Daily bars for up to one year, weekly bars for the 5-year view. Averages are 50/200 trading days (10/40 weeks on the 5-year view).
Shares of Palo Alto Networks are down 0.86% at $389.92. The company is worth $318.95B, number 42 out of 300 on our list.
The stock's 52-week band runs $139.57 to $398.88, and the latest print sits 2.2% under the top end of it. Holders are ahead 92.8% over twelve months, and up 33.0% across the last three months.
On the chart it holds above both the 50-day ($355.83) and 200-day ($244.27) moving averages; RSI is 62, and the last 30 sessions moved at roughly 68% annualized volatility.
Revenue for the quarter ended Jul 2026 was $3.41B, up 34.5% from a year earlier, and a net loss of $282.00M.
Buyers are paying 974.8 times trailing earnings, 475% above its five-year average of 169.5. The median for its industry group is 27.7.
38 analysts follow the stock and the average call is "buy". The mean target, $414.66, sits 6.3% over where the stock trades.
This summary is put together from the numbers on the page and updates when they do. It describes the data; it is not a forecast or a recommendation.
Palo Alto Networks sells firewalls, cloud security and security operations software, and has been pushing customers into a broad platform.
What tends to move it. Platform adoption and next-generation security recurring revenue drive the stock, along with acquisitions such as CyberArk.
Where the case gets weaker. Palo Alto Networks' growth depends on customers continuing to consolidate onto its platform rather than mixing in point solutions from competitors, so a slower pace of platform adoption would show up in billings before it shows up in revenue. Integrating CyberArk also carries execution risk, and a stumble there would weigh on margins even if underlying security demand stays healthy.
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Price return over each window, from adjusted daily and weekly closes
| Indicator | Value | Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Price vs 20-day average | +8.1% | Bullish |
| Price vs 50-day average | +9.6% | Bullish |
| Price vs 200-day average | +59.6% | Bullish |
| 50-day vs 200-day | 50d above 200d | Bullish |
| RSI (14) | 62.0 | Bullish |
| MACD (12,26,9) | 7.48 | Bullish |
| Bollinger band position | 84% | Bullish |
Standard indicator readings worked out from daily closes. They describe how the price has behaved, not where it is going.
Quote as of Sep 25, 2026 5:20 am ET. Prices can lag the live tape. This is background information, not a recommendation.
Ranks are among the 300 or so U.S.-listed stocks BeStock covers, recalculated whenever prices refresh. A row is left out when the measure does not apply, such as yield for a stock that pays no dividend.
Set against the peer table: at 974.8x earnings, PANW looks expensive against the market, and trades 3,414% above the 27.7x median among Software - Infrastructure names. The two comparisons do not always agree.
Latest reported quarter: Q4, ended Jul 2026
Quarter 2026/Q3
"Implied move" is the size of move the options market was pricing ahead of the report. Move is the stock’s change on the first session after the release.
Multiples measured against the stock's own five-year history
Near the top of its 5-year range · 95th percentile, 5-year average 169.5x
#2962 of 2977 stocks by PE (1 = cheapest)
Near the bottom of its 5-year range · 5th percentile, 5-year average 75.6x
#4903 of 5303 stocks by PB (1 = cheapest)
Near the top of its 5-year range · 98th percentile, 5-year average 13.0x
#4729 of 5143 stocks by PS (1 = cheapest)
Dashed line is the 5-year average; the shaded band is one standard deviation either side.
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$132.54M (6 inflow days, 14 outflow days).
$389.92 is the latest print for PANW, a move of -0.86% against yesterday's close of $393.30. Today's low and high so far: $387.79 and $396.30.
Equity value comes to $318.95B at the current price. By that measure it is number 42 of the 300 names in our coverage.
Buyers pay 974.8 times the last twelve months of profit (EPS $0.40). Averaged over five years the multiple has been 169.5, and today's level ranks in the 95th percentile of its own history.
The year's floor is $139.57 and the ceiling $398.88. Shares are 2.2% away from that ceiling.
Our data shows no dividend paid by Palo Alto Networks over the trailing twelve months.
Of 38 analysts, 87% say buy, 13% hold and 0% sell. Price targets average $414.66, with the most cautious at $346.00 and the most optimistic at $475.00.
Palo Alto Networks has its 2026/Q4 report on the calendar for September 1, 2026, after market.
Palo Alto Networks sells firewalls, cloud security and security operations software, and has been pushing customers into a broad platform.
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