PANW — Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
Technology · ETF XLK · as of 2026-09-18
Daily · EMA 10 / 20 / 50 · SMA 200 · VolPress: buy/sell split, 20-SMA, white dot = above avg · · E = earnings · RS vs SPY ⓘ · ● RS new high ⓘ
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
NMS
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia Pacific, and Japan. It offers Prisma Access, a secure access service edge solution; Strata Cloud Manager, a network security management solution; and Prisma AIRS to protect customers' entire AI ecosystem. It provides a comprehensive cloud native application protection platform; and Code to Cloud platform, as well as offers VM-Series and CN-Series virtual firewalls for inline network ...
Market cap
288.5B
P/E (TTM)
200.9
EPS (TTM)
1.81
Employees
21,491
IPO
2012-07-20
Website
Price & today
$363.58
ATR(14) 19.05 (5.24%)
| Stock today | -3.06% |
| Sector ETF today | +0.82% |
| Residual (stock-specific) | -3.88% |
Sector correlation
| 20-day correlation with XLK | 0.19 |
| 60-day correlation with XLK | 0.32 |
| Status | normal |
Decoupling fires when 60d corr − 20d corr > 0.20: stock used to track its sector but the relationship has weakened recently.
Technicals
| 10 EMA | $360.71 |
| 20 EMA | $357.35 |
| 50 EMA | $344.42 |
| EMA stack | BULLISH |
| RSI(14) | 53.1 |
| 52-week high distance | +62.60% |
| 52-week low distance | +160.50% |
Signals
| Market F&G | 46.9 |
| Bull% | 12.2% |
| OVTLYR status | BUY (0d) |
| Sector rank | #375 |
| Next earnings | 2026-11-17 (TNS, 58d) |
MarketSmith metrics - our compute
RS Rating
39.8
ADR%
5.2
RMV (tight)
40.0
Ext (ATR>20EMA)
0.3
Rel Vol
219.0%
U/D 50d
0.90
U/D 25d
0.71
Accum/Dist 25d
5 / 3
EPS YoY
+7.0%
LoD dist
40.0
Off 52w High
8.8%
Above 52w Low
160.5%
1W / 1M
+10.0 / +1.1
Avg $Vol 50d
2.22B
Mkt Cap (B)
296.3
Trend 8/8
no
Leads Group
YES
Sector XLK
+1.0% 1W
Base len (VCP)
10wk (11/11)
Coil (base shape)
85TVPX
What do these abbreviations mean?
- RS Rating
- - IBD-style relative strength vs SPY (weighted 3/6/9/12-mo). 70+ = leaders pool, 80+ = strong.
- ADR%
- - average daily range over 20 days. 4%+ = the fast movers the playbook prefers (selection order, not a gate).
- RMV (tight)
- - Relative Measured Volatility, 15 bars, scaled 0-100. <15 = tight coiled base (green), <35 moderate, high = loose/expanding - not a base right now.
- Ext (ATR>20EMA)
- - how many ATRs price sits above its 20-EMA. ≤1 = in value (green), >2 = extended/chasing (red) - prefer a pullback.
- Rel Vol
- - latest volume vs the 50-day average. 100% = normal; 140%+ = breakout confirmation.
- U/D 50d / 25d
- - up-day vs down-day volume over the window. 1.1+ = net accumulation (institutions buying); under 0.9 on the 25d = net selling.
- Accum/Dist 25d
- - heavy-volume up days vs heavy-volume down days in the last 25 sessions (close moved 0.2%+ on above-average volume). The institutional-participation footprint; 5+ distribution days = O'Neil caution line.
- LoD dist
- - close distance above the day low in % of ATR (100 = one full ATR off the low). High = strong close.
- Off/Above 52w
- - trend-template legs: within 25% of the 52-week high, at least 25% above the 52-week low.
- Trend 8/8
- - all 8 Minervini Trend Template criteria pass. Discovery floor, NOT an entry signal - entries come from the VCP pivot.
- Base len (VCP)
- - weeks since the VCP base started on the latest scan. 10wk+ bases carry the edge; short stacked bases test below random.
