely affect our results of operations' to 'legal liability and could adversely affect our business and results of operations' - added reference to 'our business' and changed 'and' to stand-alone
- AI risk factor (filed 2026-06-03 vs 2026-02-18): Changed 'development and deployment' to 'development, deployment or use' - expanded scope from two activities to three
- Notes:
- Both documents appear truncated at the end of the provided text, cutting off mid-sentence on the same risk factor about estimates and judgments
- Page number changed from '- 37 -' in older filing to '- 43 -' in newer filing, indicating document length may have expanded
- The comparison is limited to the Risk Factor Summary section provided; full detailed risk factor descriptions are not included in either source text
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
0 open-market purchases and 22 open-market sales by insiders in the last 90 days.
- Last 90 days0 buys · 22 sells ($11M) — 6 selling insiders
- Last 180 days0 buys · 36 sells ($27M) — 7 selling insiders
Activity heuristic: net selling (a transparent product heuristic from the counts above, not a prediction or advice)
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-07-07. As of 2026-08-25.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about PANW's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Congressional trading disclosures
U.S. House members publicly disclose their own, their spouse's, and dependent children's stock transactions under the STOCK Act. We hold 32 matched disclosures for PANW from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings.
Congressional trading disclosures →Institutional ownership (13F)
6 institutional 13F filers reported holding PANW as of 2026-03-31 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 6
- Reported shares held 123,058,039
- Reported value $19,728,664,959
reported quarterly holdings change (2025-12-31 → 2026-03-31): 2 new, 2 increased, 2 decreased, 1 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
Short interest (FINRA)
PANW had 21,000,807 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
PANW had 2.58% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-07-31 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 3.48 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 21,000,807
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 2.58%
- Prior settlement (shares) 20,423,492
- Reported change 2.83%
- Days to cover (reported) 3.48
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-07-31 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
Competitors & peers
- Microsoft Defender and Azure security services
- Cisco security solutions
- CrowdStrike (CRWD)
- Fortinet (FTNT)
- Zscaler (ZS)
- SentinelOne (S)
- Okta (OKTA)
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Frequently asked questions
What does Palo Alto Networks (PANW) do?
Palo Alto Networks provides enterprise cybersecurity solutions built on a platformization strategy that integrates cloud-delivered security products and subscriptions. The company delivers threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities across network, endpoint, cloud, and application security domains.
What sector is Palo Alto Networks (PANW) in?
Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is classified in the Information Technology sector. Its industry is Enterprise cybersecurity platforms. It trades on NASDAQ.
Who are Palo Alto Networks's (PANW) competitors?
Notable peers of Palo Alto Networks (PANW) include Microsoft Defender and Azure security services, Cisco security solutions, CrowdStrike, Fortinet and Zscaler. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Has there been recent Congressional stock trading in PANW?
Yes — we hold 32 matched STOCK Act disclosures for PANW from U.S. House Clerk Periodic Transaction Report filings. These are legally-required disclosures (often filed 30–45 days after the trade), may belong to a U.S. House member, their spouse, or a dependent child, and are not an indicator of company performance or investment advice.
Is Palo Alto Networks (PANW) overbought or oversold right now?
Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 49, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-08-24). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on PANW come from?
Fundamentals and prices come from market data, as of 2026-08-24; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: market data, as of 2026-08-24. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-08-24.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.