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Comparative Price Performance Over Time

Compare Price & Volume

Company	Current Price	50-Day Moving Average	52-Week Range	Market Cap	Beta	Avg. Volume	Today's Volume
CRWD CrowdStrike	$467.92 +1.3%	$477.89	$200.81 ▼ $517.98	$116.63B	1.16	2.69 million shs	1.79 million shs
FTNT Fortinet	$104.82 +0.0%	$103.48	$54.57 ▼ $114.82	$80.23B	1.06	3.97 million shs	2.09 million shs
MSFT Microsoft	$513.71 +0.6%	$483.52	$344.79 ▼ $518.29	$3.82T	1.04	16.59 million shs	19.10 million shs
PANW Palo Alto Networks	$203.27 +1.0%	$196.34	$142.01 ▼ $208.39	$135.54B	0.97	4.29 million shs	3.46 million shs

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Compare Price Performance

Company	1-Day Performance	7-Day Performance	30-Day Performance	90-Day Performance	1-Year Performance
CRWD CrowdStrike	0.00%	-1.69%	-7.38%	+10.13%	+81.27%
FTNT Fortinet	0.00%	-0.57%	+0.92%	+2.97%	+85.06%
MSFT Microsoft	0.00%	+0.72%	+3.27%	+31.10%	+19.77%
PANW Palo Alto Networks	0.00%	+3.83%	+0.46%	+13.57%	+25.38%

Compare MarketRank™

Company	Overall Score	Analyst's Opinion	Short Interest Score	Dividend Strength	ESG Score	News and Social Media Sentiment	Company Ownership	Earnings & Valuation
CRWD CrowdStrike	4.4597 of 5 stars	2.3	5.0	0.0	3.8	2.9	2.5	1.9
FTNT Fortinet	4.1469 of 5 stars	2.2	2.0	0.0	3.7	3.5	4.2	1.3
MSFT Microsoft	4.4862 of 5 stars	2.5	3.0	3.3	2.9	3.3	2.5	1.3
PANW Palo Alto Networks	4.1265 of 5 stars	2.3	2.0	0.0	3.8	3.4	2.5	1.9

Compare Analyst Forecasts

Company	Consensus Rating Score	Consensus Rating	Consensus Price Target	% Upside from Current Price
CRWD CrowdStrike	2.54	Moderate Buy	$461.17	-1.44% Downside
FTNT Fortinet	2.41	Hold	$106.48	1.59% Upside
MSFT Microsoft	2.91	Moderate Buy	$551.21	7.30% Upside
PANW Palo Alto Networks	2.61	Moderate Buy	$209.42	3.03% Upside

Current Analyst Ratings Breakdown

Latest PANW, MSFT, FTNT, and CRWD Analyst Ratings

Date	Company	Brokerage	Action	Rating	Price Target
7/25/2025	MSFT Microsoft	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$515.00 ➝ $545.00
7/25/2025	MSFT Microsoft	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$600.00
7/24/2025	CRWD CrowdStrike	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$520.00 ➝ $530.00
7/24/2025	MSFT Microsoft	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$550.00 ➝ $600.00
7/24/2025	PANW Palo Alto Networks	Jefferies Financial Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$225.00 ➝ $235.00
7/23/2025	MSFT Microsoft	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$500.00 ➝ $600.00
7/22/2025	MSFT Microsoft	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$605.00 ➝ $613.00
7/21/2025	MSFT Microsoft	Barclays Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$494.00 ➝ $550.00
7/18/2025	MSFT Microsoft	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Price Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$515.00 ➝ $585.00
7/17/2025	CRWD CrowdStrike	Macquarie Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Neutral	$465.00
7/16/2025	MSFT Microsoft	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$512.00 ➝ $581.00

(Data available from 7/27/2022 forward. View 10+ years of historical ratings with our analyst ratings screener.)

Compare Sales & Book Value

Company	Annual Revenue	Price/Sales	Cashflow	Price/Cash	Book Value	Price/Book
CRWD CrowdStrike	$3.95B	29.50	$2.65 per share	176.46	$13.39 per share	34.95
FTNT Fortinet	$5.96B	13.47	$2.59 per share	40.48	$1.95 per share	53.75
MSFT Microsoft	$245.12B	15.58	$14.86 per share	34.58	$36.12 per share	14.22
PANW Palo Alto Networks	$8.03B	16.88	$2.70 per share	75.28	$7.94 per share	25.60

Compare Profitability & Earnings

Company	Net Income	EPS	Trailing P/E Ratio	Forward P/E Ratio	P/E Growth	Net Margins	Return on Equity (ROE)	Return on Assets (ROA)	Next Earnings Date
CRWD CrowdStrike	-$19.27M	-$0.69	N/A	659.04	N/A	-4.17%	0.43%	0.17%	8/27/2025 (Estimated)
FTNT Fortinet	$1.75B	$2.43	43.14	44.04	3.61	30.60%	148.79%	18.67%	8/5/2025 (Estimated)
MSFT Microsoft	$88.14B	$12.94	39.70	34.95	2.33	35.79%	32.74%	18.13%	7/30/2025 (Estimated)
PANW Palo Alto Networks	$2.58B	$1.75	116.15	96.80	5.67	13.95%	19.48%	5.77%	8/18/2025 (Estimated)

