What is Northland Securities’ Estimate for PANW Q1 Earnings?

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) – Equities researchers at Northland Securities lifted their Q1 2027 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report issued on Wednesday, September 2nd. Northland Securities analyst N. Chokshi now expects that the network technology company will earn $0.52 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.45. The consensus estimate for Palo Alto Networks’ current full-year earnings is $2.30 per share. Northland Securities also issued estimates for Palo Alto Networks’ Q2 2027 earnings at $0.61 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $0.49 EPS, Q4 2027 earnings at $0.67 EPS, FY2027 earnings at $2.30 EPS and FY2028 earnings at $2.96 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also issued reports on PANW. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $475.00 price target (up from $420.00) on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Monday, August 17th. Loop Capital boosted their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $160.00 to $290.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $434.00 to $475.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 2nd. Arete Research increased their target price on Palo Alto Networks from $185.00 to $433.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 29th. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research note on Wednesday, September 2nd. Thirty-nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $385.67.

Palo Alto Networks Price Performance

Shares of Palo Alto Networks stock opened at $333.26 on Monday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 0.87 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $350.21 and a 200 day moving average price of $256.64. Palo Alto Networks has a fifty-two week low of $139.57 and a fifty-two week high of $398.88. The firm has a market cap of $271.61 billion, a P/E ratio of 653.46, a P/E/G ratio of 9.62 and a beta of 0.91.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 1st. The network technology company reported $1.02 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.98 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $3.41 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.35 billion. Palo Alto Networks had a net margin of 2.67% and a return on equity of 8.50%. The firm’s revenue was up 34.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.95 EPS. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2027 guidance at 4.160-4.190 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 0.960-0.980 EPS.

Institutional Trading of Palo Alto Networks

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of PANW. Darwin Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $25,000. Knuff & Co LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Solstein Capital LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the second quarter worth $26,000. Sittner & Nelson LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 73.8% during the fourth quarter. Sittner & Nelson LLC now owns 146 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $27,000 after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Finally, N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the second quarter valued at $27,000. Institutional investors own 79.82% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Helle Thorning-Schmidt sold 700 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $346.85, for a total value of $242,795.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 5,898 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,045,721.30. This represents a 10.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CAO Josh D. Paul sold 900 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $345.00, for a total transaction of $310,500.00. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 79,644 shares in the company, valued at $27,477,180. This trade represents a 1.12% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 38,635 shares of company stock valued at $11,150,578. Company insiders own 1.40% of the company’s stock.

About Palo Alto Networks

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.