Palo Alto Networks/$PANW
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About Palo Alto Networks
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.
- Ticker
- $PANW
- Sector
- Software & Cloud Services
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 21,921
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, United States
- Website
- www.paloaltonetworks.com
PANW Metrics
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$330B
1,008.10
$0.40
0.91
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Price and volume
Market cap
$330B
Beta
0.91
52-week high
$409.50
52-week low
$139.57
Average daily volume
6.6M
Financial strength
Current ratio
0.871
Quick ratio
0.735
Long term debt to equity
0.091
Total debt to equity
0.093
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
1,861
Gross margin (TTM)
70.49%
Net profit margin (TTM)
2.67%
Operating margin (TTM)
8.76%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
42.72%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$520,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
1.40%
Return on equity (TTM)
1.74%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
1,008.1
Price to revenue (TTM)
26.836
Price to book
11.95
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-182.48
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
74.903
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
1.34%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
5.384
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
24.49%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-75.00%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
18.54%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
23.61%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
-14.50%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
0.82%
What the Analysts think about PANW
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Palo Alto Networks exceeded Q4 expectations and issued fiscal 2027 guidance above consensus, with Q4 revenue of $3.41 billion versus the $3.35 billion estimate and adjusted EPS of $1.02 versus $0.98 expected. (Reuters)
Underlying demand remains strong: Q4 Next-Generation Security ARR rose 63% year over year to $9.10 billion, remaining performance obligations increased 34% to $21.2 billion, and fiscal 2026 adjusted free-cash-flow margin reached 38.4%. (SEC)
Palo Alto is broadening its platform into high-growth AI, identity, and observability categories. Management reported Prisma AIRS exceeding $100 million of ARR within four quarters of general availability, while CyberArk and Chronosphere were reportedly scaling faster within Palo Alto’s platform architecture. (Palo Alto Networks)
Growth is expected to decelerate materially in fiscal 2027: Palo Alto Networks guided to 23%–24% revenue growth and 22%–23% Next-Generation Security ARR growth, versus 34% and 63%, respectively, in fiscal 2026. (SEC)
GAAP profitability remains pressured despite strong adjusted results: Q4 fiscal 2026 GAAP operating income fell to $172 million from $497 million, while GAAP net income swung to a $282 million loss from $254 million of profit. (SEC)
The acquisition-heavy strategy raises integration and capital-allocation risk. CyberArk and Chronosphere contributed a combined $797 million operating loss after acquisition during fiscal 2026, while the CyberArk deal created $14.8 billion of goodwill and $6.3 billion of identified intangible assets. (SEC)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 14 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing PANW
AllEURGBPUSD
Fund name | Fund size | $PANW weighting |
|---|---|---|
Wisdomtree Cybersecurity€W1TB | €256M | 6.46% |
Wisdomtree Cybersecurity£CYSE | £223M | 6.46% |
iShares AI Infrastructure€AIFS | €1.1B | 4.32% |
iShares AI Infrastructure£AINF | £942M | 4.32% |
iShares Digitalisation$DGTL | $793M | 3.93% |
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