Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) Not A Good Play Anymore?

Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $179.48, with 4.47 million shares of worth about $801.79 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained positive as price took a surge of 4.33% during that period and on March 12, 2025 the price saw a gain of about 0.31%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 660.40M shares, out of which, 654.75M shares are available for trading.

Stock saw a price change of -2.60% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -8.62%. Year-to-date (YTD), PANW shares are showing a performance of -1.36% which increased to 28.11% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $132.50 but also hit the highest price of $208.39 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Palo Alto Networks Inc shares is 5.68 million. The stock is currently trading -5.35% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -3.39% for SMA50 and it goes to 1.11% higher than SMA200.

Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) currently have 660.40M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 78.38% of that.

The stock has a current market capitalization of $118.83B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.05. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 101.40, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.77 in the same period. Its PEG reads 7.03 and has Quick Ratio of 0.79 while making debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. Volatility of a stock is a metric used to know how much the price of that stock is under influence and for PANW, volatility over the week remained 3.96% while standing at 3.78% over the month.

Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 13.77% while it is estimated to increase by 13.63% in next year.

On January 06, 2025, Guggenheim Downgrade their recommendations, while on November 22, 2024, HSBC Securities Downgrade their ratings for the stock with a price target of $291. Stock get a Buy rating from Rosenblatt on November 21, 2024.

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