Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW)

NASDAQ: PANW · USD

$319

+1.68 (+0.5%)· Recorded snapshot

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StockMarketAgent Research · Analyzed 2026-05-08

Our latest published analysis: PANW rated Sell

PANW is rated Sell at $196.53 versus the reconciled fair value midpoint of $77.35, implying -60.64% upside/downside. Confidence is separately disclosed at 88/100.

Fair value (mid)

$77.4 / share

$54.8 – $101

Upside to FV

-60.6%

from $319

Confidence

88/100

Moat

6.5/10

Market cap	$159.4B
Revenue (ttm)	10.6B
Net income (ttm)	842.9M
EPS (ttm)	$1.15
Shares out	815M
P/E (trailing)	278.1x
P/E (forward)	49.5x
Volume	6,511,298
Beta	0.91
Price target	$337	+5.5%

Market data

Price

Recent price action with selectable time range.

Financial snapshot

Revenue (ttm): 10.6B
Net income (ttm): 842.9M
EPS (ttm): $1.15
P/E (trailing): 278.1x
P/E (forward): 49.5x
Market cap: $159.4B

Item	P1	P2	P3	P4	Trend
Period	2022-07-31	2023-07-31	2024-07-31	2025-07-31	Trend
Revenue	$5.50B	$6.89B	$8.03B	$9.22B	+18.8%
Gross profit	$3.78B	$4.98B	$5.97B	$6.77B	+21.4%
Operating income	$-188.8M	$387.3M	$683.9M	$1.24B	—
Net income	$-267.0M	$439.7M	$2.58B	$1.13B	—
EPS (diluted)	$-0.45	$0.64	$3.64	$1.60	—
EBITDA	$95.6M	$869.0M	$1.28B	$1.94B	+172.8%
R&D	$1.42B	$1.60B	$1.81B	$1.98B	+11.9%
SG&A	$2.55B	$2.99B	$3.48B	$3.54B	+11.5%

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Profile and market data

Ticker identity, listing, currency, market cap, and source dates.

Metric	Value
Cik	0001327567
Company name	Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Country	United States
Country code	US
Cusip	697435105
Employees	16,068
Employees Change	779%
Employees Change Percent	5.1
Enterprise value	$259B
Exchange	NASDAQ
Financial currency	USD
First seen	2026-05-09
In Index	SP500, NASDAQ100
Industry	Software - Infrastructure
Industry PE	31.9
Industry PE Fwd	24.12
IPO Date	2012-07-20
Isin	US6974351057
Last refreshed	2026-07-29
Market cap	$260B
Market cap category	Mega-Cap
Price	$319
Price currency	USD
Rev Per Employee	660,100.82x
Sector	Technology
Sector PE	36.16
Sector PE Fwd	20.03
Sic	3577
Symbol	PANW
Tags	artificial-intelligence
Website	https://www.paloaltonetworks.com

Valuation

Multiples, yields, enterprise-value ratios, and valuation checks.

Metric	Value
Earnings Yield	0.32%
EV Earnings	307.28x
EV Sales Forward	19.36x
EV/EBIT	253.95x
EV/EBITDA	118.96x
EV/FCF	68.27x
EV/Sales	24.42x
FCF yield	1.46%
Forward P/E	81.29x
P/B ratio	9.37x
P/E ratio	278.06x
P/S ratio	24.51x
PE Ratio3 Y	97.25x
PE Ratio5 Y	201.56x
PEG ratio	5.36x
PS Forward	19.43x

Profitability

Margins, returns on capital, cash conversion, and quality metrics.

