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Palo Alto Networks (PANW) Return on Equity (2016 - 2026)

Palo Alto Networks has reported Return on Equity over the past 15 years, most recently at 0.14% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Equity at 0.14% for Q1 2026, down 6.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.14% (down 6.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.17%, down 57.0%.
  • Return on Equity for Q1 2026 was 0.14% at Palo Alto Networks, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Equity for PANW hit a ceiling of 0.7% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 1.71% in Q2 2022.
  • Median Return on Equity over the past 5 years was 0.18% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.03%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Equity: plummeted -128bps in 2022 and later skyrocketed 193bps in 2023.
  • Palo Alto Networks' Return on Equity stood at 0.4% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 178bps to 0.31% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 58bps to 0.5% in 2024, then crashed by -73bps to 0.14% in 2025, then grew by 5bps to 0.14% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Equity were 0.14% (Q1 2026), 0.14% (Q4 2025), and 0.15% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.