Skip to content

Net margin at other companies

Microsoft logo
MicrosoftMSFT
39.3%+3.6pp
Cisco Systems, Inc. logo
Cisco Systems, Inc.CSCO
19.7%+2.1pp
F5, Inc. logo
F5, Inc.FFIV
22%+0.8pp
Akamai Technologies logo
Akamai TechnologiesAKAM
10.2%-1.1pp
Fortinet logo
FortinetFTNT
27.5%-3.1pp
Cloudflare, Inc. logo
Cloudflare, Inc.NET
-3.7%-0.6pp

Other financials

Income statement

See full
Revenue$3.0B+31.1%
Gross profit$2.0B+21.4%
Operating income-$183.0M-184%
Net income-$177.0M-168%
EPS (diluted)-$0.22-159%

Balance sheet

See full
Cash & equivalents$2.4B-0.9%
Total debt$2.2B+206%
Total equity$27.7B+283%
Total assets$46.3B+110%

Cash flow

See full
Operating cash flow$871.0M+38.7%
CapEx$83.0M+22.1%
Free cash flow$788.0M+40.7%

Valuation

See full
Market cap$234.54B+24.8%
Enterprise value$234.4B+26.5%
P/E278.3×+126×
P/S22.1×+0.9×

Profitability

See full
Gross margin71.9%-1.6pp
Operating margin9.6%-1.5pp

Returns & leverage

See full
Return on equity4.8%-16.3pp
Debt / equity0.1×0.0×
Current ratio0.9×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Palo Alto Networks, Inc.’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Palo Alto Networks, Inc.’s 10-Q, filed June 3, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Ask your AI about Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s net margin.

Connect your AI assistant and compare it to peers, right in your chat.

Connect your AI
Harbor at dusk
Claude

Questions, answered.

What is Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s net margin?
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) reported net margin of 7.9% in Q1 2026.
How has Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s net margin changed year-over-year?
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s net margin decreased by 43.0% year-over-year, from 13.9% to 7.9%.
What is the long-term trend for Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s net margin?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s net margin has grown at a 9.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -7.8% to 12.3%.
What does net margin mean?
The share of every sales dollar that becomes bottom-line profit.
How do you interpret net margin?
Higher is better, but net margin mixes operating performance with financing and tax effects and one-off items — read it alongside operating margin to separate the operating story from the rest.
How does net margin compare across companies?
Comparable across peers but sensitive to leverage and tax structure; two operationally identical firms can show different net margins purely from financing.