Fundamentals & valuation - reference, not entry inputs
P/E (TTM)
200.9
Fwd P/E
91.6
PEG
3.0
Price/Book
13.8
Profit margin
13.0%
ROE
16.3%
Debt/Equity
4.9
Rev growth
+14.9%
Analyst target
$206 (-43%)
Analyst rating
BUY
Institutional %
75.0%
Insider %
0.8%
Float %
99.3%
Valuation and analyst figures are Yahoo company stats (weekly refresh, ~3,000 larger names - blanks are honest gaps); logo, employees, website and IPO date are Massive company reference. Momentum/VCP entries do not use valuation - this card is context so you do not have to leave the page.
Company data - context read, not entry inputs
Industry rank
33 / 147
Industry
Software - Infrastructure
Float
809.1M
Float turnover 20d
0.9%
Avg $Vol 20d / 50d
2.50B / 2.22B
Days to cover
3.1
Short % float
3.2%
Institutional %
75.0%
Weinstein stage
2
Float, short interest and institutional % come from Yahoo company stats, refreshed weekly for ~3,000 larger names - a blank means Yahoo does not publish the figure for this stock, not that it is zero. Dollar volume and float turnover are computed from our own price bars; industry rank from our rotation data; stage from the weekly chart.
Quarterly EPS - earnings acceleration
A dash in %Chg is deliberate: the year-ago figure was a loss, so a growth % would be meaningless. A dash in Sales means we have no revenue figure for that quarter - read it as a gap in our data, not as zero revenue.
| Quarter | EPS ($) | %Chg YoY | Sales ($M) | %Chg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov-24 | 0.78 | +13% | 2,139.0 | +14% |
| Feb-25 | 0.81 | +11% | 2,257.0 | +14% |
| May-25 | 0.80 | +21% | 2,289.0 | +15% |
| Aug-25 | 0.95 | +25% | 2,536.0 | +16% |
| Nov-25 | 0.93 | +19% | 2,474.0 | +16% |
| Feb-26 | 1.03 | +27% | 2,594.0 | +15% |
| Jun-26 | 0.85 | +6% | 3,002.0 | +31% |
| Sep-26 | 1.02 | +7% | 3,410.0 | +34% |
† = SEC carries this same fiscal quarter under a second period-end with a materially different figure (hover for it) - a restatement, merger recast or successor-period split; %Chg is blanked when the two are more than 15% apart. It fires only when the two period-ends DISAGREE, so it is a floor, not a guarantee that the rest of the column shares one basis · ‡ = the revenue concept changed from the previous quarter WITH A FIGURE (hover for both) - a blank row in between is skipped, as the eye does - a step at that row is a change of basis, not necessarily of business · EPS = Yahoo
eps_actual (the figure MarketSmith/Deepvue show) - whether a given quarter is GAAP or excludes a one-off follows the filing, so it can sit either side of another vendor's number; AAPL's Oct-24 row, the Sep-2024 fiscal quarter, is $0.97 here - GAAP, including the EU tax charge - where TradingView's year implies $1.64 · Sales ($M) = SEC EDGAR quarterly revenue (fiscal Q4 derived as FY minus 9-mo) · quarter = report month · %Chg blank = prior-year base under $0.05 (not meaningful).Recent news - our DB (Finnhub + OVTLYR)
- Sep 18 + Can Rising Adoption of Agentic AI Accelerate NET's Revenue Growth? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 17 − Bull v. Bear: PANW Parabolic Growth Opportunity Meets Extreme Valuation Schwab Network
- Sep 17 − Analyst Downgrades Cybersecurity Stocks as AI Security Concerns Mount Schwab Network
- Sep 17 + Can Palo Alto Networks' SASE Push Help It Challenge FTNT and ZS? Zacks Investment Research
- Sep 17 · This Copart Analyst Is No Longer Bullish; Here Are Top 5 Downgrades For Thursday Benzinga
- Sep 17 · Lennar Posts Downbeat Q3 Results, Joins Fluence Energy And Other Big Stocks Moving Lower In Thursday’s Pre-Market Session Benzinga
- Sep 17 · Bernstein Downgrades Palo Alto Networks to Market Perform, Raises Price Target to $351 Benzinga
- Sep 16 · I doubt AI companies will slow down at all, says Jim Cramer CNBC