Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) is -16.17% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $132.83 and a high of $208.39 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The PANW stock was last observed hovering at around $152.44 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.09%.
Currently trading at $152.53, the stock is -12.99% and -17.06% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 13.7 million and changing 0.06% at the moment leaves the stock -15.04% off its SMA200. PANW registered 13.40% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -10.89%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $183.9096 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $179.53998.
The stock witnessed a -12.25% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -15.03%, and is -10.96% down 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 6.07% over the week and 3.78% over the month.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) has around 15289 employees, a market worth around $100.99B and $8.57B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 86.17 and Fwd P/E is 41.63. Profit margin for the company is 14.64%. Distance from 52-week low is 14.83% and -26.81% 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 13.77% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 14.54% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 14.85% in year-over-year returns.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) Top Institutional Holders
3030.0 institutions hold shares in Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW), with institutional investors hold 82.45% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 660.40M, and float is at 654.86M with Short Float at 3.75%. Institutions hold 81.58% 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 7.8352 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 4.2331 of the shares totaling 13.51 million with a market value of $4.58 billion.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) Insider Activity
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Still, SEC filings show that on Apr 03 ’25, Arora Nikesh (Chief Executive Officer) disposed off 296,838 shares at an average price of $165.97 for $49.27 million. The insider now directly holds 317,571 shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW).
