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If you had invested in Palo Alto Networks ago, it would be worth $12,410 today, against $4,096 in SPY and $6,368 in QQQ.
Arincen ScoreWhat is the Arincen Score? The Arincen Score grades a company out of 100 from 30 checks on its own reported figures, five checks in each of six parts.Beta
63/100
Six parts of the company, five checks each, from its own reported figures. A part scores the checks it passes out of 10; the score is their average out of 100.
Profitability2
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Cash10
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Valuation6.7
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Growth10
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Financial strength6
Plus shows the checks behind each part of the score, what passed, what failed and the figure it read, for every stock.
Shareholders3.3
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Figures to FY2026; the price as of today.
Palo Alto Networks key facts
- StyleWhat does a stock's style mean? The style label sorts a stock as growth, value, dividend, blend or speculative, with a 1 to 10 meter showing how strongly it fits.
- Growth stock · 7.3/10Growth 7.3 · Value 3.2
- Day range
- 316.61 – 332.46
- 52-week range
- 139.57 – 432.33
- Market capitalizationWhat is market capitalization? Market cap is what the stock market values a whole company at: its share price times the number of its shares outstanding.
- 260.94B USD
- P/EWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 693.09
- PEG ratioWhat is the PEG ratio? The PEG ratio divides the P/E by the yearly earnings growth analysts expect, to show how much you pay for each point of growth.
- 7.03
- EPSWhat is EPS (earnings per share)? EPS (earnings per share) is a company's net income divided by its number of shares: the profit that belongs to each share over a period.
- 0.46
- EPS growth forecast (FY2027)
- +9.3%
- Volume
- 63,030
- BetaWhat is beta in stocks? Beta measures how much a stock tends to move when the whole market moves: 1 moves with it, under 1 is calmer, over 1 swings more.
- 0.97
- ESG scoreWhat is an ESG score? An ESG score rates how a company handles the environment, its people and its governance, out of 100. Higher is better.
- 56.2/100Environment 47 · Social 53 · Governance 68
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- CEO
- Nikesh Arora
- Employees
- 22K
- Website
- paloaltonetworks.com
- IPO date
- 20 Jul 2012
Palo Alto Networks earningsWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.
Next earnings · Q1 FY2027
EPS estimate
0.97 USD
Revenue estimate
3.31B USD
Last quarter · Q4 FY2026
EPS1.02Beat +4.3%Revenue3.41BBeat +1.7%
Revenue
ReportedEstimate
EPS
ReportedEstimate
| Period | Report date | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 FY2027 | 1.18 | — | — | +15.86% | 3.90B | — | — | +14.38% | |
| Q3 FY2027 | 1.03 | — | — | +20.64% | 3.55B | — | — | +18.12% | |
| Q2 FY2027 | 1.01 | — | — | -2.27% | 3.41B | — | — | +31.60% | |
| Q1 FY2027 | 0.97 | — | — | +4.52% | 3.31B | — | — | +33.67% | |
| Q4 FY2026 | 0.98 | 1.02 | +4.29% | +7.37% | 3.35B | 3.41B | +1.74% | +34.45% | |
| Q3 FY2026 | 0.79 | 0.85 | +7.19% | +6.25% | 2.94B | 3.00B | +2.00% | +31.15% | |
| Q2 FY2026 | 0.94 | 1.03 | +9.69% | +27.16% | 2.58B | 2.59B | +0.43% | +14.91% | |
| Q1 FY2026 | 0.89 | 0.93 | +4.38% | +19.23% | 2.46B | 2.47B | +0.50% | +15.66% | |
| Q4 FY2025 | 0.89 | 0.95 | +7.34% | +26.67% | 2.50B | 2.54B | +1.39% | +15.84% | |
| Q3 FY2025 | 0.77 | 0.80 | +3.63% | +21.21% | 2.28B | 2.29B | +0.43% | +15.33% |
| Period | EPS estimate | Reported EPS | Surprise | EPS growth | Revenue estimate | Reported revenue | Surprise | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2029 | 5.62 | — | — | +15.73% | 18.39B | — | — | +13.59% |
| FY2028 | 4.86 | — | — | +16.13% | 16.19B | — | — | +14.28% |
| FY2027 | 4.18 | — | — | +9.26% | 14.17B | — | — | +23.40% |
| FY2026 | 3.78 | 3.83 | +1.32% | +14.67% | 11.42B | 11.48B | +0.52% | +24.49% |
| FY2025 | 3.27 | 3.34 | +2.02% | +18.02% | 9.19B | 9.22B | +0.38% | +14.88% |
| FY2024 | 2.27 | 2.83 | +24.45% | +8.02% | 8.19B | 8.03B | -1.94% | +16.46% |
| FY2023 | 2.13 | 2.62 | +22.79% | +107.94% | 6.90B | 6.89B | -0.05% | +25.29% |
Analysts' estimates for FY2027 over the last 7 days:EPS Revenue How the estimates moved
Palo Alto Networks analyst forecastWhat is the analyst rating? The analyst rating sums up what the analysts covering a stock recommend, from strong buy to strong sell, by the share of them rating it a buy.
