Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Stock Forecast & Price Target

$186.78 -2.58 (-1.36%)

(As of 12/20/2024 05:45 PM ET)

Palo Alto Networks - Analysts' Recommendations and Stock Price Forecast (2025)

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Consensus Rating

Moderate Buy

Based on 43 Analyst Ratings

Sell
2

Hold
9

Buy
32

Based on 43 Wall Street analysts who have issued ratings for Palo Alto Networks in the last 12 months, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy." Out of the 43 analysts, 2 have given a sell rating, 9 have given a hold rating, 31 have given a buy rating, and 1 has given a strong buy rating for PANW.

Consensus Price Target

$201.40
7.83% Upside

According to the 43 analysts' twelve-month price targets for Palo Alto Networks, the average price target is $201.40. The highest price target for PANW is $240.00, while the lowest price target for PANW is $142.50. The average price target represents a forecasted upside of 7.83% from the current price of $186.78.

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PANW Analyst Ratings Over Time

Type	Current Forecast 12/23/23 to 12/22/24	1 Month Ago 11/23/23 to 11/22/24	3 Months Ago 9/24/23 to 9/23/24	1 Year Ago 12/23/22 to 12/23/23
Strong Buy	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	1 Strong Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)
Buy	31 Buy rating(s)	31 Buy rating(s)	29 Buy rating(s)	35 Buy rating(s)
Hold	9 Hold rating(s)	10 Hold rating(s)	12 Hold rating(s)	5 Hold rating(s)
Sell	2 Sell rating(s)	2 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Sell rating(s)
Consensus Price Target	$201.40	$201.01	$183.04	$139.83
Forecasted Upside	7.83% Upside	4.87% Upside	6.36% Upside	-6.22% Downside
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy

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PANW Analyst Recommendations By Month

The chart below shows how a company's ratings by analysts have changed over time. Each bar represents the previous year of ratings for that month. Within each bar, the sell ratings are shown in red, the hold ratings are shown in yellow, the buy ratings are shown in green, and the strong buy ratings are shown in dark green.

PANW Price Targets by Month

The chart below shows how a company's share price and consensus price target have changed over time. The dark blue line represents the company's actual price. The lighter blue line represents the stock's consensus price target. The even lighter blue range in the background of the two lines represents the low price target and the high price target for each stock.

Palo Alto Networks Stock vs. The Competition

Type	Palo Alto Networks	Computer and Technology Companies	S&P 500
Consensus Rating Score	2.72	2.68	2.51
Consensus Rating	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy	Moderate Buy
Predicted Upside	7.83% Upside	265.05% Upside	14.54% Upside
News Sentiment Rating	Positive News See Recent PANW News	Positive News	Positive News

