Palo Alto Networks Stock Forecast, Price & News

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Palo Alto Networks in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 25 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street 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 Monday, August 23rd 2021.
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Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NYSE:PANW) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, May, 19th. The network technology company reported $1.38 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.28 by $0.10. The network technology company had revenue of $1.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $1.06 billion. Palo Alto Networks had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 10.65% and a negative net margin of 11.00%. Palo Alto Networks's quarterly revenue was up 23.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.17 earnings per share.
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Palo Alto Networks' stock was trading at $157.53 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, PANW stock has increased by 155.9% and is now trading at $403.17.
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Palo Alto Networks issued an update on its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Tuesday, June, 15th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $5.970-5.990 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $5.880. The company issued revenue guidance of $4.20 billion-4.21 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $4.18 billion.

27 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Palo Alto Networks' stock. Their forecasts range from $290.00 to $515.00. On average, they anticipate Palo Alto Networks' stock price to reach $412.42 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.3% 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Tran Capital Management L.P. (0.15%), Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. (0.09%), TCW Group Inc. (0.06%), Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC (0.04%), Gradient Investments LLC (0.04%) and Alpha Cubed Investments LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Palo Alto Networks stock include Amit K Singh, Jean Compeau, John Donovan, John Strosahl, Kathleen Bonanno, Lee Klarich, Mark D Mclaughlin, Mark D Mclaughlin, Nikesh Arora and Nir Zuk.
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PANW stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Meridian Wealth Management LLC, ST Germain D J Co. Inc., Independence Bank of Kentucky, Integrated Investment Consultants LLC, Miracle Mile Advisors LLC, and Resonant Capital Advisors LLC. Company insiders that have sold Palo Alto Networks company stock in the last year include Amit K Singh, Jean Compeau, John Strosahl, Lee Klarich, Mark D Mclaughlin, and Nir Zuk.
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PANW stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TCW Group Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Moody Lynn & Lieberson LLC, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Gradient Investments LLC, Alpha Cubed Investments LLC, and Tranquility Partners 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 $403.17.

Palo Alto Networks has a market capitalization of $39.27 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 8,014 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]