PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.
Ownership & governance
Executives 5Directors 10Avg age 57Avg tenure 6.7y
NA
Nikesh Arora
Chief Executive Officer
Age 58Since 2018-05-31Profile →
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Executives5
NA
Nikesh Arora→
Chief Executive Officer
Age 58Since 2018-05-31
BJ
BJ Jenkins
President
Age 60Since 2021-08-09
DG
Dipak Golechha→
Director of Finance/CFO
Age 52Since 2021-03-16
MR
Meerah Rajavel
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer
Age 54Since 2022-03-31
LK
Lee Klarich→
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer
Age 51Since 2025-08-13
Board of directors10
JG
James Goetz→
Director/Board Member
Age 60Since 2005-03-31
LK
Lee Klarich→
Director/Board Member
Age 51Since 2025-08-13
JD
John Donovan→
Director/Board Member
Age 65Since 2012-09-17
CE
Carl Eschenbach→
Director/Board Member
Age 59Since 2013-05-22
NA
Nikesh Arora→
Chairman
Age 58Since 2018-05-31
LT
Lorraine Twohill→
Director/Board Member
Age 55Since 2019-04-08
JK
John Key→
Director/Board Member
Age 65Since 2019-04-08
AB
Aparna Bawa→
Director/Board Member
Age 48Since 2021-05-12
Shareholders5
| Name | Stake | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Advisors LLC | 6.478 % | 52,864,385 |
| Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.466 % | 52,765,656 |
| STATE STREET CORPORATION | 4.349 % | 35,486,318 |
| Eaton Vance Management | 3.961 % | 32,318,958 |
| Merrill Lynch International | 2.755 % | 22,476,753 |
Catalog · 2026-07-09
Proxy officers22
| Name | Role | Since | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nikesh Arora | Chairman | 2018-05-31 | - |
| Aparna Bawa | Director or executive officer | 2021-01-01 | 8,142 |
| Aparna Bawa | Director/Board Member | 2021-05-12 | - |
| Carl Eschenbach | Director/Board Member | 2013-05-22 | - |
| Carl Eschenbach | Director or executive officer | 2013-01-01 | 19,796 |
| Dipak Golechha | Director or executive officer | — | 381,955 |
| Helle Thorning-Schmidt | Director/Board Member | 2025-02-11 | - |
| James Goetz | Director/Board Member | 2005-03-31 | - |
Proxy · as of 2026-07-09
Group companies
| Name | Category |
|---|---|
| Cyberark Software (India) Pvt Ltd. | — |
| Palo Alto Networks (India) Technologies Pvt Ltd. | — |
| CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD. | Packaged Software |
| CYBERARK SOFTWARE LTD. | Packaged Software |
| Palo Alto Networks (Netherlands) BV | Information Technology Services |
Institutional (13F)
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Street consensus
Consensus buyMean target 397.92Range 190–525Analysts 50
190Mean 397.92525
- Strong buy 10
- Buy 32
- Hold 11
- Sell 1
- Strong sell 1
Broker actions40 of 935
| Firm | Action | To | Target | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo | Maintained | Overweight | 525 | 2026-10-13 |
| Amerx | Initiated | Hold | — | 2026-10-08 |
| TD Cowen | Maintained | Buy | 440 | 2026-10-02 |
| BTIG | Maintained | Buy | 425 | 2026-09-28 |
| Morgan Stanley | Maintained | Overweight | 410 | 2026-09-21 |
| Bernstein | Downgrade | Market Perform | 351 | 2026-09-17 |
| Argus Research | Reiterated | Buy | 425 | 2026-09-03 |
| Citigroup | Maintained | Buy | 410 | 2026-09-02 |
| Roth Capital | Maintained | Neutral | 300 | 2026-09-02 |
| Oppenheimer | Maintained | Outperform | 450 | 2026-09-02 |
| Piper Sandler | Reiterated | Overweight | 410 | 2026-09-02 |
| DA Davidson | Maintained | Buy | 420 | 2026-09-02 |
Firm rows and rating mix from Yahoo Finance; mean target is Yahoo’s aggregate until OpenFilings derives consensus from broker rows.