12-month price target
400.05 USD
+25.48%
Analysts' 1-year price targets range from 290.00 to 525.00, with an average of 400.05.
Past year
1-year forecast
Strong sellStrong buy
Buy
39 ratings
| Buy | 31 | |
| Hold | 7 | |
| Sell | 1 |
12-month price target
| Highest target | 525.00 |
| Average target | 400.05 |
| Lowest target | 290.00 |
| Current price | 318.82 |
Palo Alto Networks valuationWhat is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- Price to earnings ratio (TTM)What is the P/E ratio? The P/E ratio divides a share's price by its earnings per share over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of profit.
- 693.09
- Forward P/E (FY2027)What is the forward P/E ratio? Forward P/E divides a share's price by the earnings per share analysts expect in the coming year, rather than last year's actual earnings.
- 76.19
- Price to sales (TTM)What is the P/S ratio? The price-to-sales ratio compares a company's market value with its revenue over the last year: what you pay for each dollar of sales.
- 22.73
- Price to bookWhat is the P/B ratio? The price-to-book ratio compares a company's market value with its book value, the shareholders' equity on its balance sheet.
- 9.49
- EV / EBITDA (TTM)What is EV/EBITDA? EV/EBITDA compares a company's whole value, debt included and cash taken off, with a year of its earnings before interest, tax and depreciation.
- 169.07
Capital structureWhat is enterprise value? Enterprise value is what the whole business costs: the market value of its shares plus its debt minus its cash. It is the price behind EV/EBITDA.
Market capitalization
260.94B USD
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Total debt
2.50B USD
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Cash and short-term investments
3.07B USD
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Enterprise value
260.37B USD
Valuation over time
P/EForward P/EForward P/E · EstimateEstimate
Palo Alto Networks against its own historyWhat does "against its own history" show? The company's latest margins, return on equity, growth, debt and P/E against its own last 5 years: the low, the median and the high, and whether this year is better or worse than usual.
Each figure in the latest fiscal year against the same figure from FY2022 to FY2026: the range, its median (the line) and the latest (the dot, green on the good side of the median). The P/E is today's against its daily readings of five years.
Its peers: CrowdStrike Holdings, Oracle, Palantir Technologies, Cloudflare, Fortinet, and Synopsys, the US Software - Infrastructure companies closest to it in size, each in its own latest fiscal year: their median (the line) and its rank among them, first being the best.
- Gross marginBelow its median70.4%68.8%74.3%Against its peers: 6 of 7Peers' median 75.8%
- Operating marginAt its median6.1%-3.4%13.5%Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 21.8%
- Net marginBelow its median2.7%-4.9%32.1%Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 22.1%
- Return on equityBelow its median1.1%-127.1%49.9%Against its peers: 5 of 7Peers' median 13.4%
- Free cash flow marginBelow its median35.8%32.6%38.6%Against its peers: 2 of 7Peers' median 23.2%
- Revenue growthAt its median24.5%14.9%29.3%Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 19.5%
- EPS growthLowest in 5 years-75.0%-75.0%468.8%Against its peers: 5 of 5Peers' median 20.9%
- Debt to EBITDAAt its median1.80×0.17×41.35×Against its peers: 3 of 7Peers' median 4.58×
- Current ratioAt its median0.870.770.89Against its peers: 7 of 7Peers' median 1.69
Peers: US companies of the same industry (of its sector when the industry has too few) from a tenth to ten times its market value, the six closest in size. Updated weekly.
