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Palo Alto Networks Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NASDAQ:PANW | Benzinga
Palo Alto Networks Inc has a consensus price target of $276.38 based on the ratings of 43 analysts. The high is $450 issued by Oppenheimer on November 21, 2024. The low is $130 issued by Guggenheim on May 21, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Northland Capital Markets, JP Morgan, and Barclays on May 21, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $202.67 between Northland Capital Markets, JP Morgan, and Barclays, there's an implied 2.93% upside for Palo Alto Networks Inc from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
Northland Capital Markets
JP Morgan
Barclays
Wells Fargo
Rosenblatt
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for Palo Alto Networks
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
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| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | -10.1% | Northland Capital Markets | Nehal Chokshi66% | $210 → $177 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | 12.24% | JP Morgan | Brian Essex71% | $225 → $221 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | 6.66% | Barclays | Saket Kalia78% | $213 → $210 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | 19.35% | Wells Fargo | Andrew Nowinski69% | $225 → $235 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | 19.35% | Rosenblatt | Catharine Trebnick75% | $235 → $235 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | 16.81% | TD Securities | Shaul Eyal78% | $230 → $230 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | -33.97% | Guggenheim | John Difucci70% | $130 → $130 | Reiterates | Sell → Sell | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | 11.73% | Keybanc | Eric Heath79% | $220 → $220 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/21/2025 | Buy Now | 14.27% | Bernstein | Peter Weed73% | $229 → $225 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/20/2025 | Buy Now | 19.35% | Rosenblatt | Catharine Trebnick75% | $235 → $235 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/19/2025 | Buy Now | 13.26% | Cantor Fitzgerald | Jonathan Ruykhaver74% | $223 → $223 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 05/16/2025 | Buy Now | 14.27% | Jefferies | Joseph Gallo78% | $215 → $225 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 05/15/2025 | Buy Now | 6.66% | Roth Capital | Taz Koujalgi83% | → $210 | Initiates | → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/17/2025 | Buy Now | 4.12% | Keybanc | Brandon Nispel55% | $240 → $205 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/16/2025 | Buy Now | 4.12% | Morgan Stanley | Hamza Fodderwala77% | $230 → $205 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/10/2025 | Buy Now | -20.77% | HSBC | Stephen Bersey62% | → $156 | Upgrade | Reduce → Hold | Get Alert |
| 04/01/2025 | Buy Now | 4.12% | Stephens & Co. | Todd Weller 64% | → $205 | Initiates | → Equal-Weight | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2025 | Buy Now | 9.2% | Jefferies | Joseph Gallo78% | $240 → $215 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2025 | Buy Now | 4.12% | Truist Securities | Joel Fishbein78% | $213 → $205 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2025 | Buy Now | 19.35% | Rosenblatt | Catharine Trebnick75% | $235 → $235 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/25/2025 | Buy Now | 11.73% | Citigroup | Fatima Boolani79% | $205 → $220 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/18/2025 | Buy Now | 16.81% | Susquehanna | Shyam Patil71% | $217.5 → $230 | Maintains | Positive | Get Alert |
| 02/14/2025 | Buy Now | 1.58% | Piper Sandler | Rob Owens83% | $193 → $200 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/14/2025 | Buy Now | -0.96% | Deutsche Bank | Brad Zelnick68% | $190 → $195 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 02/14/2025 | Buy Now | 1.58% | UBS | Roger Boyd70% | $190 → $200 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 02/14/2025 | Buy Now | 7.67% | JMP Securities | Trevor Walsh88% | $208 → $212 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 02/14/2025 | Buy Now | — | WestPark Capital | Casey Ryan48% | — | Reiterates | Hold → Hold | Get Alert |
| 02/14/2025 | Buy Now | 19.35% | Rosenblatt | Catharine Trebnick75% | $235 → $235 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/12/2025 | Buy Now | 13.26% | Cantor Fitzgerald | Jonathan Ruykhaver74% | $223 → $223 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 02/12/2025 | Buy Now | -0.25% | WestPark Capital | Casey Ryan48% | $196.4 → $196.4 | Reiterates | Hold → Hold | Get Alert |
