Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) concluded trading on Wednesday at a closing price of $169.76, with 5.39 million shares of worth about $914.24 million changed hands on the day. Half year performance of the stock remained negative as price took a plunge of -9.20% during that period and on April 16, 2025 the price saw a loss of about -2.18%. Currently the company’s common shares owned by public are about 660.40M shares, out of which, 654.89M shares are available for trading.
Stock saw a price change of -1.88% in past 5 days and over the past one month there was a price change of -7.29%. Year-to-date (YTD), PANW shares are showing a performance of -6.70% which increased to 24.75% when we look at its performance for past 12 months. Over the period of past 52 weeks, stock dropped to lowest price of $135.18 but also hit the highest price of $208.39 during that period. The average intraday trading volume for Palo Alto Networks Inc shares is 5.83 million. The stock is currently trading -1.16% below its 20-day simple moving average (SMA20), while that difference is down -6.75% for SMA50 and it goes to -5.55% lower than SMA200.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) currently have 660.40M outstanding shares and institutions hold larger chunk of about 78.39% of that.
The stock has a current market capitalization of $112.40B and its 3Y-monthly beta is at 1.02. PE ratio of stock for trailing 12 months is 95.90, while it has posted earnings per share of $1.77 in the same period. Its PEG reads 6.68 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 3.82% while standing at 4.52% over the month.
Stock’s fiscal year EPS is expected to rise by 13.75% while it is estimated to increase by 13.54% in next year.
Digging deeper we find that several firms have released their research notes about the support levels of the stock. Most recent of them is a note released by HSBC Securities on April 10, 2025 offering a Hold rating for the stock and assigned a target price of $156 to it. Coverage by Stephens stated Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) stock as an Equal-weight in their note to investors on April 01, 2025, suggesting a price target of $205 for the stock. Stock get a Neutral rating from BTIG Research on January 08, 2025.
