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Palo Alto Networks (Palo Alto Networks) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 35.63 (As of May. 04, 2024)


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What is Palo Alto Networks Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-05-04), Palo Alto Networks's share price is $296.21. Palo Alto Networks's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $8.31. Hence, Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 35.63.

The historical rank and industry rank for Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

PANW' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 14.37   Med: 28.18   Max: 145.83
Current: 35.72

During the past 13 years, Palo Alto Networks's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 145.83. The lowest was 14.37. And the median was 28.18.

PANW's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
64.22% of 1456 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 22.8 vs PANW: 35.72

Palo Alto Networks's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $1.83. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $8.31.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Palo Alto Networks was -0.10% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 39.60% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 20.50% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 33.60% per year.

During the past 13 years, Palo Alto Networks's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 122.70% per year. The lowest was 2.90% per year. And the median was 28.20% per year.


Palo Alto Networks Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Palo Alto Networks Annual Data
Trend Jul14 Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 23.16 30.20 27.72 27.44 32.52

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
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 19.06 21.97 32.52 28.72 40.72

Competitive Comparison of Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Palo Alto Networks Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=296.21/8.314
=35.63

Palo Alto Networks's Share Price of today is $296.21.
Palo Alto Networks's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $8.31.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Palo Alto Networks  (NAS:PANW) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Palo Alto Networks (Palo Alto Networks) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
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