Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) is 0.63% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $132.50 and a high of $208.39 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 $185.00 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -1.9%.
Currently trading at $183.10, the stock is -1.36% and -1.38% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 2.79 million and changing -1.03% at the moment leaves the stock 2.85% off its SMA200. PANW registered 27.34% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 5.56%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $185.6556 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $178.0227.
The stock witnessed a -8.46% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -8.50%, and is 2.33% 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 2.55% over the week and 3.48% over the month.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) has around 15289 employees, a market worth around $121.23B and $8.57B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 103.44 and Fwd P/E is 49.96. Profit margin for the company is 14.64%. Distance from 52-week low is 38.19% and -12.14% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (18.62%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 13.77% this year.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) Top Institutional Holders
3040.0 institutions hold shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW), with institutional investors hold 82.39% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 660.40M, and float is at 654.85M with Short Float at 3.63%. Institutions hold 81.53% of the Float.
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 4.3921% 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
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by Arora Nikesh, the company’s Chief Executive Officer. SEC filings show that Arora Nikesh sold 69,947 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 05 ’25 at a price of $181.56 per share for a total of $12.7 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 1.09 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 04 ’25, Arora Nikesh (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 382,599 shares at an average price of $182.29 for $69.74 million. The insider now directly holds 1,086,671 shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW).
