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Palo Alto Networks stock overview: financials, insider activity, and peer context
Palo Alto Networks sells network security, cloud security, and security operations software across its Strata, Prisma, and Cortex platforms. This page connects filing evidence with ownership, insider activity, forecasts, ETFs, and peer context so each dataset can be checked against the others.
Deterministic, source-linked commentary
The current research read on PANW
PANW's current operating picture begins with the latest company report. 10-Q covers CY2025Q4. quarterly revenue was $2.6B; year-over-year growth was 14.9%; operating margin was 15.3%; trailing free cash flow was $6.1B. Read together, these figures test whether scale is translating into profit and cash. Verify periods and company footnotes in the original SEC EDGAR filing.
The valuation range should move when PANW's operating assumptions move. The forecast scenarios were updated 2026-05-21. Revenue growth, margins, cash generation, and risk assumptions must be checked against each new filing. Compare them with the latest earnings analysis.
The useful next step is to test PANW from another angle. Use institutional ownership, insider filings, earnings analysis, forecast scenarios alongside the filing. Company facts can update before 13F positions, so align every source date and report period before treating a difference as a change in fundamentals.
Business model
Company snapshot
Palo Alto Networks sells network security, cloud security, and security operations software across its Strata, Prisma, and Cortex platforms. The latest standardized snapshot records $9.61B of trailing revenue, $1.3B of net income, and $6.11B of free cash flow. These figures describe the reported company, while valuation and price require a separate market-data timestamp.
Operating lines
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Geographic revenue mix
The current standardized filing dataset does not extract a comparable geographic revenue table for every issuer. Review the latest 10-K segment note for domestic and international mix, concentration, foreign-exchange sensitivity, and country-specific regulation.
10-Q · 2026-02-18
What the latest filing shows
Revenue for the latest standardized quarter was $2.59B, while diluted EPS was 0.61. Revenue changed 14.9% from the comparable period. Gross margin was 73.6% and operating margin was 15.3%. Margin direction matters because it shows whether growth is translating into operating leverage or requiring more cost to support.
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PANW earnings calls, releases, and filing evidence
Earnings calls
No authorized call transcript summary is available yet for this ticker.
Filings & announcements
Q3 FY2026 · Earnings Release Summary
Revenue: $3.0B revenue, up 31% year over year; Profitability: $0.85 non-GAAP diluted EPS and $910M of adjusted free cash flow; Guidance: fiscal Q4 revenue guidance was $3.345B-$3.355B, with NGS ARR expected at $8.90B-$8.95B
Source: Palo Alto Networks fiscal Q3 2026 results · 2026-06-02Earnings history
| Date | Period | Status | Revenue | EPS | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-02 | Q3 FY2026 | Reported | $3.0B | $910 | Palo Alto Networks fiscal Q3 2026 results |
| 2026-02-18 | CY2025Q4 | Standardized data | $2.59B | 0.61 | SEC |
CY2025Q4
Earnings analysis
| Period | Revenue | Net income | EPS | Operating margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CY2025Q4 | $2.59B | $432M | 0.61 | 15.3% |
| TTM | $9.61B | $1.3B | 1.83 | 12.1% |
| CY2025 | $9.22B | $1.13B | See filing | 13.5% |
Palo Alto Networks's fiscal Q3 2026 report should be read as a stock-outlook reset, not just a beat-or-miss event. The key facts are $3.0B revenue, up 31% year over year, Next-Generation Security ARR grew 60% year over year to $8.1B, including CyberArk and Chronosphere, $0.85 non-GAAP diluted EPS and $910M of adjusted free cash flow, and fiscal Q4 revenue guidance was $3.345B-$3.355B, with NGS ARR expected at $8.90B-$8.95B. Bottom line: the report improves the setup only if those numbers support whether Palo Alto Networks can make platformization accretive enough to offset acquisition complexity and GAAP losses.
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Forecast range
PANW is a NASDAQ-100 stock with a checked price of 246.66, market cap of 200.04B, and revenue of 9.89B. A practical 2026 scenario map is $185-222 in a bear case, $227-284 in a base case, and $291-358 in a bull case. The forecast depends on software, cloud, cybersecurity, and AI monetization.
Forecast assumptions
- Revenue growth must be checked against the latest filing and management guidance.
- Current reported operating margin is 12.1%.
- TTM free-cash-flow margin is 63.5%.
- Discount rates and valuation multiples should move when risk-free rates, business risk, or estimate confidence changes.
This is not a buy or sell recommendation. Forecasts are conditional ranges whose assumptions can fail.
