Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) Issues Q3 2025 Earnings Guidance

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) updated its third quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Thursday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.760-0.770 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.760. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.3 billion-$2.3 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.3 billion. Palo Alto Networks also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 3.180-3.240 EPS.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

PANW has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Citigroup cut their price objective on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $216.00 to $205.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, January 17th. Susquehanna lifted their price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $210.00 to $217.50 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a report on Thursday, November 21st. Guggenheim lowered Palo Alto Networks from a “neutral” rating to a “sell” rating and set a $130.00 price objective for the company. in a report on Monday, January 6th. HSBC cut Palo Alto Networks from a “hold” rating to a “reduce” rating and lowered their price objective for the stock from $152.00 to $145.50 in a research report on Friday, November 22nd. Finally, BTIG Research cut Palo Alto Networks from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating, twenty-nine have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Palo Alto Networks has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $201.77.

Palo Alto Networks Stock Up 2.6 %

Shares of NASDAQ PANW traded up $5.15 during midday trading on Thursday, hitting $201.88. The stock had a trading volume of 12,558,640 shares, compared to its average volume of 6,058,057. Palo Alto Networks has a 1 year low of $130.04 and a 1 year high of $207.24. The company has a market capitalization of $132.47 billion, a PE ratio of 52.57, a P/E/G ratio of 5.36 and a beta of 1.14. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $186.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $181.28.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 13th. The network technology company reported $0.43 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.75 by ($0.32). Palo Alto Networks had a return on equity of 23.36% and a net margin of 32.99%. As a group, analysts expect that Palo Alto Networks will post 1.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Palo Alto Networks

In related news, CAO Josh D. Paul sold 700 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.22, for a total value of $126,854.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 47,976 shares in the company, valued at approximately $8,694,210.72. This represents a 1.44 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Lee Klarich sold 120,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $179.70, for a total value of $21,564,000.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 365,856 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $65,744,323.20. The trade was a 24.70 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 1,458,864 shares of company stock worth $269,397,331 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

About Palo Alto Networks

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.