Palo Alto Networks Inc (NASDAQ:PANW) currently has a daily average trading volume of 5.51M but it saw 7149832 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 115.50B USD, the company’s current market price of $174.44 came falling about -5.69 while comparing to the previous closing price of $184.96. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $208.39 and as low as $132.50. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $173.58 while lowest mark touched by it was $183.09.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) gives us an average price of $182.50, while its current price level is -16.29% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 31.65% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $186.96 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $179.30. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 3.10% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 3.34%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 40.13 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
Over the week, PANW’s stock price is moving -5.20% down while it is -7.97% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is -4.13% down and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 22.38%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report on 2025-Feb-12, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 0.77 while estimate for next year EPS is 3.23. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $2.5B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $9.19B and seeing the company making $10.57B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $2.28B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Palo Alto Networks Inc’s total number of outstanding shares is 660.40M with 1.05% of that held by the insiders while 81.67% of its common stock has been owned by the institutions. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 18.62% and return on equity (ROE) at 23.38%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 98.55 while having a 47.60 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 1.04. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 18.07 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 13.48. Its return on asset (ROA) is 6.39% on average.