Metric	Value
EBIT Margin	9.62%
EBITDA Margin	20.53%
FCF margin	35.77%
Gross margin	71.96%
Gross Profit	$7.6B
Gross Profit Growth	16.91%
Gross Profit Growth Q	21.62%
Gross Profit Growth3 Y	18.43%
Gross Profit Growth5 Y	22.38%
Net Income	$842.9M
Net Income Growth	-31.9%
Net Income Growth Years	0%
Net Income Growth3 Y	57.61%
Pretax Margin	13.17%
Profit Margin	7.95%
Profit Per Employee	$52,458
Profitable Years	3
ROA	1.77
Roa5y	1.02
ROCE	2.74
ROE	4.83
Roe5y	3.24
ROIC	3.65
Roic5y	5.1

Growth

Revenue, earnings, cash-flow, and forward growth indicators.

Metric	Value
Cagr10y	30.76%
Cagr1y	56.98%
Cagr3y	37.52%
Cagr5y	36.94%
EPS Growth	-34.06
EPS Growth Years	0
EPS Growth3 Y	51.14
FCF Growth	26.45%
FCF Growth Q	40.71%
FCF Growth3 Y	11.47%
FCF Growth5 Y	22.23%
OCF Growth	31.47%
OCF Growth Q	38.69%
OCF Growth10 Y	21.89%
OCF Growth3 Y	13.46%
OCF Growth5 Y	22.79%
Revenue Growth	19.52x
Revenue Growth Q	31.15x
Revenue Growth Quarters	56x
Revenue Growth Years	16x
Revenue Growth3 Y	17.79x
Revenue Growth5 Y	21.61x

Financial strength

Debt, cash, solvency, accounting-quality, and balance-sheet signals.

Metric	Value
Asset Turnover	$0.31
Assets	$46.3B
Cash	$3.1B
Current Assets	$7.7B
Current Liabilities	$9B
Debt	$2.1B
Debt EBITDA	$0.98
Debt Equity	$0.08
Debt FCF	$0.56
Equity	$27.7B
Liabilities	$18.6B
Long Term Assets	$38.6B
Long Term Liabilities	$9.6B
Net Cash	$981M
Net Cash By Market Cap	$0.38
Net Cash Growth	-60.67%
Net Debt EBITDA	$-0.45
Net Debt Equity	$-0.04
Net Debt FCF	$-0.26
Tangible Book Value	$-1.5B
Tangible Book Value Per Share	$-1.87
WACC	9.17

Liquidity

Current-asset coverage and working-capital efficiency metrics.

Metric	Value
Current ratio	0.86
Net Working Capital	$-4.2B
Quick ratio	0.73
Working Capital	$-1.3B
Working Capital Turnover	$-10.1

Dividends and buybacks

Dividend yield, payout, buybacks, and shareholder-yield indicators.

Metric	Value
Buyback Yield	-4.01%
Dividend Yield	0%

Performance and technicals

Returns, volatility, beta, momentum, RSI, and moving-average context.

Metric	Value
10Y total return	1,360.29%
1Y total return	56.93%
200-day SMA	212.6
3Y total return	160.11%
50-day SMA	300.4
50-day SMA vs 200-day SMA	50over200
5Y total return	381.5%
All Time High	368.8
All Time High Change	-13.5%
All Time High Date	2026-07-17
All Time Low	6.51
All Time Low Change	4,797.9%
All Time Low Date	2013-06-24
ATR	15.78
Beta	0.91
Beta1y	1.44
Beta2y	1.34
Ch YTD	73.18
High	323.4
High52	368.8
High52 Date	2026-07-17
High52ch	-13.5%
Low	308.5
Low52	139.6
Low52 Date	2026-02-24
Low52ch	128.56%
Ma50ch	6.17%
Premarket Change Percent	-0.02
Premarket Price	$317
Premarket Volume	20,724
Price vs 200-day SMA	50.02%
RSI	48.37
RSI Monthly	69.92
RSI Weekly	68.86
Sharpe ratio	1.2x
Sortino ratio	1.94
Total Return	-4.01%
Tr YTD	73.18
Tr1m	4.87%
Tr1w	-6.77%
Tr3m	74.41%

Analyst estimates

Ratings, targets, revisions, and forward estimate fields.

