Palo Alto Networks Stock Forecast, Price & News

31 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Palo Alto Networks in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 28 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Palo Alto Networks stock.
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Palo Alto Networks is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 20th 2021.
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Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NYSE:PANW) posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, February, 21st. The network technology company reported $1.55 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.43 by $0.12. The network technology company had revenue of $1.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $985.90 million. Palo Alto Networks had a negative net margin of 8.36% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 8.66%. Palo Alto Networks's quarterly revenue was up 24.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $1.19 earnings per share.
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Palo Alto Networks' stock was trading at $157.53 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PANW stock has increased by 135.1% and is now trading at $370.38.
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Palo Alto Networks updated its FY21 earnings guidance on Monday, February, 22nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $5.80-5.90 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $5.81. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.15-4.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.13 billion.

31 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Palo Alto Networks' shares. Their forecasts range from $221.00 to $565.00. On average, they anticipate Palo Alto Networks' share price to reach $381.30 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 2.9% from the stock's current price.
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224 employees have rated Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora on Glassdoor.com. Nikesh Arora has an approval rating of 74% among Palo Alto Networks' employees.

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Palo Alto Networks trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "PANW."

Palo Alto Networks' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include DnB Asset Management AS (0.04%), Rothschild Investment Corp IL (0.04%), Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), Security National Bank (0.01%) and Bouvel Investment Partners LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Palo Alto Networks stock include Amit K Singh, Jean Compeau, John Donovan, Kathleen Bonanno, Lee Klarich, Mark D Mclaughlin, Nikesh Arora, Nir Zuk and Rene Bonvanie.
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PANW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Rothschild Investment Corp IL, Redpoint Investment Management Pty Ltd, EFG Asset Management Americas Corp., First Financial Corp IN, Phoenix Wealth Advisors, Global Retirement Partners LLC, and BFT Financial Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Palo Alto Networks company stock in the last year include Amit K Singh, Jean Compeau, Lee Klarich, Mark D Mclaughlin, and Nir Zuk.
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PANW stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including NuWave Investment Management LLC, DnB Asset Management AS, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Bogart Wealth LLC, Security National Bank, Bouvel Investment Partners LLC, Symphony Financial Ltd. Co., and Modus Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have bought Palo Alto Networks stock in the last two years include John Donovan, and Nikesh Arora.
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One share of PANW stock can currently be purchased for approximately $370.38.

Palo Alto Networks has a market capitalization of $36.02 billion and generates $3.41 billion in revenue each year. The network technology company earns $-267,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or ($1.24) on an earnings per share basis.

Palo Alto Networks employs 8,376 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Palo Alto Networks: 3375 Scott Blvd LLC, Aporeto, Aporeto Inc., CGNX Networks Private Limited, CloudGenix, CloudGenix Inc., Cortex XSOAR, Cyber Secdo Ltd, Demisto (UK) Limited, Evident.io, Evident.io Inc., Evident.io Pty. Ltd., Expanse, LightCyber, LightCyber B.V., LightCyber Inc., PA Networks Costa Rica LLC SRL, PAN Demisto LLC, PAN II LLC, PAN LLC, Palo Alto Networks (APAC Holdings) B.V., Palo Alto Networks (Australia) Pty Ltd, Palo Alto Networks (Austria) GmbH, Palo Alto Networks (Brasil) Ltda., Palo Alto Networks (Canada Technology) Inc., Palo Alto Networks (Canada) Inc., Palo Alto Networks (Czech) S.R.O., Palo Alto Networks (EU) B.V., Palo Alto Networks (Finland) Oy, Palo Alto Networks (GEO) B.V., Palo Alto Networks (Germany) GmbH, Palo Alto Networks (Iberia) S.L., Palo Alto Networks (India) Private Limited, Palo Alto Networks (India) Technologies Private Limited, Palo Alto Networks (Israel Analytics) Ltd., Palo Alto Networks (Israel Services) Ltd., Palo Alto Networks (Israel) Ltd. (f/k/a Cyvera), Palo Alto Networks (Italy) S.R.L, Palo Alto Networks (Malaysia) LLC, Palo Alto Networks (Mexico) S. de R.L. de C.V., Palo Alto Networks (Netherlands) B.V., Palo Alto Networks (New Zealand) Unlimited, Palo Alto Networks (Norway) AS, Palo Alto Networks (Poland) sp. z o.o., Palo Alto Networks (QFC) LLC, Palo Alto Networks (Rus) LLC, Palo Alto Networks (Singapore) Holding Company Pte. Ltd., Palo Alto Networks (Singapore) PTE. LTD., Palo Alto Networks (Switzerland) GmbH, Palo Alto Networks (UK Holding 1) Limited, Palo Alto Networks (UK Holding 2) Limited, Palo Alto Networks (UK) Limited, Palo Alto Networks Belgium B.V.B.A., Palo Alto Networks Denmark ApS, Palo Alto Networks FZ LLC, Palo Alto Networks Financial Services LLC, Palo Alto Networks Holdings B.V., Palo Alto Networks International Inc., Palo Alto Networks K.K. (Kabushiki Kaisha), Palo Alto Networks Korea Ltd. - Yuhan Hoesa (YH), Palo Alto Networks L.L.C., Palo Alto Networks Management LLC, Palo Alto Networks Public Sector LLC, Palo Alto Networks Saudi Arabia LLC, Palo Alto Networks Venture Fund LLC, Palo Alto Security Limited, PureSec Inc., PureSec Pty Ltd, RedLock, RedLock Inc., SecDo Inc., The Crypsis Group, Twistlock, Twistlock Europe Limited, Twistlock Inc., Twistlock Ltd., Xseer Inc., ZingBox, Zingbox Inc., and Zingbox Japan G.K..

Palo Alto Networks was founded in 2005.

The official website for Palo Alto Networks is www.paloaltonetworks.com.

Palo Alto Networks is headquartered at 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA, 95054.

Palo Alto Networks' mailing address is 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA, 95054. The network technology company can be reached via phone at (408) 753-4000 or via email at [email protected]