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 $20,722,617 were sold by Klarich Lee on Aug 04 ’25. At $171.58 per share, Klarich Lee sold 120,774 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 206,718 shares worth approximately $35.74 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, ZUK NIR sold 100,000 shares, netting a total of over 17,280,450 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $172.80 each, the insider now holds 3,143,516 shares.
Before that, Lee Klarich had added 120,774 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $20,652,354, the Officer bought Palo Alto Networks Inc shares for $171.00 each.
As published in a research note from KeyBanc Capital Markets on July 31, 2025, Palo Alto Networks Inc [PANW] has been rated down from an Overweight to a Sector weight. Analysts at Roth Capital started covering the stock with ‘”a Neutral”‘ outlook in a report released in mid May. As of April 10, 2025, HSBC Securities has increased its “Reduce” rating to a “Hold” for PANW. Earlier on April 01, 2025, Stephens initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “an Equal-weight” for PANW stock.
Analyzing PANW Stock Performance
On last trading session, Palo Alto Networks Inc [NASDAQ: PANW] rose 2.25% to $172.89. The stock’s lowest price that day was $168.4, but it reached a high of $173.62 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a drop of approximately -5.54%. Over the course of the year, Palo Alto Networks Inc shares have jumped approximately 13.15%.
Is Palo Alto Networks Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Palo Alto Networks Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 2.93 million shares to 26.66 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 23.73 million shares. A jump of 10.98% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 5.56 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 5.56.
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 227.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 34.54% from the previous closing price of $169.09. Analysts anticipate Palo Alto Networks Inc stock to reach 235 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.