| 02/11/2025 | Buy Now | 21.89% | Keybanc | Eric Heath79% | $217 → $240 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 02/11/2025 | Buy Now | 19.35% | Rosenblatt | Catharine Trebnick75% | $212.5 → $235 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/10/2025 | Buy Now | 14.27% | RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg74% | $225 → $225 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/21/2025 | Buy Now | 14.27% | Scotiabank | Patrick Colville62% | $200 → $225 | Maintains | Sector Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/21/2025 | Buy Now | 16.81% | Morgan Stanley | Hamza Fodderwala77% | $223 → $230 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/17/2025 | Buy Now | 4.12% | Citigroup | Fatima Boolani79% | $216 → $205 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/14/2025 | Buy Now | -8.58% | Loop Capital | Yun Kim77% | $385 → $180 | Maintains | Hold | Get Alert |
| 01/14/2025 | Buy Now | 5.64% | JMP Securities | Trevor Walsh88% | $208 → $208 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/08/2025 | Buy Now | — | BTIG | Gray Powell79% | — | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/08/2025 | Buy Now | -3.5% | Deutsche Bank | Brad Zelnick68% | $207 → $190 | Downgrade | Buy → Hold | Get Alert |
| 01/07/2025 | Buy Now | -33.97% | Guggenheim | John Difucci70% | → $130 | Downgrade | Neutral → Sell | Get Alert |
| 01/06/2025 | Buy Now | -33.97% | Guggenheim | John Difucci70% | $130 → $130 | Downgrade | Neutral → Sell | Get Alert |
| 01/03/2025 | Buy Now | 1.58% | Scotiabank | Patrick Colville62% | $400 → $200 | Maintains | Sector Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/31/2024 | Buy Now | 16.81% | Evercore ISI Group | Peter Levine74% | $455 → $230 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 12/19/2024 | Buy Now | 21.89% | Jefferies | Joseph Gallo78% | $225 → $240 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/17/2024 | Buy Now | 8.18% | Barclays | Saket Kalia78% | $425 → $213 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/22/2024 | Buy Now | 47.79% | HSBC | Stephen Bersey62% | $304 → $291 | Downgrade | Hold → Reduce | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 115.85% | Truist Securities | Anthony Hau51% | $425 → $425 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 113.31% | TD Cowen | Shaul Eyal78% | $400 → $420 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 110.26% | BTIG | Gray Powell79% | $395 → $414 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 119.41% | Citigroup | Fatima Boolani79% | $395 → $432 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 110.77% | Deutsche Bank | Brad Zelnick68% | $395 → $415 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 118.39% | B of A Securities | Tal Liani76% | $400 → $430 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 115.85% | BMO Capital | Keith Bachman82% | $390 → $425 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 128.55% | RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg75% | $450 → $450 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 128.55% | Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron71% | $450 → $450 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | — | WestPark Capital | Paul Rodriguez1% | — | Reiterates | → Hold | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 95.54% | Piper Sandler | Rob Owens83% | $330 → $385 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 126.01% | Cantor Fitzgerald | Yi Fu Lee87% | $445 → $445 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 128.55% | Wells Fargo | Andrew Nowinski69% | $416 → $450 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 120.93% | Susquehanna | Shyam Patil71% | $420 → $435 | Maintains | Positive | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 115.85% | Rosenblatt | Catharine Trebnick75% | $390 → $425 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 87.92% | Northland Capital Markets | Nehal Chokshi66% | $350 → $370 | Reiterates | Market Perform → Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 110.77% | JMP Securities | Trevor Walsh88% | $380 → $415 | Maintains | Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/21/2024 | Buy Now | 128.55% | Needham | Matt Dezort60% | $385 → $450 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/19/2024 | Buy Now | 14.27% | Jefferies | Joseph Gallo78% | $200 → $225 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/18/2024 | Buy Now | 98.08% | Rosenblatt | Catharine Trebnick75% | $345 → $390 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 11/18/2024 | Buy Now | 115.85% | Truist Securities | Anthony Hau51% | $400 → $425 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/18/2024 | Buy Now | 128.04% | JP Morgan | Brian Essex71% | $387 → $449 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/18/2024 | Buy Now | 131.09% | Evercore ISI Group | Peter Levine74% | $395 → $455 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/15/2024 | Buy Now | 115.85% | Baird | Shrenik Kothari80% | $385 → $425 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/14/2024 | Buy Now | 123.47% | Stifel | Adam Borg78% | $385 → $440 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 11/11/2024 | Buy Now | 115.85% | Barclays | Saket Kalia78% | $410 → $425 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 11/07/2024 | Buy Now | — | OTR Global | — | — | Downgrade | Mixed → Negative | Get Alert |
