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Palo Alto Networks forward PE PANW

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 2012.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
90.9×
10-year median
49.5×
Against its 10-year history
99th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
28.2× to 100.0×
Peer median
51.6×

Palo Alto Networks' forward PE is 90.9× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is above its ten-year median of 49.5×, higher than on 99% of days in the last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 28.2× in Mar 2020 to 100.0× in Oct 2026.

The median for 10 infrastructure software stocks of a similar size is 51.6×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

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Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far90.9×39.2×100.0×
202551.2×44.0×61.2×
202456.0×47.0×69.0×
202354.0×32.1×56.2×
202233.2×33.2×75.1×
202172.7×53.4×73.3×
202062.2×28.2×64.2×
201948.7×37.5×55.0×
201837.5×33.7×51.9×
201740.4×40.0×60.7×
201648.8×48.8×102×
2015111×111×162×
2014142×127×184×
2013144×119×255×
2012230×217×309×

Against its peers

Companies in Software - Infrastructure nearest Palo Alto Networks' size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
PANWPalo Alto Networks90.9×
CRWDCrowdStrike182×
ORCLOracle14.8×
PLTRPalantir Technologies104×
FTNTFortinet51.1×
NETCloudflare220×
SNPSSynopsys24.5×
XYZBlock16.7×
ZSZscaler52.3×
TWLOTwilio42.3×
OKTAOkta52.2×
Peer median51.6×

Where Palo Alto Networks ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.