PANW Stock — Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW)

Updated October 16, 2026.

PANW is a Stock. Total return is 3762.2% over the past 14.2 years, 3147.4 points ahead of SPY at 614.8%.

Palo Alto Networks is a cybersecurity company that develops cloud-native security platforms and solutions protecting against cyberattacks across networks, endpoints, cloud applications, and AI systems. The company delivers its offerings through subscription services, professional services, and threat intelligence, serving enterprises, service providers, and government entities worldwide. The security does not currently have an established distribution schedule.

PANW performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 3762.2% over the past 14.2 years, 3147.4 points ahead of SPY at 614.8%. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 66.4%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 36.0%.

PANW key facts

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

07/20/2012

Distribution frequency

None

Last close

$342.00 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$279,756,000,000

Average volume

8757393.0

Beta

0.933

Payout ratio

0.0%

P/E ratio

900.0

Forward P/E

94.3396

EPS

$0.38

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

PANW risks and drawbacks

The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 36.0%.

Who may consider PANW — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (PANW does not currently distribute). This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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