Palo Alto Networks, Inc.

NasdaqGS:PANW Stock Report

Market Cap: US$125.0b

Palo Alto Networks Valuation

Is PANW undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

3/6

Valuation Score 3/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of PANW when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: PANW ($179.37) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($246.42)

Significantly Below Fair Value: PANW is trading below fair value by more than 20%.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for PANW?

Key metric: As PANW is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for PANW. This is calculated by dividing PANW's market cap by their current earnings.
What is PANW's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio111.9x
EarningsUS$1.12b
Market CapUS$125.02b

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does PANW's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for PANW vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average43.7x
NOW ServiceNow
88.4x19.73%US$153.0b
FTNT Fortinet
30.9x10.01%US$57.9b
ORCL Oracle
36.5x21.80%US$562.3b
CHKP Check Point Software Technologies
19.2x0.15%US$19.4b
PANW Palo Alto Networks
111.9x19.73%US$125.0b

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: PANW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (111.9x) compared to the peer average (43.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does PANW's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

14 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
MARA MARA Holdings
4x-101.18%US$3.75b
BTBT Bit Digital
4.8x-118.99%US$660.03m
XNET Xunlei
0.4xn/aUS$455.87m
EXOD Exodus Movement
4.1x-32.22%US$445.12m
PANW 111.9xIndustry Avg. 31.7xNo. of Companies15PE020406080100+
14 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: PANW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (111.9x) compared to the US Software industry average (31.7x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is PANW's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

PANW PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio111.9x
Fair PE Ratio42.1x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: PANW is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (111.9x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (42.1x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst PANW forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$179.37
US$227.34
+26.74%
10.36%US$255.00US$131.00n/a47
Dec ’26US$187.73
US$224.53
+19.60%
11.85%US$255.00US$131.00n/a47
Nov ’26US$220.24
US$217.88
-1.07%
11.30%US$250.00US$131.00n/a48
Oct ’26US$206.80
US$214.99
+3.96%
10.95%US$245.00US$131.00n/a48
Sep ’26US$190.52
US$213.78
+12.21%
10.86%US$240.00US$131.00n/a47
Aug ’26US$172.88
US$212.64
+23.00%
11.15%US$235.00US$123.00n/a47
Jul ’26US$197.58
US$212.14
+7.37%
10.91%US$235.00US$123.00n/a50
Jun ’26US$192.42
US$211.90
+10.13%
10.90%US$235.00US$123.00n/a49
May ’26US$186.27
US$211.26
+13.41%
10.98%US$235.00US$123.00n/a47
Apr ’26US$171.31
US$213.17
+24.44%
10.97%US$240.00US$123.00n/a49
Mar ’26US$190.43
US$214.01
+12.38%
11.11%US$240.00US$123.00n/a48
Feb ’26US$184.42
US$202.08
+9.58%
14.00%US$240.00US$112.50n/a49
Jan ’26US$181.96
US$204.56
+12.42%
12.14%US$240.00US$112.50US$184.2049
Dec ’25US$193.91
US$205.30
+5.87%
9.97%US$232.20US$138.00US$187.7349
Nov ’25US$181.32
US$192.21
+6.00%
8.73%US$225.00US$138.00US$220.2450
Oct ’25US$164.65
US$189.65
+15.19%
7.78%US$210.00US$138.00US$206.8048
Sep ’25US$181.36
US$189.41
+4.44%
6.83%US$208.00US$152.00US$190.5248
Aug ’25US$157.81
US$173.12
+9.70%
8.20%US$195.85US$137.50US$172.8848
Jul ’25US$170.45
US$171.63
+0.69%
7.94%US$192.50US$137.50US$197.5848
Jun ’25US$147.46
US$169.62
+15.03%
8.02%US$192.50US$137.50US$192.4248
May ’25US$143.67
US$168.03
+16.96%
9.47%US$203.50US$132.50US$186.2747
Apr ’25US$139.71
US$168.11
+20.33%
9.81%US$203.50US$132.50US$171.3146
Mar ’25US$151.20
US$167.96
+11.09%
9.91%US$203.50US$132.50US$190.4345
Feb ’25US$169.99
US$164.38
-3.30%
14.11%US$202.50US$120.50US$184.4245
Jan ’25US$147.44
US$148.48
+0.70%
13.22%US$200.00US$95.00US$181.9644
US$227.34
Fair Value
21.1% undervalued intrinsic discount
47
Number of Analysts

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/01/05 03:47
End of Day Share Price 2026/01/02 00:00
Earnings2025/10/31
Annual Earnings2025/07/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is covered by 75 analysts. 52 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Adam ShepherdArete Research Services LLP
Ellie BagshawArete Research Services LLP
Joseph BonnerArgus Research Company