Recent Analyst Forecasts and Stock Ratings

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Date	Brokerage	Analyst Name	Action	Rating	Price Target	Upside/Downside on Report Date
12/19/2024	Jefferies Financial Group 2 of 5 stars		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$225.00 ➝ $240.00	+26.30%
12/17/2024	Barclays 3 of 5 stars		Lower Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$425.00 ➝ $213.00	+5.05%
11/22/2024	Hsbc Global Res 0 of 5 stars	S. Bersey Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Hold ➝ Moderate Sell
11/22/2024	HSBC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Hold ➝ Reduce	$152.00 ➝ $145.50	-26.78%
11/21/2024	Robert W. Baird Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$212.50 ➝ $217.50	+15.14%
11/21/2024	Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$197.50 ➝ $207.50	+5.40%
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11/21/2024	TD Cowen Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$200.00 ➝ $210.00	+6.67%
11/21/2024	Oppenheimer Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $225.00	+12.66%
11/21/2024	Royal Bank of Canada Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$225.00 ➝ $225.00	+12.66%
11/21/2024	Westpark Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Hold
11/21/2024	Cantor Fitzgerald Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	J. Ruykhaver Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$222.50 ➝ $222.50	+13.26%
11/21/2024	Wells Fargo & Company Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$208.00 ➝ $225.00	+14.54%
11/21/2024	Piper Sandler Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$165.00 ➝ $192.50	-2.01%
11/21/2024	Bank of America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$200.00 ➝ $215.00	+9.45%
11/21/2024	BTIG Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$197.50 ➝ $207.00	+5.37%
11/21/2024	Citigroup Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$197.50 ➝ $216.00	+9.95%
11/21/2024	BMO Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$195.00 ➝ $212.50	+8.17%
11/21/2024	Susquehanna Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Positive ➝ Positive	$210.00 ➝ $217.50	+10.72%
11/21/2024	Needham & Company LLC Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$192.50 ➝ $225.00	+14.54%
11/21/2024	JMP Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Market Outperform ➝ Market Outperform	$190.00 ➝ $207.50	+5.63%
11/21/2024	Northland Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Market Perform ➝ Market Perform	$175.00 ➝ $185.00	-5.83%
11/21/2024	Rosenblatt Securities Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	C. Trebnick Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Neutral ➝ Buy	$195.00 ➝ $215.00	+9.45%
11/18/2024	JPMorgan Chase & Co. Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$193.50 ➝ $224.50	+15.29%
11/18/2024	Truist Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$200.00 ➝ $212.50	+9.13%
11/18/2024	Evercore ISI Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$197.50 ➝ $227.50	+16.80%
11/14/2024	Stifel Nicolaus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$192.50 ➝ $220.00	+10.83%
11/7/2024	OTR Global Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Mixed ➝ Negative
10/18/2024	KeyCorp Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$200.00 ➝ $217.50	+15.65%
10/11/2024	Morgan Stanley Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Overweight ➝ Overweight	$195.00 ➝ $210.50	+13.97%
10/8/2024	BNP Paribas Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	A. Degasperi Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$205.00	+15.84%
10/8/2024	The Goldman Sachs Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$188.00 ➝ $212.50	+20.08%
8/20/2024	Scotiabank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Sector Outperform ➝ Sector Outperform	$192.50 ➝ $200.00	+9.38%
8/20/2024	DA Davidson Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	R. Kessinger Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$190.00 ➝ $207.50	+20.86%
8/20/2024	UBS Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$172.50 ➝ $177.50	+3.39%
8/20/2024	Sanford C. Bernstein Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$182.00 ➝ $199.50	+16.20%
8/16/2024	Wedbush Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Outperform ➝ Outperform	$187.50 ➝ $187.50	+11.88%
7/18/2024	Redburn Atlantic Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	N. Marques Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral	$175.00 ➝ $162.50	-2.15%
5/29/2024	Daiwa America Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	M. Ueno Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Upgrade	Strong-Buy
5/29/2024	Argus Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	J. Bonner Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Boost Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$168.00 ➝ $174.00	+13.71%
5/29/2024	Daiwa Capital Markets Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Outperform	$175.00	+13.63%
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5/21/2024	Macquarie Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Neutral ➝ Neutral	$135.00 ➝ $142.50	-10.49%
2/21/2024	Mizuho Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Lower Target	Buy ➝ Buy	$202.50 ➝ $175.00	+29.36%
2/21/2024	Capital One Financial Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Overweight ➝ Equal Weight	$151.00	-17.51%
2/21/2024	Loop Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Hold	$150.00	-18.05%
12/18/2023	Raymond James Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Outperform ➝ Market Perform
10/18/2023	DZ Bank Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Initiated Coverage	Buy	$155.00	+18.44%
6/8/2023	58.com Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Reiterated Rating	Maintains
5/24/2023	Wolfe Research Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$105.00 ➝ $112.50	+10.78%
5/24/2023	Credit Suisse Group Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Outperform	$117.50 ➝ $130.00	+37.03%
2/22/2023	Roth Mkm Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Boost Target	Buy	$110.00 ➝ $115.00	+22.58%
2/21/2023	Roth Capital Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	C. Trebnick Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating	Reiterated Rating	Buy	$110.00 ➝ $115.00	+37.82%
1/17/2023	Guggenheim Subscribe to MarketBeat All Access for the recommendation accuracy rating		Downgrade	Buy ➝ Neutral

