Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) stock price, quote and key numbers
Updated 28 September 2026, 09:52 ET
Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) closed at $374.74 on 25 September 2026, down 3.9%. That leaves it up 3.1% over a week, up 10.4% over a month and up 86.7% over a year. That is 91% of the way up its 52 week range of $139.57 to $398.88. The median analyst price target of $415 sits 10.7% above the close.
The price
Changes compare dividend and split adjusted closes over trading sessions, so the one year figure is the last close against the close 252 sessions earlier. The 52 week range uses the daily highs and lows of the same window. Read the guide: How to read a stock quote.
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Trend and range
PANW trades above both its 50 day average of $356.52 and its 200 day average of $245.23, the shape of an uptrend. The 50 day average sits above the 200 day average. Its beta against the S&P 500 over the last year is 1.26, a stock that moves more than the market. It is 6.1% below its 52 week high and 168.5% above its 52 week low.
Moving averages smooth the closes of the last 50 and 200 sessions; being above or below them describes the trend, it does not predict it. Beta is how much the stock moved for each move in the S&P 500 over the year. Read the guide: Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta.
What analysts say
In the last 90 days 31 firms recorded 43 actions on PANW: 41 kept a view, 1 downgrade and 1 new initiation. Price targets: 36 raised and 1 lowered. The most recent targets from 31 firms run from $300 to $475, with a median of $415, 10.7% above the last close.
| Date | Firm | Action | Price target |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2026 | BTIG | Maintains Buy | $404.00 to $425.00 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | Morgan Stanley | Maintains Overweight | $394.00 to $410.00 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | Bernstein | Downgrades to Market Perform from Outperform | $253.00 to $351.00 |
| 11 Sep 2026 | Wedbush | Assumes Outperform | $400.00 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | Argus Research | Reiterates Buy | $425.00 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | Citigroup | Maintains Buy | $400.00 to $410.00 |
A target is one firm's guess at the price a year out, and the average runs optimistic. The useful reading is the mood: high targets and a wall of buys mean high expectations. Read the guide: What analyst ratings and price targets tell you.
Earnings
The next report is on the calendar for 18 November 2026 for Q1 2027, with earnings per share expected at $0.88. The last report, on 1 September 2026 for Q4 2026, showed EPS of $1.02 against $0.88 expected, a beat of 15.9%, on revenue of $3.4 billion. Palo Alto Networks Inc. beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reported quarters.
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The numbers
Over the trailing twelve months Palo Alto Networks Inc. shows revenue growth of 24.50%, a gross margin of 70.36%, an operating margin of 6.05% and a return on equity of 1.74%.
| Measure | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, TTM | 24.5% | 80th |
| Net income growth, TTM | -72.9% | 8th |
| Gross margin | 70.4% | 83rd |
| Operating margin | 6.1% | 56th |
| Free cash flow margin | 35.8% | 93rd |
| Return on equity | 1.7% | 48th |
| Return on assets | 0.9% | 56th |
| Debt to equity | 0.00 | 14th |
| Current ratio | 0.87 | 40th |
| Effective tax rate | 42.7% | 94th |
The percentile ranks the company against every US company the data covers; a high percentile means most companies score lower.
Margins say how much of each dollar of sales becomes profit, returns say how hard the balance sheet works, and debt to equity says how much of it is borrowed. The valuation ratios, price to earnings and the rest, are in the app on the stock page. Read the guide: The valuation ratios on a stock page.
About Palo Alto Networks Inc.
- Exchange
- Nasdaq
- Sector
- Information Technology
- Industry
- Computer Hardware
- Headquarters
- Dover, California
- Chief executive
- Nikesh Arora
- Employees
- 12,600
- Website
- paloaltonetworks.com
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; Panorama, a security management solution. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, uniform resource locator filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, and firewall.
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Learn
- How to read a stock quote
- Reading a price chart from one day to one year
- Moving averages, the 52 week range and beta
- What analyst ratings and price targets tell you
- The valuation ratios on a stock page
- Price alerts, targets and percent moves
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