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Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Our record on PANW

Every scored call, pick and trade this diary has made on Palo Alto Networks Inc, with the outcome where it is known.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for PANW, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Versus its index Agentic Ecosystem Index — the name, its sleeve and the index over day, week and month

Versus its index

The name against its Closelooknet index and its own sleeve — equal-weight, nightly closes.

Agentic Ecosystem Index · as of 2026-09-25

DayWeekMonth3 months
PANW−3.9%+3.1%+10.4%+23.2%
Agentic Security−4.0%+1.1%+5.1%—
Agentic Ecosystem Index−2.7%+3.1%+4.0%—

Against the index: in line on the week, 6.4 pts ahead on the month; against its Agentic Security sleeve 5.3 pts ahead on the month.

Returns from the index workers’ nightly closes; equal-weight sleeves. A relative reading from the research diary, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 15 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69” (2026-09-16)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where PANW appears in the diary — 15 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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Long reads

  • Agentic Application Software: The SaaSpocalypse MapDossier · $39 · 27 Feb 2026CrowdStrike (CRWD) · Palo Alto Networks (PANW) · Zscaler (ZS) · Rubrik (RBRK) · SentinelOne (S) Healthcare IT Adapter — regulatory moat buys time Regulatory requirements (FDA, HIPAA, clinical trial compliance) create switching costs that…

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Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.6% week · +7.5% month · +8.5% quarter · +40.3% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-09-27
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.22 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How PANW has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.22 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), Palo Alto Networks Inc moved 0.22% on average · correlation 0.04 · higher than 22% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.21 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days +0.07% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.86% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Security platforms · 5 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Security platforms

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against PANW on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Company snapshot — Palo Alto Networks Inc

PANW in five paragraphs: what it makes and sells, where it sits in the Closelooknet stack, who it is priced against, why we track it, what we watch. Research diary, not advice.

What it does
Palo Alto Networks sells cybersecurity software and hardware: firewalls that protect data-centre and cloud traffic, cloud security tools sold under the Prisma name including a service that guards a customer's AI systems, and a Cortex platform that automates threat detection and response. It also runs Unit 42, a threat-research and advisory arm, and sells subscriptions covering things like malware filtering and device protection alongside training and support services. It is based in Santa Clara and sells through channel partners and direct sales teams to enterprises, service providers and governments.
Where it sits in the stack
Palo Alto Networks carries no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits in the diary's security-platforms sleeve within the Technology sector rather than in a build-out layer.
Who it is priced against
Closelooknet's peer group prices it against other security platforms — Crowdstrike, Fortinet, Zscaler, Check Point and Cloudflare — the set the market uses rather than the wider software sector; Microsoft's security business is the outside name often added to that comparison.
Why Closelooknet tracks it
It holds a Nasdaq-100 seat and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on the momentum module and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it in a dossier mapping software exposure to agentic threats, in a 101 piece on agent identity and access governance, and in a Morning 10 note tracking its share moves after a print.
What the diary watches
The diary watches whether the momentum reading holds up against the weak valuation score, and whether the run of revenue beats continues through future prints.

Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW) trades on US exchanges, classified under Technology.

The Closelooknet company score reads 53/100 composite (momentum 92, quality 44, valuation 12) across 7 modules — the full breakdown, chart structure and analog history load live above.

Written from the company’s public profile and Closelooknet’s own readings, 2026-09-17. Descriptive, refreshed with the registry; corrections welcome via the imprint. closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: PANW news on the tape · index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

The Street on this name 17 analyst actions on the wire · latest: price target by Morgan Stanley, 2026-09-21 · last print 2026-09-01

The Street on this name

Analyst actions and the latest print for PANW from the Closelooknet wires — third-party opinions on the record, not our readings.

  • Price target Morgan Stanley — target 410 from 394 Target raised to $410 from $394 (+12.8% to spot) 2026-09-21
  • Downgrade Citigroup — Buy → Neutral Downgraded to Neutral from Buy 2026-09-07
  • Price target Goldman Sachs — target 390 from 371 Target raised to $390 from $371 (+18.7% to spot) 2026-09-02
  • Latest print EPS 1.02 against 0.98 expected — a +4.3% beat 2026-09-01

17 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 16 target changes. Analyst wire → · Earnings wire →

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · buybacks 1.00 bn USD in FY2026

Dividends and capital return

What PANW pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Distributions No cash distribution recorded in the price series over the last three years
  • Buybacks, FY2026 1.00 bn USD 0.3% of today's market value
  • Share count +7.7% in FY2026 1.77 bn USD of stock-based compensation in the year
  • Capital returned 1.00 bn USD · 24% of free cash flow dividends and buybacks together, against the year’s free cash flow

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW)?

