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Takeaways From Palo Alto Networks’ Analyst Day

Analysts at Oppenheimer attended Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NYSE:PANW) Analyst Day and came away incrementally positive on industry trends (shift to cloud, digital transformation, AI/ML, and intense threat landscape) as well as the company's growth outlook, significant market opportunity and strong competitive position.

According to the brokerage the company offers one of the most comprehensive product portfolios (Network, Cloud, and SOC) within the cybersecurity space, and it views the company as well-positioned to benefit from customers looking to consolidate their security architecture with one vendor. The company is seeing strong traction for its Cortex, Prisma Cloud, and Prisma SASE products, and the brokerage sees additional tailwinds as SASE and XDR adoption accelerates.

Oppenheimer increased its price target on the company’s shares to $530 from $475, keeping its Outperform rating unchanged.