Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW Position Lifted by Sivia Capital Partners LLC

Key Points

• Sivia Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in Palo Alto Networks by 66.3% during the second quarter, owning 3,484 shares valued at approximately $713,000.
• Insider sales included CFO Josh D. Paul, who sold 700 shares and EVP Lee Klarich, who sold 120,774 shares, with insiders selling a total of 569,422 shares over the last 90 days.
• Palo Alto Networks reported $0.95 EPS for the last quarter, exceeding estimates, and forecasted guidance for FY 2026 between 3.750-3.850 EPS.

Sivia Capital Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW - Free Report) by 66.3% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 3,484 shares of the network technology company's stock after buying an additional 1,389 shares during the quarter. Sivia Capital Partners LLC's holdings in Palo Alto Networks were worth $713,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Connor Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. bought a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks in the 1st quarter worth about $261,000. Strive Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 16.6% in the 1st quarter. Strive Asset Management LLC now owns 2,099 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $358,000 after buying an additional 299 shares during the last quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 10.8% in the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 14,125 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $2,410,000 after buying an additional 1,374 shares during the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 8.0% in the 1st quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 137,663 shares of the network technology company's stock worth $23,491,000 after buying an additional 10,180 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Avity Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in Palo Alto Networks by 37.9% in the 2nd quarter. Avity Investment Management Inc. now owns 181,691 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $37,181,000 after purchasing an additional 49,971 shares during the last quarter. 79.82% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CAO Josh D. Paul sold 700 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $184.20, for a total value of $128,940.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 37,723 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,948,576.60. This represents a 1.82% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Lee Klarich sold 120,774 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $191.11, for a total value of $23,081,119.14. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 177,954 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $34,008,788.94. The trade was a 40.43% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 569,422 shares of company stock worth $106,629,618. 2.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Palo Alto Networks Stock Performance

NASDAQ PANW opened at $201.34 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $187.97 and a 200 day simple moving average of $186.09. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a 52-week low of $144.15 and a 52-week high of $210.39. The stock has a market cap of $134.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 125.45, a PEG ratio of 4.80 and a beta of 0.98.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Monday, August 18th. The network technology company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.06. Palo Alto Networks had a return on equity of 17.66% and a net margin of 12.30%.The business had revenue of $2.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.50 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $0.75 EPS. Palo Alto Networks's revenue for the quarter was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-3.850 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.900 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 1.76 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Northland Securities cut their price objective on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $210.00 to $177.00 and set a "market perform" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. Stephens reaffirmed an "equal weight" rating and issued a $205.00 price objective on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research note on Tuesday, August 19th. Piper Sandler raised shares of Palo Alto Networks from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and lifted their target price for the stock from $200.00 to $225.00 in a research report on Tuesday, August 12th. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $217.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein set a $207.00 price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Twenty-eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $211.68.

Palo Alto Networks Profile

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.

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