Weekly Research Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Palo Alto Networks (PANW)

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) recently received a number of ratings updates from brokerages and research firms:

• 10/27/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Citigroup Inc..
• 10/27/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its price target raised by analysts at JMP Securities from $212.00 to $250.00. They now have a “market outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/20/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its price target raised by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from $215.00 to $240.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/17/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its price target raised by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. from $225.00 to $245.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/17/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its price target raised by analysts at Mizuho from $210.00 to $220.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/13/2025 – Palo Alto Networks was upgraded by analysts at BTIG Research from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 10/13/2025 – Palo Alto Networks was given a new $248.00 price target on by analysts at BTIG Research. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/8/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 9/27/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its “hold (c+)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 9/26/2025 – Palo Alto Networks was given a new $245.00 price target on by analysts at UBS Group AG.
• 9/26/2025 – Palo Alto Networks is now covered by analysts at Tigress Financial. They set a “buy” rating and a $245.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/15/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $225.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/12/2025 – Palo Alto Networks had its price target raised by analysts at New Street Research from $235.00 to $240.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Lee Klarich sold 120,774 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $191.11, for a total transaction of $23,081,119.14. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 177,954 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $34,008,788.94. This represents a 40.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Nikesh Arora sold 846,408 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $204.06, for a total value of $172,718,016.48. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 275,013 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $56,119,152.78. This represents a 75.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 1,215,830 shares of company stock valued at $249,160,428 in the last three months. Insiders own 2.50% of the company’s stock.

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.