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

Palo Alto Networks has reported Return on Sales over the past 16 years, most recently at 0.17% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly results put Return on Sales at 0.17% for Q1 2026, up 5.0% from a year ago — trailing twelve months through Jan 2026 was 0.13% (down 2.0% YoY), and the annual figure for FY2025 was 0.12%, down 20.0%.
  • Return on Sales for Q1 2026 was 0.17% at Palo Alto Networks, up from 0.14% in the prior quarter.
  • Over the last five years, Return on Sales for PANW hit a ceiling of 0.88% in Q1 2024 and a floor of 0.07% in Q1 2022.
  • Median Return on Sales over the past 5 years was 0.11% (2025), compared with a mean of 0.13%.
  • Biggest five-year swings in Return on Sales: skyrocketed 83bps in 2024 and later plummeted -77bps in 2025.
  • Palo Alto Networks' Return on Sales stood at 0.01% in 2022, then skyrocketed by 708bps to 0.1% in 2023, then skyrocketed by 59bps to 0.16% in 2024, then dropped by -18bps to 0.14% in 2025, then grew by 23bps to 0.17% in 2026.
  • The last three reported values for Return on Sales were 0.17% (Q1 2026), 0.14% (Q4 2025), and 0.1% (Q3 2025) per Business Quant data.