$700,000 of PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC. lobbying was just disclosed, from Q2 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Educate the House and Senate on cybersecurity threats to Department of Defense networks and National Security Systems; advocate for cyber resilience, AI security, digital technology procurement, and funding in H.R. 9495 and other FY2027 Defense appropriations legislation, H.R. 8800/S. 4784, FY2027 National Defense authorization legislation, and S. 4615 and other FY2027 Intelligence authorization legislation. Educate the House and Senate and the Department of Homeland Security on cybersecurity threats to federal government, state and local government, and critical infrastructure networks; advocate for funding to support federal network cyber resilience in H.R. 9310 and other FY2027 Homeland Security appropriations legislation; H.R. 8495 and other FY2027 Financial Services and General Government appropriations legislation; H.R. 9170 and other FY2027 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development appropriations legislation; H.R. 9171 and other FY2027 Interior appropriations legislation; and H.R. 8845 and other FY2027 Commerce, Justice and Science appropriations legislation. Educate the House and Senate and Executive Branch agencies including the Department of Commerce, the Department of Homeland Security, and the EOP (OMB/Office of the Federal Chief Information Officer, Office of the National Cyber Director) 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 data security, and risk-based AI policy considerations in pending legislation, including H.R. 8413, the SECURE Data Act."
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, 6 have been purchases and 2 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $PANW stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 05/14 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 02/27.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 04/14, 03/13 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE JARED MOSKOWITZ has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 03/31, 03/23 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN L. JACKSON sold up to $100,000 on 02/05.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.
PANW Insider Trading Activity
PANW insiders have traded $PANW stock on the open market 30 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 2 have been purchases and 28 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 2 purchases buying 68,085 shares for an estimated $9,999,976 and 0 sales.
- JAMES J GOETZ has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 42,684 shares for an estimated $9,327,421.
- JOHN P. KEY has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 9,072 shares for an estimated $2,366,759.
- DIPAK GOLECHHA (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 9 sales selling 10,000 shares for an estimated $2,249,901.
- APARNA BAWA has made 0 purchases and 7 sales selling 2,735 shares for an estimated $802,475.
- JOSH D. PAUL (Chief Accounting Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 2,000 shares for an estimated $488,040.
- HELLE THORNING-SCHMIDT sold 700 shares for an estimated $242,795
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.
PANW Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 1,359 institutional investors add shares of PANW stock to their portfolio, and 1,000 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 12,868,452 shares (+21.6%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $2,048,142,820
- STATE STREET CORP added 5,154,613 shares (+17.0%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $820,408,205
- GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added 3,334,258 shares (+20.9%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $530,680,503
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added 3,101,267 shares (+16.0%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $493,597,655
- HAREL INSURANCE INVESTMENTS & FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD. added 2,605,433 shares (+1665.1%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $414,680,716
- AMUNDI added 2,528,299 shares (+67.1%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $402,404,068
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 1,969,661 shares (+32.3%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $313,491,244
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.
PANW Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $PANW in the last several months. We have seen 4 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- BTIG issued a "Buy" rating on 06/30/2026
- Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 06/03/2026
- Needham issued a "Buy" rating on 02/18/2026
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 02/18/2026
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 33 analysts offer price targets for $PANW in the last 6 months, with a median target of $330.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Peter Levine from Evercore ISI Group set a target price of $320.0 on 07/08/2026
- Mike Cikos from Needham set a target price of $425.0 on 07/07/2026
- Michael Turrin from Wells Fargo set a target price of $420.0 on 07/01/2026
- Gray Powell from BTIG set a target price of $380.0 on 06/30/2026
- Yun Kim from Loop Capital set a target price of $290.0 on 06/03/2026
- Patrick Colville from Scotiabank set a target price of $320.0 on 06/03/2026
- Saket Kalia from Barclays set a target price of $315.0 on 06/03/2026
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