Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management Grows Stock Holdings in Palo Alto Networks, Inc. $PANW

Posted by Francis Steltz on Jun 13th, 2026

Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management raised its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW – Free Report) by 22.9% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 20,880 shares of the network technology company’s stock after buying an additional 3,888 shares during the period. Gerber Kawasaki Wealth & Investment Management’s holdings in Palo Alto Networks were worth $3,846,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of PANW. Darwin Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the second quarter worth $25,000. Steph & Co. boosted its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 88.2% during the fourth quarter. Steph & Co. now owns 143 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 67 shares during the period. Knuff & Co LLC purchased a new position in shares of Palo Alto Networks during the fourth quarter worth $26,000. Sittner & Nelson LLC boosted its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 73.8% during the fourth quarter. Sittner & Nelson LLC now owns 146 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $27,000 after buying an additional 62 shares during the period. Finally, Luken Investment Analytics LLC boosted its position in shares of Palo Alto Networks by 196.2% during the fourth quarter. Luken Investment Analytics LLC now owns 154 shares of the network technology company’s stock worth $28,000 after buying an additional 102 shares during the period. 79.82% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Citigroup restated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Palo Alto Networks in a research report on Wednesday, June 3rd. HSBC increased their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $114.00 to $207.00 in a research note on Thursday, June 4th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $220.00 to $330.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $220.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 3rd. Finally, Argus increased their price objective on Palo Alto Networks from $222.00 to $320.00 in a research note on Friday, June 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $306.59.

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Insider Buying and Selling

In other Palo Alto Networks news, Director John P. Key sold 7,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, June 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $279.24, for a total value of $2,094,300.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 12,500 shares in the company, valued at $3,490,500. This trade represents a 37.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Lee Klarich sold 62,904 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $258.65, for a total value of $16,270,119.60. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 235,983 shares in the company, valued at approximately $61,037,002.95. This represents a 21.05% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 81,044 shares of company stock valued at $20,424,722 over the last 90 days. 1.40% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Palo Alto Networks Stock Up 0.0%

Palo Alto Networks stock opened at $279.62 on Friday. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. has a 1-year low of $139.57 and a 1-year high of $302.95. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 0.86 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The stock has a market cap of $227.89 billion, a PE ratio of 229.20, a P/E/G ratio of 10.38 and a beta of 0.94. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $216.44 and its two-hundred day moving average is $189.22.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, June 2nd. The network technology company reported $0.85 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.79 by $0.06. Palo Alto Networks had a return on equity of 10.53% and a net margin of 7.95%.The company had revenue of $3 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.94 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $0.37 earnings per share. Palo Alto Networks’s quarterly revenue was up 31.1% on a year-over-year basis. Palo Alto Networks has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.770-3.790 EPS and its Q4 2026 guidance at 0.960-0.980 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Palo Alto Networks, Inc. will post 2.03 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Palo Alto Networks Company Profile

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Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) is a cybersecurity company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The firm develops a broad suite of security products and services designed to prevent successful cyberattacks and protect enterprise networks, clouds, and endpoints. Built around a platform strategy, its offerings target threat prevention, detection, response and governance across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

The company’s product portfolio includes next‑generation firewalls as a core on‑premises capability, alongside cloud‑delivered security services and software for securing public and private clouds.