Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)

Palo Alto Networks Stock Forecast

Stock Price Forecast

The 40 analysts with 12-month price forecasts for Palo Alto Networks stock have an average target of 404.83, with a low estimate of 280 and a high estimate of 455. The average target predicts an increase of 1.43% from the current stock price of 399.11.

Analyst Consensus: Buy

Target	Low	Average	Median	High
Price	$280	$404.83	$421	$455
Change	-29.84%	+1.43%	+5.48%	+14.00%

Analyst Ratings

The average analyst rating for PANW stock from 43 stock analysts is "Buy". This means that analysts believe this stock is likely to outperform the market over the next twelve months.

Recommendation Trends

Rating	Jun '24	Jul '24	Aug '24	Sep '24	Oct '24	Nov '24
Strong Buy	12	11	11	11	11	14
Buy	18	18	18	18	19	19
Hold	10	11	12	12	11	10
Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Strong Sell	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	40	40	41	41	41	43

Latest Forecasts

Analyst	Firm	Rating	Rating	Action	Price Target	Upside	Date
Anthony Hau Truist Securities	Truist Securities	Strong Buy Maintains $425	Strong Buy	Maintains	$425	+6.49%	Nov 21, 2024
Shaul Eyal TD Cowen	TD Cowen	Strong Buy Maintains $400 → $420	Strong Buy	Maintains	$400 → $420	+5.23%	Nov 21, 2024
Gray Powell BTIG	BTIG	Strong Buy Maintains $395 → $414	Strong Buy	Maintains	$395 → $414	+3.73%	Nov 21, 2024
Fatima Boolani Citigroup	Citigroup	Strong Buy Maintains $395 → $432	Strong Buy	Maintains	$395 → $432	+8.24%	Nov 21, 2024
Brad Zelnick Deutsche Bank	Deutsche Bank	Strong Buy Maintains $395 → $415	Strong Buy	Maintains	$395 → $415	+3.98%	Nov 21, 2024

More Analyst Ratings

Financial Forecast

Revenue This Year

9.31B

Increased by 16.00%

from 8.03B

Revenue Next Year

10.73B

Increased by 15.22%

from 9.31B

EPS This Year

6.40

Decreased by -12.11%

from 7.28

EPS Next Year

7.35

Increased by 14.80%

from 6.40

Fiscal Year	FY 2020	FY 2021	FY 2022	FY 2023	FY 2024	FY 2025	FY 2026	FY 2027
Period Ending	Jul 31, 2020	Jul 31, 2021	Jul 31, 2022	Jul 31, 2023	Jul 31, 2024	Jul 31, 2025	Jul 31, 2026	Jul 31, 2027
Revenue	3.41B	4.26B	5.50B	6.89B	8.03B	9.31B	10.73B	12.48B
Revenue Growth	17.55%	24.87%	29.26%	25.29%	16.46%	16.00%	15.22%	16.29%
EPS	-0.92	-1.73	-0.90	1.28	7.28	6.40	7.35	8.75
EPS Growth	-	-	-	-	468.75%	-12.11%	14.80%	19.10%
Forward PE	-	-	-	-	-	62.38	54.34	45.62
No. Analysts	-	-	-	-	-	57	52	24

Historical EPS numbers are GAAP, while forecasted numbers may be non-GAAP.

Revenue Forecast

Revenue	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	9.6B	11.7B	14.3B
Avg	9.3B	10.7B	12.5B
Low	8.8B	8.7B	10.6B

Revenue Growth

Revenue Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	19.8%	26.1%	33.3%
Avg	16.0%	15.2%	16.3%
Low	9.7%	-6.3%	-0.9%

EPS Forecast

EPS	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	6.69	8.85	10.86
Avg	6.40	7.35	8.75
Low	6.05	5.93	7.45

EPS Growth

EPS Growth	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029
High	-8.1%	38.3%	47.9%
Avg	-12.1%	14.8%	19.1%
Low	-16.9%	-7.3%	1.4%

Sources: Price targets and analyst ratings provided by Benzinga. Revenue and EPS forecast data provided by Finnhub. The data is sourced from Wall Street analysts. Data disclaimer.