Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW Shares Bought by CreativeOne Wealth LLC

CreativeOne Wealth LLC raised its stake in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW - Free Report) by 26.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 24,970 shares of the network technology company's stock after acquiring an additional 5,298 shares during the period. CreativeOne Wealth LLC's holdings in Palo Alto Networks were worth $4,261,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

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Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Csenge Advisory Group raised its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 2.4% in the first quarter. Csenge Advisory Group now owns 2,271 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $381,000 after buying an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. GSG Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 0.4% in the first quarter. GSG Advisors LLC now owns 12,450 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $2,154,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp raised its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 1.4% in the first quarter. SYM FINANCIAL Corp now owns 4,047 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $691,000 after buying an additional 55 shares during the last quarter. Crew Capital Management Ltd. raised its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 2.5% in the first quarter. Crew Capital Management Ltd. now owns 2,310 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $394,000 after buying an additional 57 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TFB Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 1.9% in the first quarter. TFB Advisors LLC now owns 3,084 shares of the network technology company's stock valued at $526,000 after buying an additional 58 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.82% of the company's stock.

Palo Alto Networks Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ PANW opened at $187.61 on Thursday. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a 1 year low of $144.15 and a 1 year high of $210.39. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $189.74 and its 200 day moving average price is $186.25. The firm has a market cap of $125.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 116.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.49 and a beta of 0.94.

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Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Monday, August 18th. The network technology company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.06. Palo Alto Networks had a net margin of 12.30% and a return on equity of 17.66%. The firm had revenue of $2.54 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.50 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.75 earnings per share. Palo Alto Networks's revenue was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, equities analysts predict that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 1.76 EPS for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts recently issued reports on PANW shares. Barclays reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $215.00 price target (up from $210.00) on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Northland Securities cut their price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $210.00 to $177.00 and set a "market perform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 21st. Needham & Company LLC reissued a "buy" rating and set a $230.00 price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $225.00 price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Finally, Stephens reissued an "equal weight" rating and set a $205.00 price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. Twenty-eight investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have assigned a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Palo Alto Networks presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $211.52.

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Insider Activity at Palo Alto Networks

In other Palo Alto Networks news, CAO Josh D. Paul sold 800 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 42,033 shares of the company's stock, valued at $8,450,734.65. This trade represents a 1.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Nir Zuk sold 100,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 in the company, 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. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 669,948 shares of company stock worth $126,552,277. Company insiders own 2.50% of the company's stock.

Palo Alto Networks Company 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.

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