Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Profit After Tax (2011 - 2026)
Palo Alto Networks (PANW) reported Profit After Tax of -$282 million for fiscal Q4 2026 (quarter ended Jul 31, 2026), compared with $254 million a year earlier.
Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Profit After Tax (2011 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2026 (ended Jul 31, 2026), Palo Alto Networks posted Profit After Tax of $307 million, down 72.9% from FY2025.
- By fiscal year, Profit After Tax came in at $1.13 billion in FY2025 (-56.0%), $2.58 billion in FY2024 (+486.3%), $439.7 million in FY2023 and -$267 million in FY2022.
- The fiscal Q4 2026 figure ranks as the lowest quarterly Profit After Tax in data going back to fiscal Q1 2012.
- Year over year, Profit After Tax gained in two of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 3.0%.
- The high point for year-over-year Profit After Tax in five years was fiscal Q1 2024 (growth of 871.0%); the low point was fiscal Q2 2025 (a decline of 84.7%).
- Per Business Quant data, the three fiscal quarters before Q4 2026 came in at -$177 million (Q3 2026), $432 million (Q2 2026) and $334 million (Q1 2026).
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | PAT (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 256.64 Bn | 241.72 Bn | 2.30 Bn | -282.00 Mn |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 232.35 Bn | 212.75 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 5.33 Mn |
| 3 | Fortinet | 123.26 Bn | 109.19 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 605.20 Mn |
| 4 | Snowflake | 108.15 Bn | 95.47 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -191.72 Mn |
| 5 | Datadog | 88.38 Bn | 70.02 Bn | 881.34 Mn | 44.53 Mn |
| 6 | Zscaler | 32.92 Bn | 19.04 Bn | - | - |
| 7 | Okta | 32.82 Bn | 22.92 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 116.00 Mn |
| 8 | Axon Enterprise | 32.21 Bn | 26.73 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 29.43 Mn |
| 9 | MongoDB | 27.08 Bn | 17.55 Bn | 569.77 Mn | 40.94 Mn |
| 10 | F5 | 25.16 Bn | 19.57 Bn | 711.51 Mn | 208.21 Mn |
Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2026 | -282.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2026 | -177.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2026 | 432.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 334.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | 254.00 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 262.00 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 267.00 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | 351.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | 358.10 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 278.80 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.75 Bn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 194.20 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 227.70 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | 107.80 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 84.20 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | 20.00 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 3.30 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -73.20 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -93.50 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | -103.60 Mn |
Palo Alto Networks Profit After Tax API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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import requests
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params = {"slug": "profit-after-tax", "ticker": "PANW", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()
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const data = await res.json();