Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) is 12.77% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $130.04 and a high of $208.35 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The PANW stock was last observed hovering at around $208.28 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -3.09%.
Currently trading at $205.19, the stock is 6.85% and 8.76% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 5.62 million and changing -1.48% at the moment leaves the stock 17.20% off its SMA200. PANW registered 11.86% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 22.83%.
The stock witnessed a 15.85% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 4.05%, and is 4.96% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 4.26% over the week and 3.18% over the month.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) has around 15289 employees, a market worth around $135.86B and $8.57B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 115.92 and Fwd P/E is 55.99. Profit margin for the company is 14.64%. Distance from 52-week low is 57.78% and -1.52% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (18.62%).
with sales reaching $2.28B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 13.70% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 14.29% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 14.82% in year-over-year returns.
The shares outstanding are 660.40M, and float is at 654.55M with Short Float at 3.42%.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 29.5 million shares valued at $10.0 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.1363 of the PANW Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BLACKROCK INC. with 25.01 million shares valued at $8.48 billion to account for 7.7454 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are MORGAN STANLEY which holds 14.02 million shares representing 4.3417 and valued at over $4.75 billion, while STATE STREET CORP holds 4.1846 of the shares totaling 13.51 million with a market value of $4.58 billion.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) Insider Activity
Palo Alto Networks Inc disclosed in a document filed with the SEC on Feb 03 ’25 that Arora Nikesh (Chief Executive Officer) sold a total of 490,723 shares of the company’s common stock. The trade occurred on Feb 03 ’25 and was made at $182.45 per share for $89.53 million. Following the transaction, the insider now directly holds 1.09 million shares of the PANW stock.
Still, SEC filings show that on Feb 04 ’25, Arora Nikesh (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 297,673 shares at an average price of $182.33 for $54.27 million. The insider now directly holds 1,086,404 shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW).