Latest PANW, MSFT, FTNT, and CRWD Earnings

Date	Quarter	Company	Consensus Estimate	Reported EPS	Beat/Miss	Gap EPS	Revenue Estimate	Actual Revenue
8/18/2025	Q4 2025	PANW Palo Alto Networks	$0.88	N/A	N/A	N/A	$2.50 billion	N/A
8/5/2025	Q2 2025	FTNT Fortinet	$0.59	N/A	N/A	N/A	$1.63 billion	N/A
7/30/2025	Q4 2025	MSFT Microsoft	$3.35	N/A	N/A	N/A	$73.79 billion	N/A
6/3/2025	Q1 2026	CRWD CrowdStrike	$0.66	$0.73	+$0.07	-$0.44	$1.11 billion	$1.10 billion
5/20/2025	Q3 2025	PANW Palo Alto Networks	$0.77	$0.80	+$0.03	$0.37	$2.28 billion	$2.29 billion
5/7/2025	Q1 2025	FTNT Fortinet	$0.53	$0.58	+$0.05	$0.56	$1.54 billion	$1.54 billion
4/30/2025	Q3 2025	MSFT Microsoft	$3.22	$3.46	+$0.24	$3.46	$68.54 billion	$70.07 billion

Compare Dividends

Company	Annual Payout	Dividend Yield	3-Year Dividend Growth	Payout Ratio	Years of Consecutive Growth
CRWD CrowdStrike	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
FTNT Fortinet	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
MSFT Microsoft	$3.32	0.65%	N/A	25.66%	23 Years
PANW Palo Alto Networks	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

Latest PANW, MSFT, FTNT, and CRWD Dividends

Announcement	Company	Period	Amount	Yield	Ex-Dividend Date	Record Date	Payable Date
6/10/2025	MSFT Microsoft	quarterly	$0.83	0.71%	8/21/2025	8/21/2025	9/11/2025

(Data available from 1/1/2013 forward)

Compare Debt

Company	Debt-to-Equity Ratio	Current Ratio	Quick Ratio
CRWD CrowdStrike	0.21	1.85	1.85
FTNT Fortinet	0.25	1.36	1.29
MSFT Microsoft	0.12	1.37	1.36
PANW Palo Alto Networks	N/A	0.90	0.90

Compare Ownership

Institutional Ownership

Company	Institutional Ownership
CRWD CrowdStrike	71.16%
FTNT Fortinet	83.71%
MSFT Microsoft	71.13%
PANW Palo Alto Networks	79.82%

Insider Ownership

Company	Insider Ownership
CRWD CrowdStrike	3.32%
FTNT Fortinet	17.20%
MSFT Microsoft	0.03%
PANW Palo Alto Networks	2.50%

Compare Miscellaneous Stats

Company	Employees	Shares Outstanding	Free Float	Optionable
CRWD CrowdStrike	10,118	249.25 million	240.97 million	Optionable
FTNT Fortinet	14,138	765.42 million	633.76 million	Optionable
MSFT Microsoft	228,000	7.43 billion	7.43 billion	Optionable
PANW Palo Alto Networks	15,289	666.80 million	650.13 million	Optionable

PANW, MSFT, FTNT, and CRWD Headlines

Recent News About These Companies

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:PANW) high institutional ownership speaks for itself as stock continues to impress, up 3.8% over last week

July 26 at 10:24 AM | finance.yahoo.com

Allen Investment Management LLC Reduces Position in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 26 at 7:44 AM | marketbeat.com

Bearing Point Capital LLC Raises Holdings in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 26 at 7:43 AM | marketbeat.com

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ Acquires 19,022 Shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 26 at 5:40 AM | marketbeat.com

Stevens Capital Management LP Sells 5,239 Shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 26 at 5:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Pacer Advisors Inc. Has $23.13 Million Stock Holdings in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 26 at 5:08 AM | marketbeat.com

Assetmark Inc. Acquires 4,350 Shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 26 at 4:59 AM | marketbeat.com

Cetera Investment Advisers Acquires 26,284 Shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 26 at 4:58 AM | marketbeat.com

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) Trading 1.9% Higher After Analyst Upgrade

July 25 at 11:46 AM | marketbeat.com

Nvwm LLC Has $2.98 Million Position in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 25 at 8:36 AM | marketbeat.com

Phoenix Financial Ltd. Sells 370,526 Shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 25 at 8:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Prescott Group Capital Management L.L.C. Takes Position in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 25 at 7:54 AM | marketbeat.com

Longbow Finance SA Trims Holdings in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 25 at 7:37 AM | marketbeat.com

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) Shares Sold by Freemont Management S.A.

