Palo Alto Q4 FY7/24 Earnings Review

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Boxing Clever

by Alex King, CEO, Cestrian Capital Research, Inc.

Palo Alto Networks continues to see slowing revenue growth, whilst ramping EBITDA and unlevered pretax free cashflow. This is a maturing business until proven otherwise.

But.

Here’s the $PANW revenue performance.

The company is guiding for an acceleration of growth next quarter; if they can achieve that whilst holding margins at or around the current level, kudos to the management team.

Read on for the financial detail, valuation, our stock chart and rating.