PANW - Palo Alto Networks - Stock Forecast

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PANW is currently covered by 39 analysts with an average price target of $306.19. This is a potential upside of $35.6 (-2.53%) from yesterday's end of day stock price of $314.15.

Palo Alto Networks's activity chart (see below) currently has 1,089 price targets and 798 ratings on display. The stock rating distribution of PANW is 86.92% BUY, 11.54% HOLD and 1.54% SELL.

Stock Analyst Price Targets - Review

Analysts average stock forecasts to be materialized ratio is 90.32% with an average time for these price targets to be met of 212.7 days.

Highest price target for PANW is $430, Lowest price target is $157, average price target is $306.19.

Most recent stock forecast was given by HAMZA FODDERWALA from MORGAN STANLEY on 21-Jul-2026.

Overview

Palo Alto Network is a cybersecurity company that provides solutions to protect organizations from malware, viruses, and other cyber attack.

Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Product

Panorama is a security management solution that allows organizations to control their firewall appliances and software deployed on their networks. Panorama also allows organizations to control their instances in public or private cloud environments, as a virtual or physical appliance.

Services

Palo Alto Networks also provides subscription services that cover a range of areas, including:

  • Threat prevention, malware and persistent threat protection, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, and firewall.
  • The company’s DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline solutions provide additional layers of protection, ensuring that organizations are protected against the latest cyber threats.A
  • Architecture design and planning, implementation, configuration, and firewall migration. The company’s education services provide certifications, online training, and in-classroom training to help organizations develop the skills they need to protect themselves from cyber threats.

 

Best performing analysts who are covering PANW - Palo Alto Networks:

Mike Cikos Shyam Patil Andrew Degasperi Eric Heath Rudy Kessinger Peter Levine

Currently out of the existing stock ratings of PANW, 113 are a BUY (86.92%), 15 are a HOLD (11.54%), 2 are a SELL (1.54%).

Analyst name

Rating

Current price target

Potential Upside

Previous price target

Date of last PT

Price targets met ratio

Average potential upside

Average Days to Hit Target

Performance score

Buy Since 25-Apr-2022

$387

$63.21 (19.52%)

$320

9 days ago
(21-Jul-2026)

19/22 (86.36%)

$44.85 (13.11%)

220

Buy Since 26-Sep-2025

$430

$106.21 (32.80%)

$245

15 days ago
(15-Jul-2026)

1/2 (50%)

$75.98 (21.46%)

234

Buy Since 23-Jan-2022

$400

$76.21 (23.54%)

$340

17 days ago
(13-Jul-2026)

26/27 (96.3%)

$69.7 (21.10%)

154

Buy Since 06-Oct-2022

$320

$-3.79 (-1.17%)

$375

22 days ago
(08-Jul-2026)

10/13 (76.92%)

$-0.59 (-0.18%)

223

Buy Since 19-Aug-2025

$425

$101.21 (31.26%)

$350

23 days ago
(07-Jul-2026)

6/7 (85.71%)

$87.96 (26.10%)

152

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What is PANW (Palo Alto Networks) average time for price targets to be met?

On average it took 212.7 days on average for the stock forecasts to be realized with a an average price target met ratio 90.32

Which analyst has the current highest performing score on PANW (Palo Alto Networks) with a proven track record?

MIKE CIKOS

Which analyst has the most public recommendations on PANW (Palo Alto Networks)?

Mike Cikos works at NEEDHAM and has 17 price targets and 11 ratings on PANW

Which analyst is the currently most bullish on PANW (Palo Alto Networks)?

Ivan Feinseth with highest potential upside - $106.21

Which analyst is the currently most reserved on PANW (Palo Alto Networks)?

Sarah Hindlian with lowest potential downside - -$181.29

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