Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Scored against other Technology stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Palo Alto Networks is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's been growing faster than most other tech companies over the past year.
- Worth watching
- Its price is high compared with other tech companies, given its sales and profits.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 50 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. It offers Prisma Access, a secure access service edge solution; Strata Cloud Manager, a network security management solution; and Prisma AIRS to protect customers' entire AI ecosystem…
- Sector
- Technology
- Industry
- Software - Infrastructure
- Employees
- 21,921
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, CA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 855.0 — lower than 2% of Technology peers
P/B 10.1 — lower than 50% of Technology peers
P/S 24.4 — lower than 9% of Technology peers
EV/EBITDA 179.0 — lower than 11% of Technology peers
EV/Revenue 24.3 — lower than 9% of Technology peers
PEG 1.8 — lower than 30% of Technology peers
FCF yield 1.5% — higher than 37% of Technology peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 70.4% — higher than 57% of Technology peers
Operating margin 5.4% — higher than 22% of Technology peers
Net margin 2.7% — higher than 17% of Technology peers
ROE 1.7% — higher than 16% of Technology peers
ROA 1.4% — higher than 20% of Technology peers
Free cash flow is 1381% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.1 — lower than 86% of Technology peers
Current ratio 0.87 — higher than 22% of Technology peers
Quick ratio 0.73 — higher than 26% of Technology peers
Cash/debt 1.20 — higher than 71% of Technology peers
Debt/EBITDA 1.65 — lower than 50% of Technology peers
Growth
Revenue growth 34.5% YoY — higher than 70% of Technology peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 0.0% — typical for Technology peers
Net insider selling, -2.7% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -9.0% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.8% of shares outstanding
2.7% of float sold short
Momentum
Mixed vs its moving averages
69% of the way from its 52-week low to high