Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW Stake Lowered by Capital Market Strategies LLC

Capital Market Strategies LLC reduced its stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) by 9.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,251 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 137 shares during the period. Capital Market Strategies LLC’s holdings in Palo Alto Networks were worth $256,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of PANW. Capital A Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 4th quarter valued at $29,000. HWG Holdings LP purchased a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 1st quarter valued at $31,000. Dagco Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. SWAN Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 100.0% during the 4th quarter. SWAN Capital LLC now owns 200 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $36,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC purchased a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 1st quarter valued at $37,000. 79.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

PANW has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Truist Financial set a $220.00 price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Scotiabank upped their price objective on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $225.00 to $228.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Bank of America upgraded shares of Palo Alto Networks from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price objective for the company in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Finally, JMP Securities reiterated a “market outperform” rating and issued a $212.00 price objective on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Twenty-eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Palo Alto Networks has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $211.68.

Palo Alto Networks Price Performance

Palo Alto Networks stock opened at $196.29 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $131.30 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 122.30, a P/E/G ratio of 4.73 and a beta of 0.98. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $144.15 and a fifty-two week high of $210.39. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of $188.03 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $185.94.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) last released its earnings results on Monday, August 18th. The network technology company reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.06. The firm had revenue of $2.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.50 billion. Palo Alto Networks had a net margin of 12.30% and a return on equity of 17.66%. The business’s revenue was up 15.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $0.75 EPS. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-3.850 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.900 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 1.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity

In other Palo Alto Networks news, CAO Josh D. Paul sold 800 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 20th. The shares were sold at an average price of $201.05, for a total transaction of $160,840.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 42,033 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,450,734.65. The trade was a 1.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Nir Zuk sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $172.80, for a total transaction of $17,280,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 3,143,516 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $543,199,564.80. This represents a 3.08% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 569,422 shares of company stock worth $106,629,618 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Palo Alto Networks Profile

Palo Alto Networks, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, a security management solution for the global control of network security platform as a virtual or a physical appliance. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline, as well as threat intelligence, and data loss prevention.