PANW Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own PANW shares is 2776, representing 80.77% of the company's common stock.

CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in PANW by -26.01% restricting it's holding to 717.13 thousand shares of worth nearly $200.38M. CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM also lessened -1.36% of the PANW shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 557.28 thousand shares of worth $158.34M. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP also shunned PANW shares holding by -0.16% last quarter which brought its holding to 541.25 thousand shares worth $153.79M.

As per its latest 13F filing, US BANCORP \DE\ increased its stake in PANW by 6.19% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 615.63 thousand shares having worth more than $174.92M. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS also added 4.96% more shares of PANW to its portfolio, raising its holding to 596.04 thousand shares of worth $169.35M. MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL INVESTMENTS CO., LTD. also increased its PANW shares holding by 15.18% which brought its holding to 566.65 thousand shares worth $118.49M.

The insider with the most stakes in PANW is ZUK NIR , EVP, Chief Technology Officer at the company. Additionally, PANW stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer Arora Nikesh and EVP, Chief Product Officer Klarich Lee among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.86% percent of Palo Alto Networks, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 29 transaction(s) in which PANW insiders have sold stock, totaling 95.7K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include JENKINS WILLIAM D JR, ARORA NIKESH, and PAUL JOSH D..

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Palo Alto Networks, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 12.59M Palo Alto Networks, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.86% of PANW stock.

PANW EVP, Chief Technology Officer, ZUK NIR holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. PANW shares owned by ZUK total nearly 1.82 million.

CIBC PRIVATE WEALTH GROUP, LLC is the largest institutional owner in PANW which holds 717.13 thousand shares worth $200.38M or 0.22% of the total PANW shares outstanding followed by US BANCORP \DE\ with ownership of 615.63 thousand shares representing 0.19% of the PANW ownership. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS is the third largest stakeholder with 596.04 thousand shares or 0.19% of the ownership worth more than $169.35M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the PANW is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of PANW shares short is 22.41M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 662.10M shares of PANW are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, PANW has 654.30M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for PANW is 3.73.