Currently, Palo Alto Networks Inc [PANW] is trading at $196.28, up 1.92%. It is a good measure of the stock’s recent performance to check whether the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The PANW shares have gain 2.19% over the last week, with a monthly amount drifted -0.92%, and not seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.
From an analyst’s perspective:
Palo Alto Networks Inc [NASDAQ: PANW] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on May 15, 2025, when Roth Capital initiated its Neutral rating and assigned the stock a price target of $210. Previously, HSBC Securities upgraded its rating to Hold on April 10, 2025, and kept the price target unchanged to $156. On April 01, 2025, Stephens initiated with a Equal-Weight rating and assigned a price target of $205 on the stock. Deutsche Bank downgraded its rating to a Hold. BTIG Research downgraded its rating to Neutral for this stock on January 08, 2025. In a note dated January 06, 2025, Guggenheim downgraded an Sell rating on this stock but restated the target price of $130.
This stock has fluctuated between a low of $142.01 and a high of $208.39 over the last 52 weeks. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $221.67 within the next 12 months. Palo Alto Networks Inc [NASDAQ: PANW] shares were valued at $196.28 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 12.94% based on the average PANW price forecast.
Analyzing the PANW fundamentals
Trailing Twelve Months sales for Palo Alto Networks Inc [NASDAQ:PANW] were 8.87B which represents 15.33% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.74% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.11%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.15%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.14%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.06, Equity is 0.2 and Total Capital is 0.07. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of0.11.
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Ratios To Look Out For
To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Palo Alto Networks Inc [NASDAQ:PANW] is 0.85. Further, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.85, while the Cash Ratio is 0.31. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 14.75, the price to book ratio is 18.08 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 112.32.
Transactions by insiders
Recent insider trading involved Bawa Aparna, Director, that happened on May 30 ’25 when 526.0 shares were sold. EVP, Chief Product Officer, Klarich Lee completed a deal on Jul 07 ’25 to sell 0.12 million shares. Meanwhile, Officer Lee Klarich bought 0.12 million shares on Jul 07 ’25.