$500,000 of PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC. lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Educate the House and Senate on cybersecurity threats to the Department of Defense networks; advocate for cyber resilience and funding in FY2026 Department of Defense appropriations legislation (S.2572 and H.R.4016), and FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act legislation (S.2296 and H.R.3838). Educate the House and Senate on cybersecurity threats to federal government, state and local government, and critical infrastructure networks; advocate for funding to support cyber resilience in FY2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Legislation (H.R.4213) and FY2026 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Legislation (H.R.5166). Educate the House, Senate, and executive branch agencies on cybersecurity considerations for federal IT network security, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing; advocate before Congress for clear definitions, the consideration of cyber resilience, and the inclusion of a risk-based AI policy approach in a consumer data privacy framework, the Remote Access Security Act (H.R.2683), and other pending legislation. Educate the House on global cybersecurity threats; advocate for bolstering State Department cyber threat intelligence sharing and cyber capacity building efforts."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
PANW Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $PANW stock 8 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 4 have been purchases and 4 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $PANW stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- SENATOR JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER purchased up to $250,000 on 09/02.
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $15,000 on 08/19.
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 07/10 and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 07/16, 06/09.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 05/08 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 05/12.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE purchased up to $15,000 on 05/05.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
PANW Insider Trading Activity
PANW insiders have traded $PANW stock on the open market 75 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 75 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $PANW stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- NIKESH ARORA (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 846,408 shares for an estimated $172,721,695.
- LEE KLARICH (EVP Chief Product & Tech Ofcr) has made 0 purchases and 28 sales selling 724,644 shares for an estimated $140,083,882.
- NIR ZUK (EVP, Chief Technology Officer) has made 0 purchases and 20 sales selling 300,000 shares for an estimated $55,926,903.
- DIPAK GOLECHHA (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 11 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $2,030,185.
- WILLIAM D JR JENKINS (President) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 2,687 shares for an estimated $500,197.
- JOSH D. PAUL (Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 2,500 shares for an estimated $487,744.
- APARNA BAWA sold 526 shares for an estimated $99,940
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
PANW Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,265 institutional investors add shares of PANW stock to their portfolio, and 883 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC removed 3,092,454 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $629,685,483
- NORGES BANK removed 2,032,182 shares (-38.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $415,865,724
- NUVEEN, LLC added 1,981,341 shares (+41.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $405,461,622
- MORGAN STANLEY added 1,875,083 shares (+6.5%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $383,716,985
- CITIGROUP INC removed 1,817,823 shares (-40.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $371,999,298
- JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC removed 1,657,434 shares (-96.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $339,177,293
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC removed 1,534,974 shares (-21.2%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $314,117,079
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
PANW Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $PANW in the last several months. We have seen 21 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- BTIG issued a "Buy" rating on 10/13/2025
- Tigress Financial issued a "Buy" rating on 09/26/2025
- Wedbush issued a "Outperform" rating on 09/15/2025
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 09/03/2025
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 09/02/2025
- Truist Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 08/19/2025
- B of A Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 08/19/2025
To track analyst ratings and price targets for PANW, check out Quiver Quantitative's $PANW forecast page.
PANW Price Targets
Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $PANW recently. We have seen 27 analysts offer price targets for $PANW in the last 6 months, with a median target of $220.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Gray Powell from BTIG set a target price of $248.0 on 10/13/2025
- Ivan Feinseth from Tigress Financial set a target price of $245.0 on 09/26/2025
- Daniel Ives from Wedbush set a target price of $225.0 on 09/15/2025
- Mike Cikos from Needham set a target price of $230.0 on 09/03/2025
- Hamza Fodderwala from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $216.0 on 09/02/2025
- Todd Weller from Stephens & Co. set a target price of $205.0 on 08/19/2025
- Catharine Trebnick from Rosenblatt set a target price of $225.0 on 08/19/2025
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