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PANW vs. CRWD, FTNT, GOOG, GOOGL, META, OKTA, ZS, NET, S, and SHOP

Should you be buying Palo Alto Networks stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Palo Alto Networks include CrowdStrike (CRWD), Fortinet (FTNT), Alphabet (GOOG), Alphabet (GOOGL), Meta Platforms (META), Okta (OKTA), Zscaler (ZS), Cloudflare (NET), SentinelOne (S), and Shopify (SHOP). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Palo Alto Networks vs. Its Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their media sentiment, earnings, dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, risk, analyst recommendations and valuation.

CrowdStrike presently has a consensus target price of $456.29, suggesting a potential downside of 4.63%. Palo Alto Networks has a consensus target price of $208.00, suggesting a potential upside of 11.00%. Given Palo Alto Networks' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Palo Alto Networks is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.54
Palo Alto Networks
2 Sell rating(s)
13 Hold rating(s)
27 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.60

Palo Alto Networks has a net margin of 13.95% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -4.17%. Palo Alto Networks' return on equity of 19.48% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrowdStrike-4.17% 0.43% 0.17%
Palo Alto Networks 13.95%19.48%5.77%

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 18 more articles in the media than Palo Alto Networks. MarketBeat recorded 74 mentions for CrowdStrike and 56 mentions for Palo Alto Networks. Palo Alto Networks' average media sentiment score of 1.42 beat CrowdStrike's score of 1.07 indicating that Palo Alto Networks is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike
46 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
15 Neutral mention(s)
3 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Palo Alto Networks
47 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
5 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Palo Alto Networks has higher revenue and earnings than CrowdStrike. CrowdStrike is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Palo Alto Networks, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike$3.95B30.16-$19.27M-$0.69-693.41
Palo Alto Networks$8.03B15.57$2.58B$1.75107.08

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.16, suggesting that its stock price is 16% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Palo Alto Networks has a beta of 0.97, suggesting that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 79.8% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 2.5% of Palo Alto Networks shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Palo Alto Networks beats CrowdStrike on 11 of the 15 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding PANW and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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PANW vs. The Competition

MetricPalo Alto NetworksSecurity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$128.07B$44.85B$27.66B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.11%4.00%
P/E Ratio107.0869.8736.8020.27
Price / Sales15.5713.671,881.6898.72
Price / Cash71.13175.9338.1558.16
Price / Book23.6018.967.285.49
Net Income$2.58B$481.55M$767.99M$250.45M
7 Day Performance-7.00%-6.44%-0.23%4.78%
1 Month Performance-5.20%-3.51%4.07%7.67%
1 Year Performance11.38%19.04%52,050.69%16.43%

Palo Alto Networks Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.5842 of 5 stars
$187.39
-2.4%
$208.00
+11.0%
+13.2%$128.07B$8.03B107.0815,289Positive News
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CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4848 of 5 stars
$500.71
-2.6%
$453.88
-9.4%
+29.2%$124.76B$3.95B-725.4010,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
FTNT
Fortinet
4.1647 of 5 stars
$106.48
+0.8%
$105.62
-0.8%
+68.5%$81.49B$5.96B43.8114,138News Coverage
Positive News
Analyst Upgrade
GOOG
Alphabet
4.8886 of 5 stars
$177.26
-1.8%
$206.38
+16.4%
-3.2%$2.15T$350.02B19.75190,200Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
GOOGL
Alphabet
4.2014 of 5 stars
$176.28
-1.8%
$199.95
+13.4%
-2.9%$2.14T$350.02B19.64183,323Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Analyst Revision
META
Meta Platforms
3.5716 of 5 stars
$722.46
+0.5%
$719.29
-0.4%
+39.9%$1.82T$164.50B28.1674,067Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
OKTA
Okta
4.8063 of 5 stars
$97.08
-2.0%
$119.44
+23.0%
-1.8%$17.00B$2.61B154.115,914Trending News
ZS
Zscaler
4.3149 of 5 stars
$313.42
-0.4%
$296.82
-5.3%
+47.9%$48.78B$2.17B-1,205.067,348Trending News
Gap Down
NET
Cloudflare
3.8463 of 5 stars
$192.07
+0.4%
$145.92
-24.0%
+121.0%$66.50B$1.67B-834.204,263Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
S
SentinelOne
3.8805 of 5 stars
$18.30
-0.8%
$24.83
+35.7%
-14.4%$6.08B$821.46M-13.852,800
SHOP
Shopify
4.265 of 5 stars
$116.07
-0.4%
$115.66
-0.4%
+71.6%$150.45B$9.38B74.8211,600Positive News

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This page (NASDAQ:PANW) was last updated on 7/12/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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