PANW Stock Summary and Trading Ideas (Palo Alto Networks | NASDAQ:PANW)

Palo Alto Networks is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, and security operations. The California-based firm has more than 80,000 enterprise customers across the world, including more than three-fourths of the Global 2000.

Palo Alto Networks trades on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol PANW.

As of October 21, 2026, PANW stock price climbed to $349.64 with 1,107,305 million shares trading.

PANW has a beta of 1.77, meaning it tends to be more sensitive to market movements. PANW has a correlation of 0.16 to the broad based SPY ETF.

PANW has a market cap of $286.01 billion. This is considered a Mega Cap stock.

Last quarter Palo Alto Networks reported $3 billion in Revenue and $1.02 earnings per share. This beat revenue expectation by $59 million and exceeded earnings estimates by $.14.

In the last 3 years, PANW traded as high as $432.33 and as low as $116.90.

The top ETF exchange traded funds that PANW belongs to (by Net Assets): VTI, VOO, QQQ, IVV, VUG.

PANW has outperformed the market in the last year with a return of +65.1%, while the SPY ETF gained +16.0%. However, in the most recent history, PANW shares have underperformed the stock market with its stock returning +0.3% in the last 3 month period and -16.7% for the last 2 week period, while SPY has returned +4.2% and -1.0%, respectively.

PANW support price is $328.99 and resistance is $351.57 (based on 1 day standard deviation move). This means that using the most recent 20 day stock volatility and applying a one standard deviation move around the stock's closing price, stastically there is a 67% probability that PANW shares will trade within this expected range on the day.