Palo Alto Networks growth and profitabilityWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- Revenue (TTM)What does TTM (trailing twelve months) mean? TTM (trailing twelve months) is a figure over the latest twelve months of reports: usually the last four quarters added together.
- 11.48B USD
- Net income (TTM)What is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
- 307.00M USD
- Gross marginWhat are gross, operating and net profit margins? A profit margin is the share of revenue kept as profit: gross margin after the cost of sales, operating margin after running costs, net margin after all costs.
- 70.36%
- Operating margin
- 6.03%
- Net margin
- 2.67%
Revenue / Net income
Revenue Net income Net margin
Palo Alto Networks revenue breakdown
By product
FY2026
54.3%Subscription25.8%Support19.9%Product
| Segment | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subscription | 6.24B | 54.3% | +25.4% |
| Support | 2.96B | 25.8% | +21.1% |
| Product | 2.28B | 19.9% | +26.5% |
By region
FY2026
66.9%Americas21.1%EMEA12.0%Asia Pacific
| Region | Revenue | Share of revenue | Change on the year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Americas | 7.68B | 66.9% | +23.8% |
| EMEA | 2.43B | 21.1% | +26.6% |
| Asia Pacific | 1.37B | 12.0% | +24.9% |
How Palo Alto Networks makes its moneyWhat is an income statement? The income statement shows a company's revenue, costs and profit over a quarter or a year, from sales at the top to net income at the bottom.
Subscription6.24B 54.3%
Support2.96B 25.8%
Product2.28B 19.9%
Revenue11.48B 100.0%
Cost of revenue3.40B 29.6%
Gross profit8.08B 70.4%
Research and development2.55B 22.2%
Selling and administration4.83B 42.1%
Operating income695.00M 6.1%
Tax229.00M 2.0%
Other expense159.00M 1.4%
Net income307.00M 2.7%
FY2026, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
FY2026, in USD. Each band is as wide as its money; the percentage is its share of revenue.
Palo Alto Networks financial health
- Cash and short-term investments
- 3.07B USD
- Total debt
- 2.50B USD
- Net cash
- 571.00M USD
- Free cash flow (TTM)What is free cash flow (FCF)? Free cash flow is the cash a company's operations bring in minus what it spends on long-term assets (capex): cash left for debt, dividends and buybacks.
- 4.11B USD
- Current ratioWhat is the current ratio? The current ratio is current assets divided by current liabilities: whether what a company will turn into cash within a year covers what it owes within a year.
- 0.87
- Debt to equityWhat is the debt to equity ratio? Debt to equity is a company's total debt divided by its shareholders' equity: how much it has borrowed for each dollar its owners have in the business.
- 0.09
- Piotroski scoreWhat is the Piotroski F-Score? The Piotroski F-Score rates a company's financial strength from 0 to 9: one point for each of nine tests of profit, debt and efficiency it passes.
- 4 / 9
- Altman Z-scoreWhat is the Altman Z-Score? The Altman Z-Score rolls five financial ratios into one number that signals a company's risk of bankruptcy: over 3 is safe, under 1.8 is distress.
- 7.67
Cash, debt and free cash flow
Cash and short-term investments Total debt Free cash flow
Palo Alto Networks ownershipWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- InstitutionsWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 92.60%
- Institutional holders
- 3,058 (+465)
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.09%
Who owns the shares
Institutions 92.6% Others 7.4%
As of 30 Jun 2026
Shares free to trade
Free float 810.98M shares ·99.1% Closely held 7.46M shares ·0.9%
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
Insider trading
| Quarter | Purchases | Sales | Shares acquired | Shares disposed of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 | 0 | 49 | 1.81M | 937.91K |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | 28 | 7.21K | 87.14K |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | 37 | 0.00 | 1.04M |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | 10 | 186.72K | 238.87K |
Shares outstanding
Basic shares Diluted shares Change in diluted shares
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
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Title: Palo Alto Networks Inc
Sector: Technology
Industry: Software - Infrastructure
Palo Alto Networks is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, and security operations. The California-based firm has more than 80,000 enterprise customers across the world, including more than three-fourths of the Global 2000.