The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Palo Alto Networks Inc shares valued at $1,009,244 were sold by Golechha Dipak on Jun 23 ’25. At $201.85 per share, Golechha Dipak sold 5,000 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 101,135 shares worth approximately $20.66 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Paul Josh D. sold 800 shares, netting a total of over 160,840 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $201.05 each, the insider now holds 42,033 shares.
Before that, Klarich Lee had sold 120,774 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $23,568,096, the EVP, Chief Product Officer traded Palo Alto Networks Inc shares for $195.14 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 120,774 shares, worth approximately $53.99 million.
As published in their initiating research note from Roth Capital on May 15, 2025, Palo Alto Networks Inc [PANW] has been a Neutral and the price target has been revised to $210. Analysts at HSBC Securities upgraded the stock from ‘”a Reduce”‘ to ‘”a Hold”‘ outlook in a report released in early April. As of April 01, 2025, Stephens has initiated its “an Equal-weight” rating for PANW.
Analyzing PANW Stock Performance
On last trading session,, Palo Alto Networks Inc [NASDAQ: PANW] rose 1.29% to $204.3. The stock’s lowest price that day was $202.4772, but it reached a high of $204.81 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 1.11%. Over the course of the year, Palo Alto Networks Inc shares have jumped approximately 27.56%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $208.39 on 02/19/25 and a 52-week low of $144.15 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 202.91, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 201.53. In the upper region, resistance lies at 205.25. The next price resistance is at 206.20. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 63.53 on the 14-day chart, showing neutral technical sentiment.
Is Palo Alto Networks Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Palo Alto Networks Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-05-30 jumping by 1.7 million shares to 26.91 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-04-30 was 25.2 million shares. A jump of 6.33% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 4.63 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 4.63.
Which companies own the most shares of Palo Alto Networks Inc (PANW)?
In terms of Palo Alto Networks Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 225 in the next 12 months, up nearly 11.56% from the previous closing price of $201.69. Analysts anticipate Palo Alto Networks Inc stock to reach 230 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 210. In spite of this, 36 analysts ranked Palo Alto Networks Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
