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Palo Alto Networks (Palo Alto Networks) Debt-to-EBITDA : 2.65 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Palo Alto Networks Debt-to-EBITDA?

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Palo Alto Networks's Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,822 Mil. Palo Alto Networks's Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $363 Mil. Palo Alto Networks's annualized EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $823 Mil. Palo Alto Networks's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 2.65.

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt. According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.

The historical rank and industry rank for Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA or its related term are showing as below:

PANW' s Debt-to-EBITDA Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -75.95   Med: 0.14   Max: 92.76
Current: 1.9

During the past 13 years, the highest Debt-to-EBITDA Ratio of Palo Alto Networks was 92.76. The lowest was -75.95. And the median was 0.14.

PANW's Debt-to-EBITDA is ranked worse than
63.49% of 1594 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.05 vs PANW: 1.90

Palo Alto Networks Debt-to-EBITDA Historical Data

The historical data trend for Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Palo Alto Networks Debt-to-EBITDA Chart

Palo Alto Networks Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Debt-to-EBITDA
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 8.77 57.49 -75.95 41.35 2.61

Palo Alto Networks Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Debt-to-EBITDA Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.20 4.67 1.48 1.59 2.65

Competitive Comparison of Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA, along with its competitors' market caps and Debt-to-EBITDA data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA falls into.



Palo Alto Networks Debt-to-EBITDA Calculation

Debt-to-EBITDA measures a company's ability to pay off its debt.

Palo Alto Networks's Debt-to-EBITDA for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2023 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1991.5 + 279.2) / 869
=2.61

Palo Alto Networks's annualized Debt-to-EBITDA for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is calculated as

Debt-to-EBITDA=Total Debt / EBITDA
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / EBITDA
=(1821.8 + 362.7) / 823.2
=2.65

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

In the calculation of annual Debt-to-EBITDA, the EBITDA of the last fiscal year is used. In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the EBITDA data used here is four times the quarterly (Jan. 2024) EBITDA data.


Palo Alto Networks  (NAS:PANW) Debt-to-EBITDA Explanation

In the calculation of Debt-to-EBITDA, we use the total of Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation and Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation divided by EBITDA. In some calculations, Total Liabilities is used to for calculation.


Be Aware

A high Debt-to-EBITDA ratio generally means that a company may spend more time to paying off its debt.

According to Joel Tillinghast's BIG MONEY THINKS SMALL: Biases, Blind Spots, and Smarter Investing, a ratio of Debt-to-EBITDA exceeding four is usually considered scary unless tangible assets cover the debt.


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Palo Alto Networks (Palo Alto Networks) Business Description

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Address
3000 Tannery Way, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Palo Alto Networks is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, and security operations. The California-based firm has more than 85,000 customers across the world, including more than three fourths of the Global 2000.
Executives
John Donovan director 208 S. AKARD ST. , ROOM 3025, DALLAS TX 75202
Nir Zuk director, officer: CTO 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
John P. Key director 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Dipak Golechha officer: EVP, Chief Financial Officer 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Nikesh Arora director, officer: Chief Executive Officer 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Lee Klarich officer: Chief Product Officer 4401 GREAT AMERICA PKWY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Josh D. Paul officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Jenkins William D Jr officer: President C/O PALO ALTO NETWORKS INC, 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Aparna Bawa director C/O ZOOM VIDEO COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 55 ALMADEN BOULEVARD, 6TH FLOOR, SAN JOSE CA 95113
Carl M. Eschenbach director C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL ROAD, SUITE 101, PALO ALTO CA 94025
James J Goetz director C/O SEQUOIA CAPITAL, 2800 SAND HILL RD, SUITE 101, MENLO PARK CA 94025
Mark D Mclaughlin director, officer: President & CEO C/O PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC., 4401 GREAT AMERICA PKWY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Amit K. Singh officer: President 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054
Helene D Gayle director C/O COLGATE PALMOLIVE COMPANY, 300 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK NY 10022
Jean Compeau officer: Chief Accounting Officer 3000 TANNERY WAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95054