Company Analysis

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (PANW)

Nasdaq: PANW · Computer Peripheral Equipment, NEC · Santa Clara, CA · filing with the SEC since 2005
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Income statement, as filed

In millions of US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts in millions. The fiscal year ends in July.
Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal yearFY 2026FY 2025FY 2024FY 2023FY 2022FY 2021FY 2020FY 2019FY 2018FY 2017
Period endingJul 31, 2026Jul 31, 2025Jul 31, 2024Jul 31, 2023Jul 31, 2022Jul 31, 2021Jul 31, 2020Jul 31, 2019Jul 31, 2018Jul 31, 2017
Report filedSep 10, 2026Aug 29, 2025Sep 6, 2024Sep 1, 2023Sep 6, 2022Sep 3, 2021Sep 4, 2020Sep 9, 2019Sep 13, 2018Sep 7, 2017
Revenue11,480.09,221.0r8,027.0r6,892.75,501.54,256.13,408.42,899.62,273.61,755.1
Cost of revenue3,403.02,451.0r2,059.0r1,909.71,718.71,274.9999.5808.4645.1r476.4r
Gross profit8,077.06,770.0r5,968.0r4,983.03,782.82,981.22,408.92,091.21,628.5r1,278.7r
Research and development2,552.01,984.0r1,810.0r1,604.01,417.71,140.4768.1539.5400.7347.4
Sales and marketing3,931.03,100.0r2,794.0r2,544.02,148.91,753.81,520.21,344.01,074.2r898.8r
General and administrative899.0443.0r680.0r447.7405.0391.1299.6261.8257.8198.3
Total operating expenses7,382.05,527.05,284.0r4,595.73,971.63,285.32,587.92,145.31,732.7r1,444.5r
Operating income695.01,243.0r684.0r387.3-188.8-304.1-179.0-54.1-104.2r-165.8r
Interest expense0.03.08.0r27.227.4163.388.783.929.624.5
Interest and investment income374.0364.0r318.0r224.415.68.541.469.827.114.7
Other income (expense), net64.025.0r-6.0r-10.3-8.4-0.71.2r-2.9r28.510.2
Total non-operating income (expense)·········10.2
Income before income taxes536.01,596.0r988.0r566.3-207.2-465.0-231.8-74.6-105.3r-180.1r
Income tax expense229.0462.0r-1,590.0r126.659.833.935.27.316.9r22.9r
Net income307.01,134.0r2,578.0r439.7-267.0-498.9-267.0-81.9-122.2r-203.0r
Earnings per share, basic0.411.714.04r0.73r-0.45rb-0.865rb-0.46b-0.145b··
Earnings per share, diluted0.401.603.64r0.64r-0.45rb-0.865rb-0.46b-0.145b··
Earnings per share, basic and diluted······-0.46b-0.145b-0.2217rb-0.3733rb
Weighted average shares, basic749.0663.0r638.0r606.4r591.2rb578.2rb581.4b567.0b··
Weighted average shares, diluted764.0709.0r708.0r684.5r591.2rb578.2rb581.4b567.0b··
Weighted average shares, basic and diluted······581.4b567.0b550.2b543.6b
As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.Share counts and per-share figures are on the newest report's basis, after the 2-for-1 split of Dec 2024.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. r restated by the company in a later report; b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.
What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it
Revenue what customers paid for what it soldus-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax
Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it soldus-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit
Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense
Sales and marketing the cost of finding and serving customersus-gaap:SellingAndMarketingExpense
General and administrative the cost of running the company itselfus-gaap:GeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
Total operating expenses the running costs togetherus-gaap:OperatingExpenses
Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss
Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseNonoperating
us-gaap:InterestExpense
Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InterestIncomeOther
Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense
Total non-operating income (expense) everything outside the business, togetherus-gaap:NonoperatingIncomeExpense
Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest
Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit
Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic
Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted
Earnings per share, basic and diluted net income per share, where both counts are the sameus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasicAndDiluted
Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic
Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding
Weighted average shares, basic and diluted the average count, where both counts are the sameus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfShareOutstandingBasicAndDiluted
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