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Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

PANW

Technology · 396.09 -0.4% today

You’ve read what changed. Here’s whether the market is confirming it.

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 1 Oct, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s move is spreading beyond its market group.

PANW accounts for 12.7% of the group's measured movement across 2.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 4 of 6 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 0%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

Session-normalized 5m paths
Role in the moveAligned contributor#2 of 6 by movement share
Group movement share12.7%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path-0.37%aligned
Effective breadth2.6 / 6concentrated
Relative alignment4/6downside path · 1 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement0%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

CHKP moved materially before PANW. PANW crossed its material path threshold at 09:30 ET. FTNT, CGNT, VIA followed.

P/E209.6xlatest annual facts
Revenue YoY+14.9%2025-07-31
Operating margin13.5%+5.0 pts YoY
EVIDENCE COVERAGE

5 of 6 members in Software Companies are active. 3 of 8 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 4 of 6 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • SAIL remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 2 of 6 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

PANW accounts for 12.7% of the group's measured movement across 2.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 4 of 6 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 0%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • At least 4 of 6 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • SAIL remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 1, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations616
Usable filing statements118
Verified relationships20
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +24.5% year over year.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 14.83x in the latest annual period.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
  • Product pipeline and R&D has repeated favorable evidence across 5 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Operating margin changed -7.4 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -9.6 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Diluted shares increased 7.8% in the latest annual period.
Questions before a position
  • P/E is 2808% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
  • EV/sales is 174% above the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Oct 1, 2026

396.09
6m+146.5%12m+94.5%24m+16.9%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-07-31$5.5B+29.3%$-0.90+2.2%
2023-07-31$6.9B+25.3%$0.64—
2024-07-31$8.0B+16.5%$3.64+3.4%
2025-07-31$9.2B+14.9%$1.60+0.1%
2026-07-31$11.5B+24.5%$0.40+7.8%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Demand and volumepositive · 5 filings
“Year Ended July 31, Year Ended July 31, 2026 2025 Change 2025 2024 Change Amount Amount Amount % Amount Amount Amount % (dollars in millions) Cost of product revenue $ 568 $ 413 $ 155 38 % $ 413 $ 348 $ 65 19 % Cost of product revenue increased for fiscal 202…”
10-K · Sep 10, 2026 ↗
Product pipeline and R&Dpositive · 5 filings
“Three Months Ended April 30, Nine Months Ended April 30, 2026 2025 Change 2026 2025 Change Amount Amount Amount % Amount Amount Amount % (dollars in millions) Research and development $ 734 $ 494 $ 240 49 % $ 1,773 $ 1,480 $ 293 20 % Research and development…”
10-Q · Jun 3, 2026 ↗
Legal and regulatory exposuremixed · 4 filings
“The increase in general and administrative expense for the nine months ended April 30, 2026 was also driven by a partial release of litigation-related accrual of $40 million during the nine months ended April 30, 2025.”
10-Q · Jun 3, 2026 ↗
Capital investment and capacitypositive · 2 filings
“The increase was primarily due to growth of our business as reflected by increases in collections during the nine months ended April 30, 2026, partially offset by higher cash expenditure to support our business growth.”
10-Q · Jun 3, 2026 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 26.4× · EV/sales 26.1×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

396.09-0.4% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 1 Oct, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for PANW. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for PANW. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind PANW

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

CRWDCrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.competitorJun 3, 2026 ▾

“Our main competitors fall into four categories: • large companies that incorporate security features in their products, such as Cisco Systems, Inc.”

CSCOCisco Systems, Inc.competitorJun 3, 2026 ▾

“Our main competitors fall into four categories: • large companies that incorporate security features in their products, such as Cisco Systems, Inc.”

Depended on by

QLYSQualys, Inc.competitorMay 5, 2026 ▾

“We compete with large and small public companies, such as CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Networks, Rapid7, and Tenable Holdings, as well as privately held security providers including Invicti, Tanium, and Wiz (which has announced a pending acquisition by Google).”

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

PANW is currently a Follower in the organic co-movement group Software Companies. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.