We're taking a closer look at Palo Alto Networks today, as the chatter surrounding the stock has increased notably in the last few weeks. Today, its shares moved -4.7% compared to 0.0% for the S&P 500. Increased investor interest and volatility surrounding the stock are not reason enough to buy in -- you should first perform your own due diligence. Here are some figures that can get you started:
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Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity solutions worldwide.
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Palo Alto Networks has moved 49.5% over the last year compared to 30.5% for the S&P 500 -- a difference of 19.0%
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PANW has an average analyst rating of buy and is -7.27% away from its mean target price of $408.69 per share
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Its trailing 12 month earnings per share (EPS) is $7.72
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Palo Alto Networks has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 49.1 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
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Its forward earnings per share (EPS) is $7.2 and its forward P/E ratio is 52.6
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The company has a Price to Book (P/B) ratio of 23.83 in contrast to the S&P 500's average ratio of 4.74
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Palo Alto Networks is part of the Technology sector, which has an average P/E ratio of 30.01 and an average P/B of 3.91
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Palo Alto Networks has on average reported free cash flows of $1.78 Billion over the last four years, during which time they have grown by an an average of 28.9%
