31,927 Shares in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW Acquired by Callan Family Office LLC

Callan Family Office LLC purchased a new stake in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 31,927 shares of the network technology company’s stock, valued at approximately $10,888,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in Palo Alto Networks during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $27,000. Comprehensive Financial Planning Inc. PA bought a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the second quarter valued at $36,000. Kilter Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the second quarter worth $39,000. Allied Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks in the second quarter worth $38,000. Finally, Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks in the second quarter worth $25,000. Institutional investors own 79.82% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Palo Alto Networks

In related news, Director Helle Thorning-Schmidt sold 700 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $346.85, for a total value of $242,795.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 5,898 shares in the company, valued at $2,045,721.30. This trade represents a 10.61% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Josh D. Paul sold 900 shares of Palo Alto Networks stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $345.00, for a total transaction of $310,500.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 79,644 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,477,180. The trade was a 1.12% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 37,935 shares of company stock valued at $10,809,461. Company insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on PANW. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $415.00 target price on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Wednesday, July 8th. TD Cowen increased their price target on Palo Alto Networks from $360.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, August 17th. FBN Securities restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Rosenblatt Securities lifted their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $275.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, Northland Securities upped their target price on Palo Alto Networks from $190.00 to $302.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, June 3rd. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty have assigned a Buy rating, six have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $362.67.

Palo Alto Networks Price Performance

PANW stock opened at $358.04 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of $291.80 billion, a PE ratio of 293.48, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 11.74 and a beta of 0.91. The company’s 50-day moving average is $337.38 and its 200-day moving average is $241.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 0.86. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a 1 year low of $139.57 and a 1 year high of $398.88.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, June 2nd. The network technology company reported $0.85 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.06. Palo Alto Networks had a return on equity of 10.53% and a net margin of 7.95%.The business had revenue of $3 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.94 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.37 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 31.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.770-3.790 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.960-0.980 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 2.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Palo Alto Networks Profile

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The firm develops a broad suite of security products and services designed to prevent successful cyberattacks and protect enterprise networks, clouds, and endpoints. Built around a platform strategy, its offerings target threat prevention, detection, response and governance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio includes next‑generation firewalls as a core on‑premises capability, alongside cloud‑delivered security services and software for securing public and private clouds.