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Financial-condition grades for SEC filers
Company Report · as of Oct 9, 2026
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| Palo Alto Networks Inc.PANW · business equipment | |
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| Grade |  Cmiddle fifth of 497 graded peers; percentile 54.6, sampling error 2.2 points; lower is stronger |
| Rank | 272 of 497 |
| Profitability | Cpercentile 50.0 |
| Solvency | Cpercentile 48.8 |
| Growth and financing | Cpercentile 50.9 |
| Reliability | 0.94 AUCfailure model, filers with over $2.67B assets; 95% interval 0.88 to 0.97; 61 events, 2020 to 2025 |
| Peer failure rate | 0.52% a yearItem 1.03 bankruptcies, same asset band, 2012 to 2025 |
| Size band | over $2.67B assetstotal assets $48.5B[1] |
| Standard universe | insiderevenue above $1M and assets above $10M[1-2] |
| Warnings | none active |
| Inputs computable | 11 of 14 |
| Graded from | filings received through Sep 10, 202629 days before the rescan; every figure keyed to the SEC receipt date |
| Last close | $398.322026-10-08; market equity $325.8B; iex feed |
| Price used in grade | None |
| Share price, twelve months to the rescansplit-adjusted close; a lollipop at every rescan carries the letter held then; baseline ticks are SEC receipt dates of the inputs; ranges and dragging scroll the full history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Percentile at every rescan on file, Jan 21, 2012 to Oct 9, 2026; stronger toward the top. Hover for the date. Open this report as it stood on | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Each date opens the report as it stood on that rescan. |
Business, in the company's words. Opening of Item 1 of the 10-K received Sep 10, 2026; the document on sec.gov.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is a global artificial intelligence (“AI”) cybersecurity provider and our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. We were incorporated in 2005 and are headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. Our platforms and services help secure enterprise users, networks, clouds, endpoints, AI apps and agents, and identities by delivering comprehensive cybersecurity backed by AI and automation, and provide real-time visibility and monitoring across cloud infrastructure, applications and AI workloads.
The Fourteen Inputs [top]
Lower percentile is stronger. Source numbers open the SEC filing; a range that spans filings opens the sources table.
| Input | Percentile, 0 to 100 | Value | Source | Peer median | Percentile | Peers | Period end |
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| Profitability, sleeve percentile 50.0 | |||||||
| Gross profitability | 16.7% | [1,3] | 28.5% | 68.4 | 558 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Return on invested capital | not computable | 10.9% | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-07-31; latest annual assets end 2026-07-31 | |||||||
| Accruals ratio | (11.8%) | [1,4-6] | (7.4%) | 36.3 | 621 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Gross margin stability, five years | 2.0 pts | [2-3,7-14] | 2.4 pts | 45.3 | 429 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Solvency, sleeve percentile 48.8 | |||||||
| Twelve-month failure probability | 0.03% | 0.05% | 11.0 | 101 | 2026-07-31 | ||
| Altman Z double-prime | 1.49 | [1,15-20] | 2.18 | 49.6 | 566 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Net debt to EBITDA | not computable | 1.11x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2023-07-31; latest annual assets end 2026-07-31 | |||||||
| Interest coverage | not computable | 3.77x | |||||
| latest aligned inputs end 2024-07-31; latest annual assets end 2026-07-31 | |||||||
| Current ratio | 0.87x | [15-16] | 2.02x | 85.9 | 666 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Growth and financing, sleeve percentile 50.9 | |||||||
| Revenue growth, three-year compound | 18.5% | [2,8,10,12] | 6.4% | 20.5 | 538 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Free cash flow growth, three-year compound | 16.1% | [5,21-27] | 17.2% | 52.1 | 268 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Reinvestment rate | (309.0%) | [15-16,18,21,28-32] | 14.3% | 89.8 | 226 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Asset growth, three years | 49.5% | [1,6,33-34] | 5.0% | 6.0 | 563 | 2026-07-31 | |
| Net share issuance, one year | 22.3% | [35-36] | 0.5% | 86.2 | 407 | 2026-08-31 | |
Gross profitability. Revenue less cost of goods sold, over total assets.
Accruals ratio. Net income less operating cash flow, over average assets; lower is stronger.
Gross margin stability, five years. Standard deviation of gross margin; lower is stronger.
Twelve-month failure probability. CHS model; lower is stronger.
Net debt to EBITDA. Lower is stronger.
Net share issuance, one year. Split-adjusted; lower is stronger.
Sleeves are equal-weighted; within a sleeve each computable input carries equal weight. Composite -0.002; sampling error 2.2 percentile points on 497 peers.
