Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC Has $270,000 Position in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW

Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC lowered its stake in shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) by 15.4% in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 1,318 shares of the network technology company’s stock after selling 239 shares during the period. Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Palo Alto Networks were worth $270,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Briaud Financial Planning Inc bought a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 2nd quarter valued at $28,000. Dagco Inc. bought a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 1st quarter valued at $33,000. Marshall & Sullivan Inc. WA bought a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 2nd quarter valued at $41,000. WPG Advisers LLC bought a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the 1st quarter valued at $37,000. Finally, Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL raised its holdings in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 58.9% during the 1st quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 224 shares of the network technology company’s stock valued at $38,000 after purchasing an additional 83 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.82% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Palo Alto Networks

In other news, EVP Dipak Golechha sold 5,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $204.19, for a total transaction of $1,020,950.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 96,135 shares in the company, valued at approximately $19,629,805.65. The trade was a 4.94% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Nir Zuk sold 100,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $172.80, for a total transaction of $17,280,000.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 3,143,516 shares in the company, valued at approximately $543,199,564.80. The trade was a 3.08% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 1,315,130 shares of company stock worth $260,687,367. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

Palo Alto Networks Price Performance

Shares of PANW opened at $217.11 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $145.22 billion, a PE ratio of 135.27, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 5.11 and a beta of 0.98. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a one year low of $144.15 and a one year high of $218.23. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $200.79 and its 200 day moving average price is $192.18.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 18th. The network technology company reported $0.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.89 by $0.06. Palo Alto Networks had a net margin of 12.30% and a return on equity of 17.66%. The company had revenue of $2.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.50 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $0.75 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 15.8% compared to the same quarter last year. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.750-3.850 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 0.880-0.900 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 1.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on PANW. Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Tuesday, August 19th. KeyCorp downgraded shares of Palo Alto Networks from an “overweight” rating to a “sector weight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Needham & Company LLC restated a “buy” rating and set a $230.00 price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Bank of America raised their price target on shares of Palo Alto Networks from $215.00 to $240.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 20th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $223.00 target price on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a report on Friday, August 15th. Thirty investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eleven have issued a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $217.22.

Palo Alto Networks Company Profile

Palo Alto Networks, Inc provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide. The company offers firewall appliances and software; and Panorama, a security management solution for the global control of network security platform as a virtual or a physical appliance. It also provides subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, malware and persistent threat, URL filtering, laptop and mobile device protection, DNS security, Internet of Things security, SaaS security API, and SaaS security inline, as well as threat intelligence, and data loss prevention.