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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PANW | -14% | +184.22% | +23.23% | +1,691% |
| S&P | +18.89% | +78.8% | +12.32% | +404% |
Palo Alto Networks provides network security to businesses and government entities, safely enabling the applications running on their networks.
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This cybersecurity specialist's revenue pipeline is getting better thanks to the growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in this niche.
| Q1 2026 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $2.59B | 14.9% |
| Gross Profit | $1.91B | 15.1% |
| Gross Margin | 73.59% | 0.1% |
| Market Cap | $123.35B | 1.9% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $7.68M | 0.0% |
| Employees | 16.1K | 5.1% |
| Net Income | $432.00M | 61.6% |
| EBITDA | $626.00M | 36.1% |
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| Q1 2026 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $4.16B | 86.1% |
| Accounts Receivable | $2.12B | 41.5% |
| Inventory | 0 | 0.0% |
| Q1 2026 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $372.00M | 2.5% |
| Short Term Debt | $0.00K | -100.0% |
| Q1 2026 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | 5.58% | -0.8% |
| Return On Invested Capital | 1.78% | 4.0% |
| Q1 2026 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | $384.00M | -24.6% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | $554.00M | -0.5% |
| Metric | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 106.97 | 108.49 | 139.69 | 97.92 | -6.01% |
| Price to Book | 19.36 | 15.99 | 18.80 | 14.13 | -30.87% |
| Price to Sales | 14.90 | 13.35 | 16.34 | 12.72 | -16.64% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | 79.49 | 47.19 | 58.95 | 36.29 | -68.44% |
| Price to Free Cash Flow TTM | 44.07 | 35.47 | 42.30 | 35.29 | -20.88% |
| Enterprise Value to EBITDA | 292.40 | 215.18 | 298.00 | 194.34 | -30.38% |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 2.3% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 26.40% |
| Return on Equity | 21.2% | 17.5% | 15.3% | 16.3% | -30.45% |
| Total Debt | $728.90M | $417.40M | $346.00M | $372.00M | -58.52% |
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