With 42.2 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained heavier than its average volume of 4.95 million shares. During the session, the Software – Infrastructure company that operates in wider Technology sector, reached to the highest price of $186.12 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $176.56. The 52-week range on PANW shows that it touched its highest point at $210.39 and its lowest point at $142.01 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $214.75. Beta for the stock currently stands at 0.95.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of PANW was down-trending over the past week, with a drop of -8.13%, but this was down by -10.56% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -1.94% while six-month performance fell -5.14%. The stock gained 0.59% in the past year, while it has gained 12.01% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for PANW yields 1.75 with Next year EPS estimates of 3.68. For the next quarter, that number is 0.89. This implies an EPS growth rate of 15.50% for this year and 12.26% for next year.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 665.90 million PANW shares are outstanding with a float of 660.60 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-07-15, short shares totaled 26.66 million, which was 400.0 higher than short shares on 1749772800. In addition to Mr. Nikesh Arora C.F.A. as the firm’s Chairman & CEO, Mr. William D. Jenkins Jr. serves as its President.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.81915003 of PANW’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-04-30, PANW reported revenue of $2289000000.0 and operating income of $218800000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $407300000.0 and diluted EPS was $0.37.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for PANW since 36 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 28 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 7 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With PANW analysts setting a high price target of 235.0 and a low target of 123.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 212.79437. Based on these targets, PANW could surge 28.39% to reach the target high and fall by -32.8% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 16.26% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.79451 being high and $2.78449 being low. For PANW, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.7895.
