Palo Alto Networks

PANW · NASDAQ

$340.28−$6.67 (−1.92%)TodayMarket closed ·
Prev close $346.95

About PANW

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. engages in the provision of network security solutions to enterprises, service providers, and government entities. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and currently employs 17,027 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2012-07-20. Its network security platform includes Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Next-Generation Firewalls, Cloud Delivered Security Services (CDSS), Prisma AIRS, and Strata Cloud Manager (SCM). The company delivers security operations capabilities that unifies standalone Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) tools, endpoint security, security automation, cloud detection and response (CDR), as well as attack surface management (ASM) capabilities on its Cortex platform. The company delivers comprehensive security across the cloud application development lifecycle through Cortex Cloud. Its Unit 42 brings together expertise across threat research, incident response, and security consulting to deliver intelligence-driven, response-ready outcomes that help customers reduce cyber risk.

Employees
17,027
Headquarters
Santa Clara, California
Listed
Jul 20, 2012
Sector
Information Technology
Industry
Software

PANW key statistics

Market cap
283.81B
Price-earnings ratio
867.38
Dividend yield
—
Average volume
5.32M
Volume
2.04M
Open price
$345.28
High today
$346.06
Low today
$334.75
52 Week high
$432.33
52 Week low
$139.57

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) at a glance

As of Oct 20, 2026, Palo Alto Networks (PANW) shares are priced at $340.28, giving the company a market cap of 283.81B and a price-to-earnings ratio of 867.38.

Today the stock has traded between $334.75 and $346.06. The current price is 1.7% above the day's low and 1.7% below its high.

Volume so far is 2.04M shares, below the average of 5.32M shares a day.

Over the past year Palo Alto Networks has ranged from $139.57 to $432.33, and now sits 69% of the way up that range.

Palo Alto Networks met or beat analyst EPS estimates in 8 of the last 8 quarters. In Q4 FY26 it reported $1.02 per share against an estimate of $0.9959.

The average analyst price target is $404.09, 18.8% above the current price, from 44 recent ratings.

Analyst ratings

Latest rating from each analyst over the past 12 months

82%of 44 analyst ratings say Buy
  • Buy81.8%
  • Hold15.9%
  • Sell2.3%
Price target · 53 analystsAvg $404.09
Low
$191.90
Now
$340.28
High
$498.75

PANW earnings

Earnings per share, reported against the analyst estimate

Beat the estimate in 8 of the last 8 quarters, by 3.7% on average.

  1. Q1 FY25: reported $0.78 per share against an estimate of $0.7552
  2. Q2 FY25: reported $0.81 per share against an estimate of $0.7929
  3. Q3 FY25: reported $0.80 per share against an estimate of $0.7855
  4. Q4 FY25: reported $0.95 per share against an estimate of $0.9021
  5. Q1 FY26: reported $0.93 per share against an estimate of $0.9081
  6. Q2 FY26: reported $1.03 per share against an estimate of $0.9605
  7. Q3 FY26: reported $0.85 per share against an estimate of $0.8112
  8. Q4 FY26: reported $1.02 per share against an estimate of $0.9959

PANW news

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  • Namrata Sen

    Daniel Newman Says ‘Grown-Up Move’ For Neocloud CEOs of CoreWeave, IREN Is to Buy Their Own Stock, Like Palo Alto Chief: ‘A Real Signal of Belief’

  • Namrata Sen

    Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis Calls AI Hacking Incidents ‘Early Warning Shots,’ Warns of More Major Threats Ahead Without Stronger Safeguards

  • Erica Kollmann

    Someone Bugged OpenAI's Boardroom: ChatGPT's Maker Says its Own AI Found Out Who

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