Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) Announces Earnings Results

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW - Get Free Report) issued its earnings results on Thursday. The network technology company reported $0.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.75 by $0.06, reports. Palo Alto Networks had a net margin of 32.99% and a return on equity of 23.36%. The company had revenue of $2.26 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.24 billion. Palo Alto Networks updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.760-0.770 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.180-3.240 EPS.

Palo Alto Networks Stock Down 0.9 %

Shares of PANW stock traded down $1.85 during trading hours on Friday, hitting $200.03. 13,981,536 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 5,443,483. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $186.73 and its 200 day simple moving average is $181.86. The stock has a market cap of $131.26 billion, a PE ratio of 52.09, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.36 and a beta of 1.14. Palo Alto Networks has a 12 month low of $130.04 and a 12 month high of $207.24.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Lee Klarich sold 120,000 shares of Palo Alto Networks stock in a transaction on Monday, January 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $179.70, for a total transaction of $21,564,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 365,856 shares of the company's stock, valued at $65,744,323.20. This trade represents a 24.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Nir Zuk sold 336,000 shares of Palo Alto Networks stock in a transaction on Monday, November 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $193.70, for a total transaction of $65,081,520.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 3,643,516 shares of the company's stock, valued at $705,730,831.62. This represents a 8.44 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 1,458,864 shares of company stock valued at $269,397,331 over the last quarter. Insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently commented on PANW. HSBC lowered shares of Palo Alto Networks from a "hold" rating to a "reduce" rating and decreased their price target for the company from $152.00 to $145.50 in a research note on Friday, November 22nd. Robert W. Baird upped their price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $212.50 to $217.50 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. StockNews.com lowered shares of Palo Alto Networks from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 24th. Loop Capital decreased their price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $385.00 to $180.00 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, January 14th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $195.00 to $212.50 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have given a hold rating, twenty-nine have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $202.40.

Palo Alto Networks Company 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.