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Should I Buy Palo Alto Networks Stock? PANW Pros and Cons Explained

These pros and cons were generated based on recent news and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest and most accurate insights. They were last updated on Thursday, December 12, 2024. Please send any questions or comments about these Palo Alto Networks pros and cons to contact@marketbeat.com.

Palo Alto Networks
Bull Case

Here are some ways that investors could benefit from investing in Palo Alto Networks, Inc.:

The stock has recently been upgraded by multiple analysts, with Wells Fargo & Company raising its price target to $450.00, indicating a potential upside of 13.23% from the current price of approximately $397.41.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. reported earnings per share of $1.56, exceeding analyst expectations of $1.48, showcasing strong financial performance and effective management.
The company achieved a revenue of $2.14 billion for the quarter, surpassing estimates and reflecting a year-over-year growth of 13.9%, which indicates robust demand for its cybersecurity solutions.
With a return on equity of 23.36% and a net margin of 32.99%, Palo Alto Networks, Inc. demonstrates strong profitability and efficient use of shareholder equity, which are attractive metrics for investors.
The company is set to undergo a 2-for-1 stock split, which can make shares more accessible to a broader range of investors and potentially increase liquidity in the market.

Palo Alto Networks
Bear Case

Investors should be bearish about investing in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. for these reasons:

Despite strong performance, the stock has a high price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio of 54.31, which may indicate that it is overvalued compared to its earnings, posing a risk for potential investors.
Insider selling has been notable, with executives selling significant shares, which could signal a lack of confidence in the company's future performance.
One investment analyst has issued a sell rating, suggesting that there may be concerns about the stock's future performance amidst a generally positive outlook from others.
The company has a beta of 1.12, indicating that its stock price is more volatile than the market, which could lead to higher risk for investors during market fluctuations.
While institutional ownership is high at 79.82%, any significant changes in institutional investment strategies could impact stock performance negatively.

PANW Forecast - Frequently Asked Questions

: According to the research reports of 43 Wall Street equities research analysts, the average twelve-month stock price forecast for Palo Alto Networks is $201.40, with a high forecast of $240.00 and a low forecast of $142.50.
: 43 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Palo Alto Networks in the last year. There are currently 2 sell ratings, 9 hold ratings, 31 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" PANW shares.
: According to analysts, Palo Alto Networks's stock has a predicted upside of 7.83% based on their 12-month stock forecasts.
: Over the previous 90 days, Palo Alto Networks's stock had 2 upgrades and 2 downgrades by analysts.
: Palo Alto Networks has been rated by research analysts at Bank of America, Barclays, BMO Capital Markets, BNP Paribas, BTIG Research, Cantor Fitzgerald, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft, Evercore ISI, Hsbc Global Res, HSBC, Jefferies Financial Group, JMP Securities, JPMorgan Chase & Co., KeyCorp, Morgan Stanley, Needham & Company LLC, Northland Securities, Oppenheimer, OTR Global, Piper Sandler, Robert W. Baird, Rosenblatt Securities, Royal Bank of Canada, Stifel Nicolaus, Susquehanna, TD Cowen, The Goldman Sachs Group, Truist Financial, Wells Fargo & Company, and Westpark Capital in the past 90 days.
: Analysts like Palo Alto Networks more than other "computer and technology" companies. The consensus rating score for Palo Alto Networks is 2.72 while the average consensus rating score for "computer and technology" companies is 2.69. Learn more on how PANW compares to other companies.

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Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Stock Forecast & Price Target