OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC Invests $8.54 Million in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW

OneDigital Investment Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 25,037 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $8,538,000.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Trilogy Capital Inc. grew its position in Palo Alto Networks by 1.8% in the second quarter. Trilogy Capital Inc. now owns 2,127 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $725,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the period. Wisconsin Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Palo Alto Networks by 1.2% in the second quarter. Wisconsin Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 3,206 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,093,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the period. Orrstown Financial Services Inc. raised its position in Palo Alto Networks by 1.2% in the second quarter. Orrstown Financial Services Inc. now owns 3,197 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $1,090,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the period. GSG Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 0.4% in the 1st quarter. GSG Advisors LLC now owns 12,536 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $2,010,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Outfitters Financial LLC lifted its stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 1.7% in the 4th quarter. Outfitters Financial LLC now owns 3,265 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $601,000 after purchasing an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 79.82% of the company’s stock.

Palo Alto Networks Price Performance

PANW stock opened at $384.27 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 0.86, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The company has a market capitalization of $313.18 billion, a PE ratio of 314.98, a P/E/G ratio of 12.89 and a beta of 0.91. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a 12-month low of $139.57 and a 12-month high of $398.88. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $328.02 and its 200 day moving average price is $235.70.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, June 2nd. The network technology company reported $0.85 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.79 by $0.06. Palo Alto Networks had a return on equity of 10.53% and a net margin of 7.95%.The firm had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.94 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.37 EPS. Palo Alto Networks’s revenue was up 31.1% on a year-over-year basis. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.770-3.790 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.960-0.980 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 2.02 EPS for the current year.

Insider Activity at Palo Alto Networks

In other news, Director Aparna Bawa sold 290 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $348.74, for a total transaction of $101,134.60. Following the sale, the director owned 6,437 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,244,839.38. This represents a 4.31% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Josh D. Paul sold 900 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $345.00, for a total transaction of $310,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 79,644 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,477,180. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders sold 101,239 shares of company stock valued at $27,174,360. 1.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently issued reports on PANW shares. Wells Fargo & Company raised their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $325.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Jefferies Financial Group set a $335.00 target price on shares of Palo Alto Networks and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Argus set a $425.00 target price on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research note on Tuesday, July 21st. Robert W. Baird set a $320.00 price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, BTIG Research lifted their price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $333.00 to $380.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, June 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have given a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $339.61.

Palo Alto Networks Company Profile

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The firm develops a broad suite of security products and services designed to prevent successful cyberattacks and protect enterprise networks, clouds, and endpoints. Built around a platform strategy, its offerings target threat prevention, detection, response and governance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio includes next‑generation firewalls as a core on‑premises capability, alongside cloud‑delivered security services and software for securing public and private clouds.