July 25 at 7:30 AM | marketbeat.com

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) Stock Position Decreased by Atria Investments Inc

July 25 at 6:11 AM | marketbeat.com

Pinnacle Associates Ltd. Trims Stock Position in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 25 at 5:31 AM | marketbeat.com

AE Wealth Management LLC Purchases 3,874 Shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

July 25 at 5:31 AM | marketbeat.com

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) Stock Acquired Rep. Jefferson Shreve

July 25 at 5:01 AM | marketbeat.com

Palo Alto Networks (PANW): “.These Guys Are Frantically Getting Customers,” Says Jim Cramer

July 24 at 1:46 PM | finance.yahoo.com

Calls of the Day: Palo Alto Networks and Spotify

July 24 at 1:32 PM | youtube.comY

PANW's AI Threat Defense Expands: Will Protect AI be the Game Changer?

July 24 at 12:21 PM | zacks.com

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PANW, MSFT, FTNT, and CRWD Company Descriptions

CrowdStrike NASDAQ:CRWD

$467.92 +5.89 (+1.27%)

Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$467.82 -0.10 (-0.02%)

As of 07/25/2025 07:59 PM Eastern

CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions in the United States and internationally. Its unified platform offers cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, cloud workloads, identity, and data. The company offers corporate endpoint and cloud workload security, managed security, security and vulnerability management, IT operations management, identity protection, SIEM and log management, threat intelligence, data protection, security orchestration, automation and response and AI powered workflow automation, and securing generative AI workload services. It primarily sells subscriptions to its Falcon platform and cloud modules. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Fortinet NASDAQ:FTNT

$104.82 +0.05 (+0.05%)

Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$104.98 +0.16 (+0.15%)

As of 07/25/2025 07:55 PM Eastern

Fortinet, Inc. provides cybersecurity and convergence of networking and security solutions worldwide. It offers secure networking solutions focus on the convergence of networking and security; network firewall solutions that consist of FortiGate data centers, hyperscale, and distributed firewalls, as well as encrypted applications; wireless LAN solutions; and secure connectivity solutions, including FortiSwitch secure ethernet switches, FortiAP wireless local area network access points, FortiExtender 5G connectivity gateways, and other products. The company also provides the Fortinet Unified SASE solutions that include firewall, SD-WAN, Secure web gateway, cloud access services broker, data loss prevention, zero trust network access, and cloud security, including web application firewalls, virtualized firewalls, and cloud-native firewalls. In addition, it offers security operations solutions comprising FortiAI generative AI assistant, FortiSIEM security information and event management, FortiSOAR security orchestration, automation and response, FortiEDR endpoint detection and response, FortiXDR extended detection and response, FortiMDR managed detection and response service, FortiNDR network detection and response, FortiRecon digital risk protection, FortiDeceptor deception technology, FortiGuard SoCaaS, FortiSandbox sandboxing, FortiGuard incident response, and other products. Further, the company offers FortiGuard security services consisting of FortiGuard application security, content security, device security, NOC/SOC security, and web security services; FortiCare technical support services; and training services to customers and channel partners, as well as operates a FortiGuard Lab, a cybersecurity threat intelligence and research organization. It serves enterprise, communication and security service providers, government organizations, and small and medium-sized businesses. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.

Microsoft NASDAQ:MSFT

$513.71 +2.83 (+0.55%)

Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$513.98 +0.26 (+0.05%)

As of 07/25/2025 08:00 PM Eastern

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services. This segment also provides LinkedIn; and dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, power apps, and power automate; and on-premises ERP and CRM applications. The Intelligent Cloud segment offers server products and cloud services, such as azure and other cloud services; SQL and windows server, visual studio, system center, and related client access licenses, as well as nuance and GitHub; and enterprise services including enterprise support services, industry solutions, and nuance professional services. The More Personal Computing segment offers Windows, including windows OEM licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows commercial comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and windows Internet of Things; and devices, such as surface, HoloLens, and PC accessories. Additionally, this segment provides gaming, which includes Xbox hardware and content, and first- and third-party content; Xbox game pass and other subscriptions, cloud gaming, advertising, third-party disc royalties, and other cloud services; and search and news advertising, which includes Bing, Microsoft News and Edge, and third-party affiliates. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online, and retail stores. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

Palo Alto Networks NASDAQ:PANW

$203.27 +2.11 (+1.05%)

Closing price 07/25/2025 04:00 PM Eastern

Extended Trading

$203.62 +0.34 (+0.17%)

As of 07/25/2025 07:57 PM Eastern

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, a security management solution for the global control of network security platform as a virtual or a physical appliance. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline, as well as threat intelligence, and data loss prevention. In addition, the company offers cloud security, secure access, security operations, and threat intelligence and security consulting; professional services, including architecture design and planning, implementation, configuration, and firewall migration; education services, such as certifications, as well as online and in-classroom training; and support services. It sells its products and services through its channel partners, as well as directly to medium to large enterprises, service providers, and government entities operating in various industries, including education, energy, financial services, government entities, healthcare, Internet and media, manufacturing, public sector, and telecommunications. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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