| 11/04/2024 | Buy Now | 93% | JMP Securities | Trevor Walsh88% | $380 → $380 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/22/2024 | Buy Now | 128.55% | Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron71% | $410 → $450 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/18/2024 | Buy Now | 120.93% | Keybanc | Eric Heath79% | $400 → $435 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/17/2024 | Buy Now | 108.23% | Barclays | Saket Kalia78% | $370 → $410 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/11/2024 | Buy Now | 113.82% | Morgan Stanley | Hamza Fodderwala77% | $390 → $421 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/08/2024 | Buy Now | 108.23% | Exane BNP Paribas | Andrew DeGasperi31% | → $410 | Initiates | → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/08/2024 | Buy Now | 115.85% | Goldman Sachs | Gabriela Borges67% | $376 → $425 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/05/2024 | Buy Now | 113.31% | Susquehanna | Shyam Patil71% | $340 → $420 | Maintains | Positive | Get Alert |
| 08/21/2024 | Buy Now | 103.15% | B of A Securities | Tal Liani76% | $370 → $400 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 90.96% | Goldman Sachs | Gabriela Borges67% | $330 → $376 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 77.76% | Northland Capital Markets | Nehal Chokshi66% | $275 → $350 | Maintains | Market Perform | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 100.61% | Citigroup | Fatima Boolani79% | $385 → $395 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 87.92% | Barclays | Saket Kalia78% | $350 → $370 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 96.55% | JP Morgan | Brian Essex71% | $365 → $387 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 103.15% | Truist Securities | Anthony Hau51% | $350 → $400 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 103.15% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives81% | $375 → $400 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 103.15% | TD Cowen | Shaul Eyal78% | $350 → $400 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 103.15% | Scotiabank | Patrick Colville62% | $385 → $400 | Maintains | Sector Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 108.23% | RBC Capital | Matthew Hedberg75% | $390 → $410 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 108.23% | Oppenheimer | Ittai Kidron71% | $390 → $410 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 98.08% | Morgan Stanley | Hamza Fodderwala77% | $360 → $390 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 93% | JMP Securities | Trevor Walsh88% | $380 → $380 | Reiterates | Market Outperform → Market Outperform | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 103.15% | Keybanc | Eric Heath79% | $380 → $400 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | — | WestPark Capital | Paul Rodriguez1% | — | Reiterates | → Hold | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 103.15% | Cantor Fitzgerald | Yi Fu Lee87% | $350 → $400 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 08/20/2024 | Buy Now | 80.3% | UBS | Roger Boyd70% | $345 → $355 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
FAQ
What is the target price for Palo Alto Networks (PANW) stock?
The latest price target for Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) was reported by Northland Capital Markets on May 21, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $177.00 expecting PANW to fall to within 12 months (a possible -10.13% downside). 100 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
What is the most recent analyst rating for Palo Alto Networks (PANW)?
The latest analyst rating for Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) was provided by Northland Capital Markets, and Palo Alto Networks maintained their market perform rating.
When was the last upgrade for Palo Alto Networks (PANW)?
The last upgrade for Palo Alto Networks Inc happened on April 10, 2025 when HSBC raised their price target to $156. HSBC previously had a reduce for Palo Alto Networks Inc.
When was the last downgrade for Palo Alto Networks (PANW)?
The last downgrade for Palo Alto Networks Inc happened on January 8, 2025 when BTIG changed their price target from N/A to N/A for Palo Alto Networks Inc.
When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Palo Alto Networks (PANW)?
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Palo Alto Networks, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Palo Alto Networks was filed on May 21, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around May 21, 2026.
Is the Analyst Rating Palo Alto Networks (PANW) correct?
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Palo Alto Networks (PANW) rating was a maintained with a price target of $210.00 to $177.00. The current price Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is trading at is $196.95, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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