XNAS · Software - Infrastructure
Last stored close · Sep 18, 2026
Close · Sep 18, 2026
$363.58-3.06%
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TickerWhale Score
56/100
Positive
Score components
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Palo Alto Networks scores 56 out of 100 overall, which we rate positive. Technical is its strongest area and Valuation its weakest.
What helps
- Technical
- Quality & growth
- Risk
What to watch
- Valuation
- Sentiment Signal
Quality & growth
30%65Positive
- Revenue growth 24.5%
- EPS growth -67.5%
Valuation
25%6Weak
- P/E 988.9
- EV/Sales 26.4
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.
#39 by market cap in our coverage · ~21,491 employees · Listed 2012-07-20 · www.paloaltonetworks.com
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Market intelligence
Peer position
#89 / 207sector rank by TickerWhale Score
TickerWhale Score 56 vs sector average 53.5 (+2.5)
Revenue growth (industry)Top 31%
Gross margin (industry)Top 64%
Return on equity (industry)Top 79%
P/E (industry)Pricier than 94%
Technical analysis
our read · what classic indicators sayTickerWhale technical read
90/100Strong vs universe
Ranks 90th of 100 covered names on our technical composite — the composite itself scores 71/100 · 25% of the TickerWhale Score
Classic chart indicators
Buy
3 buy · 1 sell · 4 neutral of 8 votes
TickerWhale rates PANW's technical setup strong — 90th percentile of the covered universe. Classic chart indicators lean buy, pointing the same way.
Moving averages
9 / 9constructive
- vs 200-day+51.1%
- vs 50-day+3.1%
Momentum
Mixed
- RSI (14)53 · neutral
- Stochasticsell
- CCIneutral
- Williams %Rneutral
Trend
Mixed
- ADX (14) trend strength14· weak trend
- MACD (12,26,9)buy(histogram 2.382)
How the classic verdict is reached
Moving averages (9) agree on buy — 9 buy vs 0 sell — and carry one vote between them.
Oscillators (7) vote individually: 2 buy · 1 sell · 4 neutral.
Result — 3 buy vs 1 sell of 8 votes = Buy. Neutral votes never decide the verdict.
Fundamentals & valuation
2026-09-18 · revised_latestValuation multiples
- P/E (TTM)988.9
- P/S (TTM)26.4
- P/B11.0
- EV/EBITDA—
- EV/Sales26.4
- PEG—
Profitability & returns
- Gross margin70.4%
- Net margin2.7%
- ROE1.1%
- Debt/Equity0.06
Growth
- Revenue growth (YoY)24.5%
- EPS growth (YoY)-67.5%
Green favourable · red stretched — multiples and D/E vs industry peers, margins and growth vs absolute thresholds.
Market capitalisation — $303.6B
Fundamentals history
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Peers
| Company | Score | Pulse | P/E | P/E fwd | P/B | EV/Sales | Price | Chg | Estimate | Upside | Rev. gr. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANWCurrentPalo Alto Networks | 56 | 71 | 988.9 | — | 11.0 | 26.4 | $363.58 | -3.06% | +24.5% | ||
| MSFTMicrosoft | 79 | 67 | 27.5 | — | 8.3 | 11.1 | $493.78 | -0.80% | +17.8% | ||
| MUMicron Technology | 77 | 57 | 23.0 | — | 11.5 | 12.7 | $1,015.80 | +3.92% | +167.0% | ||
| NVDANVIDIA | 77 | 68 | 28.0 | — | 23.6 | 17.9 | $222.27 | +1.34% | +83.4% | ||
| NTNXNutanix Inc - | 76 | 73 | 13.6 | — | 29.1 | 7.4 | $69.80 | -0.24% | +12.4% | ||
| DUOLDuolingo Inc - | 75 | 50 | 17.3 | — | 5.0 | 5.2 | $141.90 | -3.54% | +29.4% |
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