Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) |
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$107.31 52 Week Low | $108.41 2017-04-28 15:46:20 MDT | $165.69 52 Week High |
Technology Sector | Networking Industry |
NYSE Stock Exchange | United States Country |
Market Cap: | $10,110,000,000 | Large Cap (Between $10B and $100B) |
Analyst Recommendation: | 2.2 | Analysts say: Buy. (1=Strong Buy, 5=Strong Sell) |
Beta: | 1.01 | Higher Volatility Stock (beta over 1). Stock will go up more when the market goes up, and go down more when the market goes down. Beta of 1 means stock would match the S&P 500 Index. |
ForwardPE: 34.32 | 5 Yr Est Growth: 27.08% | Yield: 0.00% |
PEG-Y Ratio: 1.27 | Good Growth at a reasonable rate. A PEGY Ratio of less than 1 is ideal. A PEGY Ratio 1.5 or lower is still decent. |
% Above 50 DayMA: -3.98% | % Above 200 DayMA: -20.27% |
PANW Performance 52 Weeks: -27.88% | S&P 500 Performance 52 Weeks: 12.50% |
Downtrend is still intact: PANW is below both 50 and 200 day Moving Averages. Currently beyond technical death cross because 50 Day MA is below 200 Day MA. Stock is closer to 52 Week Low than 52 Week High. | PANW underperforming S&P 500 by -40.38% the last 52 Weeks. |
Price To Book: 11.47 | Not so great value. Low Price to Book means better value. A P/B value of 5 or less is great. But consider other metrics and maybe the growth and yield makes it worth it. |
EV to EBITDA: -57.14 | Unknown EV to EBITDA ratio |
Field | Value | Average | Comments |
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% Held By Insiders | 4.57% | 17.28% | Held by fewer than average Insiders. |
% Held By Institutions | 81.70% | 62.07% | Institutional percentage greater than average. Institutional buying and selling can really move stock price. |
Short % Of Float | 8.21% | 07.02% | Shorted by greater than average percent. Investors and traders do not believe in stock. But watch out for short squeezes pushing stock upwards. |
Debt to Equity | 0.59 | 1.08 | More Conservative Financing. Each industry has different Debt/Equity standard. Higher than 1 means company is taking on more leverage. |
Profit Margin % | -15.71% | -00.18% | Profit Margin is less than average. |
Operating Margin % | -13.49% | -05.28% | Operating Margin less than average percent. Stock can do better than this? |
Return on Equity % | -33.65% | -08.79% | Return on Equity less than average percent. Stock can do better than this? |
Return on Assets % | -4.81% | -01.29% | Return on Assets less than average percent. Stock can do better than this? |
Revenue Per Employee | $379,502.05 | $883,096.70 | Less than average Revenue Per Employee. This stock (or industry) might not be as efficient as others? Each industry might have a different standard. |
Price to Cash | 7.36 | 5.52 | Higher than average Price to Cash. Meaning that the company has a lower percentage of cash as a percent of price. Cash can be good to cushion company during hard times, and as a potential source for buyouts or investments. However, some activists want the cash to be used by a company to buy its own stock, or to increase their dividend, or to invest the money. |
CPEGY Ratio | 1.10 | 2.26 | Less than than average CPEGY Ratio. Ideally, a CPEGY should be less than 1 or less than 1.5. CPEGY is the PEG Ratio but incorporating the yield and subtracting Cash Per Share. |
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