Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW): Is It A Buying Opportunity Again?

After Hours

After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility.

Stocks Info

PANW belongs to the Technology sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Software – Infrastructure industry. The current market capitalization of Palo Alto Networks Inc is $124.14B. A total of 4.68 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 5.59M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Jenkins William D Jr sold 2,401 shares of PANW for 205.49 per share on Feb 19 ’25. After the transaction, the President now owns 21,563 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 19 ’25, WILLIAM D JENKINS JR. bought 2,401 shares at 208.28 per share.

Among the insiders who sold shares, Arora Nikesh disposed of 490,723 shares on Feb 03 ’25 at a per-share price of $182.45. This resulted in the Chief Executive Officer holding 1,086,404 shares of PANW after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Arora Nikesh sold 297,673 shares at $182.33 per share on Feb 04 ’25. Company shares held by the Chief Executive Officer now total 1,086,404.

While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, PANW has a high of $208.39 and a low of $132.50.

As of this writing, PANW has an earnings estimate of $0.77 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 43.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.82 per share and a lower estimate of $0.76.

Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly

An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. PANW’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $2.90B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $3.54B in debt and $5.12B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $9.65, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $763.60M.

Analysts Opinion

There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for PANW is Buy with a score of 4.36.

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