Palo Alto Networks (Palo Alto Networks) Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF : $78.82 (As of May. 06, 2024)

Palo Alto Networks Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Chart

Palo Alto Networks Annual Data
	Trend	Jul14	Jul15	Jul16	Jul17	Jul18	Jul19	Jul20	Jul21	Jul22	Jul23
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF		Get a 7-Day Free Trial					33.82	38.16	46.57	54.19	62.05

Palo Alto Networks Quarterly Data
	Apr19	Jul19	Oct19	Jan20	Apr20	Jul20	Oct20	Jan21	Apr21	Jul21	Oct21	Jan22	Apr22	Jul22	Oct22	Jan23	Apr23	Jul23	Oct23	Jan24
Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF	Get a 7-Day Free Trial															60.76	61.21	62.05	72.75	78.82

Competitive Comparison of Palo Alto Networks's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Projected-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Projected-FCF data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.

Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Projected-FCF Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Projected-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Projected-FCF falls into.

Palo Alto Networks Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Calculation

Since the intrinsic value calculations based on Discounted Cash Flow Intrinsic Value: DCF (FCF Based), or Discounted Earnings Intrinsic Value: DCF (Earnings Based) cannot be applied to companies without consistent revenue and earnings, GuruFocus developed a valuation model based on normalized Free Cash Flow and Book Value of the company.

The details of how we calculate the intrinsic value of stocks are described in detail here.

This method smooths out the free cash flow over the past 6-7 years, multiplies the results by a growth multiple, and adds a portion of Total Stockholders Equity.

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + 0.8 * Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

In the case of negative Total Stockholders Equity, the following formula is used (see Explanation section below for the reason):

Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF = ( Growth Multiple * Free Cash Flow (6 year avg) + Total Stockholders Equity (most recent) / 0.8 ) / Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average)

Add all the Free Cash Flow together and divide 6 will get Palo Alto Networks's Free Cash Flow(6 year avg) = $1,661.46.

Palo Alto Networks's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF for today is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Palo Alto Networks  (NAS:PANW) Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Explanation

The growth multiple is capped between 8.35 and 17.74.

Total Stockholders Equity weighting is more art than science and it should always be revisited in more detail when researching a company. Weightings from 0% to 100% to more than 100% are possible. 80% was chosen as a happy median after taking the above ideas into consideration.

Palo Alto Networks's Price-to-Intrinsic-Value-Projected-FCF for today is calculated as

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Palo Alto Networks Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF Related Terms

Thank you for viewing the detailed overview of Palo Alto Networks's Intrinsic Value: Projected FCF provided by GuruFocus.com. Please click on the following links to see related term pages.

Palo Alto Networks (Palo Alto Networks) Business Description