On Monday, Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) opened lower -1.06% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $186.18. Price fluctuations for PANW have ranged from $130.04 to $207.24 over the past 52 weeks.
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It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 22.69%. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted 10.30% at the time writing. With a float of $648.86 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $655.40 million.
The extent of productivity of a business whose workforce counts for 15289 workers is very important to gauge. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 74.17%, operating margin of 11.29%, and the pretax margin is 12.96%.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) Insider Updates
A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Software – Infrastructure industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Palo Alto Networks Inc is 1.12%, while institutional ownership is 77.75%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Dec 12 ’24, was worth 2,400,952. In this transaction Director of this company sold 6,000 shares at a rate of $400.16, taking the stock ownership to the 26,495 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Dec 12 ’24, when Company’s Director proposed sale 6,000 for $398.42, making the entire transaction worth $2,390,520.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) Performance Highlights and Predictions
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 10.30% per share during the next fiscal year.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) Trading Performance Indicators
Check out the current performance indicators for Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 0.79. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 14.58. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 39.28.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 3.84, a number that is poised to hit 0.77 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.58 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW)
The latest stats from [Palo Alto Networks Inc, PANW] show that its last 5-days average volume of 2.63 million was inferior to 7.47 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 12.39%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.55.
During the past 100 days, Palo Alto Networks Inc’s (PANW) raw stochastic average was set at 57.38%, which indicates a significant increase from 9.08% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 33.43% in the past 14 days, which was higher than the 32.97% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $191.81, while its 200-day Moving Average is $167.62. Now, the first resistance to watch is $185.91. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $187.61. The third major resistance level sits at $189.62. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $182.20, it is likely to go to the next support level at $180.19. Assuming the price breaks the second support level, the third support level stands at $178.49.
Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ: PANW) Key Stats
There are currently 656,200K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 120.87 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 8,028 M according to its annual income of 2,578 M. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 2,139 M and its income totaled 350,700 K.
