Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW Shares Sold by Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC

Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC decreased its position in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) by 12.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 165,784 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 23,413 shares during the quarter. Palo Alto Networks accounts for approximately 2.0% of Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 9th largest position. Motley Fool Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Palo Alto Networks were worth $33,926,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 6,400.0% in the 2nd quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 130 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 128 shares in the last quarter. Briaud Financial Planning Inc acquired a new position in Palo Alto Networks during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. Dagco Inc. acquired a new position in Palo Alto Networks during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Marshall & Sullivan Inc. WA acquired a new position in Palo Alto Networks during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $41,000. Finally, WPG Advisers LLC acquired a new position in Palo Alto Networks during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $37,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.82% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Nikesh Arora sold 846,408 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.06, for a total value of $172,718,016.48. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 275,013 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $56,119,152.78. The trade was a 75.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Nir Zuk sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $172.80, for a total value of $17,280,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 3,143,516 shares in the company, valued at $543,199,564.80. This represents a 3.08% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 1,315,130 shares of company stock worth $260,687,367. 2.50% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Palo Alto Networks Stock Performance

Shares of PANW stock opened at $220.29 on Tuesday. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a 1 year low of $144.15 and a 1 year high of $221.09. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $201.67 and a two-hundred day moving average of $192.92. The firm has a market capitalization of $147.35 billion, a PE ratio of 137.25, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.16 and a beta of 0.98.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Monday, August 18th. The network technology company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.89 by $0.06. Palo Alto Networks had a return on equity of 17.66% and a net margin of 12.30%.The company had revenue of $2.54 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.50 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.75 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 15.8% on a year-over-year basis. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-3.850 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.900 EPS. Equities research analysts predict that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 1.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on PANW shares. Jefferies Financial Group set a $235.00 price objective on Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Tuesday, July 29th. DA Davidson restated a “buy” rating and set a $215.00 price objective on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Oppenheimer boosted their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $225.00 to $245.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 17th. Truist Financial set a $220.00 price objective on Palo Alto Networks and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Finally, Stephens restated an “equal weight” rating and set a $205.00 price objective on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Tuesday, August 19th. Thirty analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $218.17.

Palo Alto Networks Profile

Palo Alto Networks, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, a security management solution for the global control of network security platform as a virtual or a physical appliance. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline, as well as threat intelligence, and data loss prevention.