Currently, there are 660.40M common shares owned by the public and among those 655.54M shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of 14.07% and -3.26% over the past three months. PANW shares are trading 2.58% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 29.26% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $142.00 and touched a high of $208.39 over the same period. PANW has an average intraday trading volume of 5.63 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by 10.64%, 4.55%, and 3.76% respectively.
Institutional ownership of Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) shares accounts for 78.41% of the company’s 660.40M shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $123.58B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 1.02. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 105.45, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $1.77. The company has a PEG of 7.34 and a Quick Ratio of 0.79 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.14. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 3.00% over the week and 4.59% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 13.74%, and 13.52% over the next financial year.
Looking at the support for the PANW, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. HSBC Securities stated their Hold rating for the stock in a research note on April 10, 2025, with the firm’s price target at $156. Stephens coverage for the Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) stock in a research note released on April 01, 2025 offered a Equal-Weight rating with a price target of $205. BTIG Research on their part issued Neutral rating on January 08, 2025.