Palo Alto Networks Inc trades as PANW on the US exchange (US) and is classified under Technology in the Closelooknet research universe, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

Is PANW in a Closelooknet index?

Not currently — Palo Alto Networks Inc is tracked in the Closelooknet research universe but is not a constituent of a Closelooknet functional index as of 2026-09-26.

What is Palo Alto Networks Inc's Closelooknet composite score?

53 out of 100, with momentum 92, quality 44 and valuation 12 sub-scores, as of 2026-09-26. Scores are Closelooknet's own research readings, not ratings or investment advice.

What is Palo Alto Networks Inc's earnings print record?

Across the 11 prints Closelooknet covers, Palo Alto Networks Inc beat EPS estimates 7 times and revenue estimates 11 times; the three-day reactions split 1 up, 3 flat and 7 down (moves beyond ±3%), as of the 2026-09-01 card. The full print-record card carries the per-print history.

What is the current Closelooknet signal-board read on PANW?

Stochastic turned down — Its stochastic crossed down from overbought (%K 86.8 under %D 89.4) today — momentum is cooling. As of 2026-09-25; the signal board re-bakes nightly. A structure reading from Closelooknet's research diary, not advice.

Where does PANW trade against its moving averages?

-0.9% at the close: Holding 2.2% off its 52-week high. As of 2026-09-24 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How is PANW doing against its Closelooknet index?

Over the past month Palo Alto Networks Inc is +10.4% against +4.0% for the Agentic Ecosystem Index — 6.4 points ahead of its index, as of 2026-09-25. Its Agentic Security sleeve is +5.1% over the same month. The “Versus its index” table on this page carries the day, the week and the month for the name, its sleeve and the index.

How does Palo Alto Networks Inc trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year Palo Alto Networks Inc had a beta of 0.22 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 22% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved +0.07% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about Palo Alto Networks Inc?

Palo Alto Networks Inc appears in 15 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69 (2026-09-16); Morning 10: Rates — Fed day at a 5% 10-year: the hike is priced, the cycle is not; Yardeni cuts the S&P target to 7,900 (2026-09-16); Morning 10: AI trade — sellers of compute sold, buyers bought: chips −5.6%, software +5%, SoftBank +7% in Tokyo (2026-09-15). What Closelooknet said most recently: Palo Alto Networks, from 362.09, closed Wednesday near 328 after its 9.3% drop and edged up to 331.94 on Thursday, 8.3% under its entry; the sold line is 351.23. (Morning 10, 2026-09-04). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

What does Palo Alto Networks Inc do?

Palo Alto Networks sells cybersecurity software and hardware: firewalls that protect data-centre and cloud traffic, cloud security tools sold under the Prisma name including a service that guards a customer's AI systems, and a Cortex platform that automates threat detection and response. It also runs Unit 42, a threat-research and advisory arm, and sells subscriptions covering things like malware filtering and device protection alongside training and support services. It is based in Santa Clara and sells through channel partners and direct sales teams to enterprises, service providers and governments. Closelooknet's peer group prices it against other security platforms — Crowdstrike, Fortinet, Zscaler, Check Point and Cloudflare — the set the market uses rather than the wider software sector; Microsoft's security business is the outside name often added to that comparison.

Where does Palo Alto Networks Inc sit in the AI build-out?

Palo Alto Networks carries no seat in Closelooknet's Rubin or Halo indices, so it sits in the diary's security-platforms sleeve within the Technology sector rather than in a build-out layer. It holds a Nasdaq-100 seat and carries a Closelooknet score, strongest on the momentum module and weakest on valuation. The diary has quoted it in a dossier mapping software exposure to agentic threats, in a 101 piece on agent identity and access governance, and in a Morning 10 note tracking its share moves after a print.

Does Palo Alto Networks Inc pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in Palo Alto Networks Inc’s price series over the last three years. In fiscal 2026 the company bought back 1.00 bn USD of its own shares, 24% of that year’s free cash flow. The share count rose 7.7% over the fiscal year. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What has Wall Street done on Palo Alto Networks Inc recently?

The most recent analyst action on Palo Alto Networks Inc on the Closelooknet wire is a price target by Morgan Stanley on 2026-09-21 (target 410 from 394). 17 actions on the analyst wire since 2026-08-13: 1 downgrade, 16 target changes. Its latest earnings print on the wire, 2026-09-01: EPS 1.02 against 0.98 expected — a +4.3% beat. Analyst actions are third-party opinions recorded by the wire, not Closelooknet readings. The “The Street on this name” block on this page lists the moves; the full feeds are the analyst wire and the earnings wire.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for PANW, performance metrics, index-membership context and the Closelooknet structure read — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.

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