Palo Alto Networks (PANW)

• Market cap: $56.5B
• 1 day: -0.96%
• 5 days: -7.12%
• 1 month: -9.28%
• 3 months: -6.21%
• 6 months: 1.09%
• Year to date: -4.42%
• 1 year: 21.60%
• 5 years: 522.56%
• 10 years: 597.46%
• Sector: Information Technology
• Industry: Computer Peripheral Equipment

About: Palo Alto Networks is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, and security operations. The California-based firm has more than 80,000 enterprise customers across the world, including more than three fourths of the Global 2000.

Employees: 15,289

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

3,353% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 1,830 | Existing positions reduced: 53

255% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 327 | Existing positions closed: 92

75.83% more ownership

Funds ownership: 78.5% [Q3] → 154.32% (+75.83%) [Q4]

19% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 59 [Q3] → 70 (+11) [Q4]

9% more funds holding

Funds holding: 2,032 [Q3] → 2,218 (+186) [Q4]

8% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $86.3B [Q3] → $93.2B (+$6.96B) [Q4]

50% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $3.95B | Put options by funds: $7.94B

Research analyst outlook

14 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $130 25% downside
• Avg. target: $212 23% upside
• High target: $240 39% upside

14 analyst ratings

• positive: 10 71%
• neutral: 3 21%
• negative: 1 7%

Citigroup Fatima Boolani 68% 1-year accuracy 23 / 34 met price target	27% upside $220	Buy Maintained	25 Feb 2025
Susquehanna Shyam Patil 62% 1-year accuracy 29 / 47 met price target	33% upside $230	Positive Maintained	18 Feb 2025
UBS Roger Boyd 56% 1-year accuracy 9 / 16 met price target	16% upside $200	Neutral Maintained	14 Feb 2025
JMP Securities Trevor Walsh 77% 1-year accuracy 43 / 56 met price target	23% upside $212	Market Outperform Maintained	14 Feb 2025
Rosenblatt Catharine Trebnick 60% 1-year accuracy 40 / 67 met price target	36% upside $235	Buy Maintained	14 Feb 2025