Among 497 Peers [top]
Composite score of every graded peer, smoothed. Vertical rules are the letter band edges at the 20th, 40th, 60th and 80th percentiles. Small dots are the six largest peers by market equity.
| Rank | Company | Percentile | Letter | Warnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 267 | Diodes Inc. (DIOD) Diodes Inc. (DIOD) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 53.6 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices market equity $4.4B; last close $96.33 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 12 of 14 inputs | 53.6 | C | fortress balance sheet |
| 268 | CareCloud, Inc. (CCLD) CareCloud, Inc. (CCLD) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 53.8 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software market equity $82.4M; last close $1.94 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 8 of 14 inputs | 53.8 | C | fortress balance sheet |
| 269 | Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Salesforce, Inc. (CRM) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 54.0 NYSE · Services-Prepackaged Software market equity $187.5B; last close $227.74 No active warnings; 12 of 14 inputs | 54.0 | C | |
| 270 | Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) Amkor Technology, Inc. (AMKR) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 54.2 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices market equity $12.6B; last close $50.98 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 54.2 | C | |
| 271 | Benchmark Electronics Inc. (BHE) Benchmark Electronics Inc. (BHE) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 54.4 NYSE · Printed Circuit Boards market equity $2.9B; last close $81.17 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 12 of 14 inputs | 54.4 | C | fortress balance sheet |
| 272 | Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 54.6 Nasdaq · Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC market equity $326.0B; last close $398.32 No active warnings; 11 of 14 inputs | 54.6 | C | |
| 273 | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (SWKS) Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (SWKS) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 54.8 Nasdaq · Semiconductors & Related Devices market equity $12.2B; last close $80.75 Warnings: fortress balance sheet; 13 of 14 inputs | 54.8 | C | fortress balance sheet |
| 274 | TTM Technologies Inc. (TTMI) TTM Technologies Inc. (TTMI) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 55.0 Nasdaq · Printed Circuit Boards market equity $12.4B; last close $117.48 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 55.0 | C | |
| 275 | Espey MFG & Electronics Corp. (ESP) Espey MFG & Electronics Corp. (ESP) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 55.2 NYSE · Electronic Components, NEC market equity $181.0M; last close $60.20 No active warnings; 10 of 14 inputs | 55.2 | C | |
| 276 | Telos Corp. (TLS) Telos Corp. (TLS) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 55.4 Nasdaq · Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design market equity $326.6M; last close $4.37 No active warnings; 9 of 14 inputs | 55.4 | C | |
| 277 | Bandwidth Inc. (BAND) Bandwidth Inc. (BAND) Cmiddle fifth; percentile 55.6 Nasdaq · Services-Prepackaged Software last close $51.96 No active warnings; 7 of 14 inputs | 55.6 | C |
| Peer policy | Letter | Percentile | Peers |
|---|---|---|---|
| all graded filers, equal sleeves | C | 47.3 | 2204 |
| sector peers, equal sleeves (the grade) | C | 54.6 | 497 |
| same exchange, equal sleeves | C | 46.0 | 1219 |
| sector peers, equal inputs | C | 53.8 | 497 |
Each letter is one fifth of the 497 graded peers, about 99 companies. A boundary letter (A/B, B/C, C/D, D/E) marks a percentile within one sampling error of a band edge.
What the Price Implies [top]
Market measures at the 2026-10-08 close. None enters the grade. Percentile among graded peers with the same measure.
| Measure | Value | Peer median | Percentile | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Twelve-month price change, skipping the latest month | 87.7% | 2.2% | 89 | hotter than 89 of 100 peers |
| Distance from 52-week high | (5.1%) | (30.0%) | 87 | closer to its high than 87 of 100 peers |
| EBIT to enterprise value | 0.2% | 1.5% | 37 | pricier than 63 of 100 peers |
| Free cash flow yield | 1.3% | 2.7% | 35 | pricier than 65 of 100 peers |
| Book value to price | 0.08 | 0.23 | 23 | pricier than 77 of 100 peers |
| Sales to price | 0.04 | 0.30 | 6 | pricier than 94 of 100 peers |
| Composite equity issuance, five years | 33.6% | 3.9% | 82 | more equity-funded than 82 of 100 peers |
| Relative strength against the sector, log excess return | 0.35 | (0.26) | 89 | ahead of 89 of 100 peers |
Inputs: market equity $326.0B; EBIT $695.0M; free cash flow $4.1B; book equity $27.5B; sales $11.5B; debt $2.0B; cash $2.5B[35].