Metric	Value
Analyst Count	55
Analyst Count Top	36
Analyst Price Target Top	$348
Analyst Ratings	Buy
Analyst Ratings Top	Strong Buy
Earnings EPS Estimate	$0.88
Earnings EPS Estimate Growth	-7.37
Earnings Revenue Estimate	3,351,394,072x
Earnings Revenue Estimate Growth	32.14x
Operating Income	$967.8M
Operating Income Growth	-2.44
Operating Income Growth3 Y	86.5
Operating margin	9.12
Price target	$337
Price Target Change	$5.55
Price Target Change Top	$9.03

Ownership and float

Institutional, insider, float, short-interest, and share-count fields.

Metric	Value
Float	808,190,325%
Float Percent	99.16%
Net Borrowing	-372,600,000
Shares Insiders	0.72%
Shares Institutions	80.96%
Shares Out	815,000,000
Shares Qo Q	12.66%
Shares Yo Y	4.01%
Short Float	2.53%
Short Ratio	2.73
Short Shares	2.51

Other indicators

Additional ticker metrics that do not fit the primary research groupings yet.

Metric	Value
Adjusted FCF	$2.1B
Adjusted OCF	2,548,900,000
Average Volume	6,813,867.9x
Bv Per Share	34.03
CAPEX	$-423.2M
Ch10y	1,360.3
Ch1m	4.87
Ch1w	-6.77
Ch1y	56.93
Ch3m	74.41
Ch3y	160.1
Ch5y	381.5
Ch6m	73.84
Change	0.53%
Change From Open	0.47
Close	317.3
Days Gap	0.06
Depreciation Amortization	515,700,000
Dollar Volume	2,077,104,062
Earnings Date	2026-08-17
Earnings Time	amc
EBIT	$1B
EBITDA	$2.2B
EPS	$1.15
F Score	4
FCF	$3.8B
FCF EV Yield	1.46x
FCF Per Share	$4.65
Financing CF	-1,378,900,000
Fiscal Year End	July
Founded	2,005
Goodwill	21,902,000,000
Graham Number	29.63901
Graham Upside	-90.71
Income Tax	$553.8M
Investing CF	-2,860,700,000
Is Primary Listing	1
Is Spac	No
Last Earnings Date	2026-06-02
Last Report Date	2026-04-30
Last Split Date	2024-12-16
Last Split Type	Forward
Last10k Filing Date	2025-08-29
Lynch Fair Value	$28.68
Lynch Upside	-91.01
Ma150	215.9
Ma150ch	47.78%
Ma20	339.1
Ma20ch	-5.93%
Net CF	-20,600,000
Next Earnings Date	2026-08-17
Open	317.5
Optionable	Yes
P FCF Ratio	68.53
P FCF Ratio SBC	122.3
P OCF Ratio	61.65
P OCF Ratio SBC	102
Position In Range	70.39
Post Close	319
Postmarket Change Percent	0.44
Postmarket Price	$320
Ppne	1,184,000,000
Pre Close	317.3
Price Date	2026-07-28
Price EBITDA	$119
Relative Volume	0.96x
Revenue	10,606,500,000x
SBC By Revenue	15.73x
Share Based Comp	1,668,100,000
Tax By Revenue	5.22x
Tax Rate	39.65%
Tr6m	73.84%
Us State	California
Views	505
Volume	6,511,298
Z Score	4.59

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What is the latest published PANW stock rating?

Palo Alto Networks Inc. is shown with sell in the latest published report, analyzed 2026-05-08. The hub links directly to the full analysis surface where the dated rating, fair-value bridge, risks, and scorecard are documented together.

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What fair-value range is used for PANW?

The latest published report analyzed 2026-05-08 frames PANW around USD 55 to USD 101. This is a dated valuation range, not a live market price; check the valuation, sensitivity, and bear-case tabs before making a decision.

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