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Return on assets at other companies

Microsoft logo
MicrosoftMSFT
19.9%+1.5pp
Cisco Systems, Inc. logo
Cisco Systems, Inc.CSCO
9.7%+1.7pp
F5, Inc. logo
F5, Inc.FFIV
11.4%+0.4pp
Akamai Technologies logo
Akamai TechnologiesAKAM
4%-0.5pp
Fortinet logo
FortinetFTNT
19.3%-1.5pp
Cloudflare, Inc. logo
Cloudflare, Inc.NET
-1.8%-0.4pp

Other financials

Income statement

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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

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

Cash flow

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

Valuation

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

Profitability

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Gross margin71.9%-1.6pp
Operating margin9.6%-1.5pp
Net margin7.9%-6.0pp
FCF margin35.8%+2.0pp

Returns & leverage

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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 →

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Questions, answered.

What is Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s return on assets?
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW) reported return on assets of 2.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s return on assets changed year-over-year?
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s return on assets decreased by 60.2% year-over-year, from 6.2% to 2.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s return on assets?
Over 3 years (2022 to 2025), Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s return on assets has grown at a 29.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from -2.4% to 5.2%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.