Diagnostics [top]
Diagnostics do not feed the grade.
| Piotroski F-score: None of 9, period end 2026-07-31 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Return on assets above zero | 1.3% | ✓ pass[4,6] |
| Operating cash flow above zero | $4.6B | ✓ pass[5] |
| Return on assets improved | (4.4 pts) | ✗ fail[4,6,33,37] |
| Operating cash flow exceeds net income | $4.2B | ✓ pass[4-5] |
| Long-term leverage fell | n/a[1,6,33] | |
| Current ratio improved | (7.1 pts) | ✗ fail[15-16,31-32] |
| No new shares issued | 22.3% | ✗ fail[35-36] |
| Gross margin improved | (3.1 pts) | ✗ fail[2-3,7-8] |
| Asset turnover improved | 2.6 pts | ✓ pass[2,6,8,33] |
| Cash, filings, liquidity | |
|---|---|
| Cash and equivalents | $2.5B[38] |
| Operating cash flow, four quarters | $4.6B[5,38-41] |
| Months of runway | not finite |
| trailing operating cash flow is nonnegative, so runway is not finite | |
| Late filings, two years | 0 |
| NT 10-K or NT 10-Q | |
| Days since last periodic filing | 29 |
| 10-K received Sep 10, 2026 | |
| Median daily dollar volume | $2.0B |
| 63 sessions | |
| Days since newest grade input | 29 |
Downloads [top]
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Sources [top]
Every citation on this page. Filing opens the SEC index page for that submission; viewer opens the SEC interactive data for the same filing; series opens the SEC XBRL API record for that tag and company.
| # | Concept | XBRL tag | Value | Period end | Received | Form | Links |
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| 1 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $48.5B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 2 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $11.5B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 3 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $8.1B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 4 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $307.0M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 5 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $4.6B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 6 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $23.6B | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 7 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $6.8B | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 8 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $9.2B | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 9 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $6.0B | 2024-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 10 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $8.0B | 2024-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 11 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $5.0B | 2023-07-31 | 2025-08-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 12 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $6.9B | 2023-07-31 | 2025-08-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 13 | gross profit | us-gaap:GrossProfit | $3.8B | 2022-07-31 | 2024-09-06 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 14 | revenue | us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | $5.5B | 2022-07-31 | 2024-09-06 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 15 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $8.6B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 16 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $9.9B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 17 | retained earnings | us-gaap:RetainedEarningsAccumulatedDeficit | $2.8B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 18 | operating income | us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | $695.0M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 19 | book equity | us-gaap:StockholdersEquity | $27.5B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 20 | liabilities | us-gaap:Liabilities | $21.0B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 21 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $440.0M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 22 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.7B | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 23 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $247.0M | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 24 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.3B | 2024-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 25 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $157.0M | 2024-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 26 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $2.8B | 2023-07-31 | 2025-08-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 27 | capital expenditure | us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireProductiveAssets | $146.3M | 2023-07-31 | 2025-08-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 28 | depreciation amortization | us-gaap:DepreciationDepletionAndAmortization | $855.0M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 29 | pretax income | us-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest | $536.0M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 30 | income tax | us-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit | $229.0M | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 31 | current assets | us-gaap:AssetsCurrent | $7.5B | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 32 | current liabilities | us-gaap:LiabilitiesCurrent | $8.0B | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 33 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $20.0B | 2024-07-31 | 2025-08-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 34 | assets | us-gaap:Assets | $14.5B | 2023-07-31 | 2024-09-06 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 35 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 818,000,000 | 2026-08-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 36 | shares outstanding | dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding | 668,900,000 | 2025-08-18 | 2025-08-29 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 37 | net income | us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss | $1.1B | 2025-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 38 | cash | us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue | $2.5B | 2026-07-31 | 2026-09-10 | 10-K | filing · viewer · series |
| 39 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $3.2B | 2026-04-30 | 2026-06-03 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 40 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $2.3B | 2026-01-31 | 2026-02-18 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
| 41 | operating cash flow | us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | $1.8B | 2025-10-31 | 2025-11-20 | 10-Q | filing · viewer · series |
Limitations [top]
Grade boundary. Percentile 54.6 is 5.4 points from the nearest band edge; sampling error is 2.2 points.
Peer group. Sector assignment from four-digit SIC codes, hand-tuned and published. The grade under three alternative peer policies is tabled above.
Size. Within a sector the letter tracks size. Among graded filers in the smallest asset band, 72% grade E and 0% grade A; in the largest, 13% grade E and 21% grade A. Universe as of Oct 9, 2026.
Failure model. filings 2012-01-01 to 2019-12-31 fit, filings 2020-01-01 to 2025-12-31 test; status post hoc pending confirmation. pre-registered on 2026 filings once their 12-month outcome windows close; supported if the paired per-quintile gain over the pooled model has a lower bound above 0.05.
Input validity. Revenue or total assets at or below $100,000 sets the degenerate-inputs flag. An input whose denominator is at or below $100,000 is left not computable rather than ranked.
Returns. No input on this page has a post-2015 confidence interval on returns that excludes zero. The grade ranks reported financial condition and is not a return forecast.
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