$530,000 of PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC. lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 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, and FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act legislation. 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; FY2026 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Legislation; FY2026 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Legislation; and FY2026 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Legislation. Educate the House, Senate, and executive branch agencies on cybersecurity considerations for federal IT network security, artificial intelligence, and quantum computing; and advocate before Congress for clear definitions, the consideration of cyber-resilience, and the inclusion of a risk-based AI policy approach in H.R. 2683, the Remote Access Security Act, and other pending legislation. Educate the House on the practical effects of third party financed litigation in the software industry related to H.R. 1109, the Litigation Transparency Act of 2025. Educate the House on global cybersecurity threats; advocate for bolstering State Department cyber threat intelligence sharing with the private sector and enhancing the State Department's cyber capacity building efforts for foreign allies and partners."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
PANW Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $PANW stock 9 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 3 have been purchases and 6 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $PANW stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 3 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 05/08 and 2 sales worth up to $100,000 on 05/12, 04/07.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 05/05, 01/21 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $15,000 on 04/07.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 03/19, 03/18.
- REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER sold up to $15,000 on 01/16.
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 112 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 112 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 31 sales selling 1,646,739 shares for an estimated $289,834,247.
- NIR ZUK (EVP, Chief Technology Officer) has made 0 purchases and 28 sales selling 849,828 shares for an estimated $146,136,276.
- LEE KLARICH (EVP, Chief Product Officer) has made 0 purchases and 32 sales selling 582,803 shares for an estimated $107,129,632.
- DIPAK GOLECHHA (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $1,759,243.
- WILLIAM D JR JENKINS (President) has made 0 purchases and 8 sales selling 5,088 shares for an estimated $993,568.
- JOSH D. PAUL (Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 3,200 shares for an estimated $615,508.
- 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 1,207 institutional investors add shares of PANW stock to their portfolio, and 735 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC removed 5,729,773 shares (-99.5%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $977,728,464
- FMR LLC added 5,076,225 shares (+128.2%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $866,207,033
- CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS removed 3,782,023 shares (-44.9%) from their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $645,364,404
- KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC added 3,093,570 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $633,068,164
- GAMMA INVESTING LLC removed 2,394,537 shares (-99.3%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $490,018,051
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 2,366,535 shares (+48.6%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $403,825,532
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added 1,688,432 shares (+77.1%) to their portfolio in Q1 2025, for an estimated $288,114,036
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 16 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/21/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/21/2025
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/21/2025
- Rosenblatt issued a "Buy" rating on 05/21/2025
- TD Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 05/21/2025
- Guggenheim issued a "Sell" rating on 05/21/2025
- Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 05/21/2025
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 26 analysts offer price targets for $PANW in the last 6 months, with a median target of $211.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Nehal Chokshi from Northland Capital Markets set a target price of $177.0 on 05/21/2025
- Brian Essex from JP Morgan set a target price of $221.0 on 05/21/2025
- Saket Kalia from Barclays set a target price of $210.0 on 05/21/2025
- Andrew Nowinski from Wells Fargo set a target price of $235.0 on 05/21/2025
- Catharine Trebnick from Rosenblatt set a target price of $235.0 on 05/21/2025
- Shaul Eyal from TD Securities set a target price of $230.0 on 05/21/2025
- John Difucci from Guggenheim set a target price of $130.0 on 05/21/2025
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