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Peer comparison
| Company | TTM revenue | Revenue growth | Operating margin | Tracked holders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANWPalo Alto Networks | $9.61B | 14.9% | 12.1% | 0 |
| NVDANvidia | $10.92B | 40.8% | 1,278.8% | 7 |
| PLTRPalantir Technologies | $4.7B | 84.7% | 33.9% | 2 |
| CRWDCrowdStrike | $4.52B | 22.2% | -8% | 0 |
| ADBEAdobe Inc. | $23.97B | 12% | 37% | 0 |
| AMDAdvanced Micro Devices | $34.62B | 37.8% | 9.9% | 4 |
| CRMSalesforce | $41.46B | 13.3% | 21.2% | 0 |
PANW's 14.9% revenue growth and 12.1% operating margin should be read against peers using the same reporting definitions. A higher margin may reflect pricing power or business mix, while a lower margin can reflect investment, cyclicality, or weaker economics.
10-K · 2025-08-29
Key risk factors disclosed in the latest 10-K
The categories below are a deterministic research checklist anchored to Palo Alto Networks's industry and latest annual filing. They summarize areas investors should locate in Item 1A; they do not replace the company's exact legal disclosure.
- Demand and product-cycle risk: Cybersecurity can experience changing customer demand, replacement cycles, and competitive product launches that affect revenue timing.
- Competition and execution: Market share depends on product quality, pricing, distribution, innovation, and management's ability to convert investment into durable customer demand.
- Supply chain and counterparties: Supplier concentration, logistics disruption, component availability, and customer concentration can affect delivery schedules, costs, and working capital.
- Regulation and litigation: Antitrust, privacy, securities, labor, tax, environmental, and industry-specific rules may change costs or restrict products and business practices.
- Financial and market risk: Foreign exchange, interest rates, credit conditions, investment values, and capital-allocation decisions can affect reported earnings and valuation.
Research workflow
Common research questions about PANW
Who is the largest tracked institutional holder of PANW?
The current tracked-manager sample does not identify an active PANW holder. The PANW ownership page will reflect a matching position when one enters the filing dataset.
What does recent insider activity show for PANW?
No recent Form 4 transaction appears in the current PANW window. Check the PANW Form 4 history for later company-officer or director filings.
What business does Palo Alto Networks operate?
Palo Alto Networks sells network security, cloud security, and security operations software across its Strata, Prisma, and Cortex platforms. The PANW company snapshot connects that business description with reported revenue, profit, and cash flow.
How does PANW compare with a close operating peer?
PANW's revenue growth is 14.9% and its operating margin is 12.1%. Compare those figures with NVDA research using the same definitions.
What do the latest financials say about PANW?
10-Q reports $9.6B of trailing revenue, with revenue growth of 14.9% and an operating margin of 12.1%. The supporting period and source are listed in the PANW filing section.
How strong is PANW's cash return profile?
Palo Alto Networks does not show a positive trailing dividend cash outflow in the standardized snapshot, while free cash flow is $6.1B. Review the PANW filing evidence before assessing capital-allocation capacity.
Which assumptions matter most for the PANW outlook?
The PANW range depends on revenue growth, operating margin, cash conversion, and the risk assumptions in each new filing. Recheck them in the PANW forecast section.
Primary and reference data
Sources and methodology
- Filings: SEC EDGAR CompanyFacts, 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Form 4, 13F-HR.
- Fundamentals: SEC EDGAR CompanyFacts; market references may use yfinance and Finnhub where explicitly available.
- ETF: Issuer disclosures and the locally dated ETF holdings snapshot.
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Disclaimer: Informational only; not investment, legal, or tax advice. Cross-check material facts against original filings before acting.
Reference notes
Data notes
Reporting dates
Use filing dates, report periods, and source links together for PANW. A company filing, a 13F disclosure, a Form 4 transaction, and an earnings release can describe different time windows, so the date beside each row matters before comparing signals.
Ownership context
13F rows are delayed public long-equity snapshots from a selected manager universe. They are useful for seeing which tracked institutions reported exposure, but they do not show every hedge, short position, cash balance, or trade made after the quarter ended.
Insider transactions
Form 4 activity should be read by transaction type, role, value, and remaining ownership. Open-market purchases and sales are different from grants, option exercises, gifts, or tax withholding, and the original SEC filing is still the controlling document.
Earnings and forecasts
Earnings pages and forecast pages are linked when a supported article exists. Treat those pages as context for reported numbers, guidance, margins, and scenario assumptions, then return to the table data when you need the underlying source date or filing trail.