Stock Analysis on Net

Palo Alto Networks Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)

Analysis of Liquidity Ratios
Quarterly Data

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Liquidity Ratios (Summary)

Palo Alto Networks Inc., liquidity ratios (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018 Jul 31, 2018 Apr 30, 2018 Jan 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2017
Current ratio 0.83 0.86 0.78 0.74 0.64 0.70 0.77 0.74 0.66 0.68 0.91 1.38 0.98 1.63 1.91 1.29 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.86 1.87 2.10 1.93 1.14 1.19 1.17
Quick ratio 0.78 0.81 0.72 0.66 0.58 0.65 0.73 0.70 0.62 0.64 0.86 1.23 0.88 1.48 1.78 1.16 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.73 1.74 1.98 1.81 1.02 1.08 1.06
Cash ratio 0.43 0.52 0.31 0.46 0.39 0.46 0.44 0.50 0.45 0.48 0.57 0.98 0.72 1.22 1.39 0.87 1.40 1.39 1.37 1.52 1.51 1.76 1.59 0.83 0.88 0.86

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-31).

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. Palo Alto Networks Inc. current ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. Palo Alto Networks Inc. quick ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. Palo Alto Networks Inc. cash ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.

Current Ratio

Palo Alto Networks Inc., current ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018 Jul 31, 2018 Apr 30, 2018 Jan 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Current assets 6,446,700 6,477,600 6,048,000 6,413,600 5,405,800 5,733,500 6,414,900 5,697,600 4,868,600 4,839,100 4,647,300 4,140,900 4,275,800 4,300,900 5,129,200 3,014,000 3,978,200 3,649,800 3,664,800 3,717,500 3,487,500 3,815,200 4,132,000 2,205,500 2,210,200 2,039,500
Current liabilities 7,765,500 7,513,400 7,737,500 8,641,200 8,475,100 8,195,100 8,306,300 7,677,200 7,406,400 7,144,400 5,116,700 3,007,300 4,376,300 2,635,100 2,691,700 2,335,700 2,239,500 2,051,600 2,053,300 1,998,800 1,868,200 1,815,700 2,139,400 1,943,100 1,856,400 1,743,000
Liquidity Ratio
Current ratio1 0.83 0.86 0.78 0.74 0.64 0.70 0.77 0.74 0.66 0.68 0.91 1.38 0.98 1.63 1.91 1.29 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.86 1.87 2.10 1.93 1.14 1.19 1.17
Benchmarks
Current Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.26 1.33 1.30 1.37 1.29 1.26 1.23 1.27 1.23 1.22 1.25 1.42 1.39 1.45 1.40 1.37 1.38 1.39 1.40 1.34 1.35 1.33 1.34 1.29 1.31 1.25
Adobe Inc. 1.05 1.34 1.25 1.16 1.12 1.11 1.14 1.07 1.04 1.25 1.39 1.31 1.27 1.48 1.44 1.29 1.23 0.79 0.74 0.70 0.97 1.13 1.66 2.08 2.12
International Business Machines Corp. 0.96 0.91 1.06 1.16 0.92 0.95 0.88 0.92 0.88 0.84 0.84 0.93 0.98 1.05 1.04 0.96 1.02 1.09 1.83 1.36
Intuit Inc. 1.17 1.25 1.47 1.51 1.23 1.37 1.39 1.63 1.18 2.10 1.94 1.96 1.53 3.09 2.26 1.79 1.67 1.80 1.83 1.85 1.32 1.41 1.14 1.05 0.63 0.67
Microsoft Corp. 1.22 1.66 1.77 1.91 1.93 1.84 1.78 1.99 2.25 2.16 2.08 2.29 2.58 2.53 2.52 2.90 2.80 2.85 2.53 2.97 3.12 2.92 2.90 3.40 2.89 3.12
Oracle Corp. 0.79 0.87 0.91 0.82 0.65 0.60 1.62 1.52 1.65 2.04 2.30 2.16 2.17 2.66 3.03 2.12 2.37 2.25 2.49 2.65 2.80 3.43 3.96 4.33 5.07 3.63
Salesforce Inc. 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.05 1.06 1.03 1.05 1.06 0.93 1.33 1.23 1.22 1.15 1.15 1.08 1.05 0.97 0.96 0.95 0.86 0.80 1.29
ServiceNow Inc. 1.06 1.08 1.14 1.17 1.11 1.24 1.12 1.12 1.05 1.13 1.08 1.23 1.21 1.40 1.17 1.03 1.03 1.05 1.10 1.13
Synopsys Inc. 1.29 1.15 1.20 1.15 1.11 1.09 1.14 1.25 1.19 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.10 1.19 1.06 0.95 0.95 0.99 0.99 0.95 0.89 0.73 0.70 0.73 0.68

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-31).

1 Q2 2024 Calculation
Current ratio = Current assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 6,446,700 ÷ 7,765,500 = 0.83

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Current ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as current assets divided by current liabilities. Palo Alto Networks Inc. current ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.

Quick Ratio

Palo Alto Networks Inc., quick ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018 Jul 31, 2018 Apr 30, 2018 Jan 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents 1,782,500 2,491,400 1,135,300 1,992,900 1,346,300 2,067,200 2,118,500 2,419,900 1,922,700 2,272,900 1,874,200 1,886,100 2,113,200 2,142,000 2,958,000 1,484,700 2,000,000 1,263,700 961,400 1,314,900 1,127,800 1,784,400 2,506,900 949,000 915,000 842,600
Short-term investments 1,588,500 1,402,400 1,254,700 1,965,300 2,000,600 1,736,500 1,516,000 1,454,700 1,417,600 1,188,500 1,026,900 1,059,300 1,058,000 1,075,600 789,800 554,100 1,133,900 1,597,500 1,841,700 1,733,200 1,702,200 1,419,400 896,500 672,200 720,700 660,600
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses 1,896,300 1,413,000 2,463,200 1,443,600 1,278,100 1,238,100 2,142,500 1,240,600 952,200 812,100 1,240,400 766,800 669,200 675,500 1,037,100 668,800 540,300 499,200 582,400 407,500 415,000 382,300 467,300 361,800 365,100 350,800
Short-term financing receivables, net 445,500 445,900 388,800
Short-term deferred contract costs 328,000 328,700 339,200 317,300 313,400 310,600 317,700 286,800 278,100 272,900 276,500
Total quick assets 6,040,800 6,081,400 5,581,200 5,719,100 4,938,400 5,352,400 6,094,700 5,402,000 4,570,600 4,546,400 4,418,000 3,712,200 3,840,400 3,893,100 4,784,900 2,707,600 3,674,200 3,360,400 3,385,500 3,455,600 3,245,000 3,586,100 3,870,700 1,983,000 2,000,800 1,854,000
 
Current liabilities 7,765,500 7,513,400 7,737,500 8,641,200 8,475,100 8,195,100 8,306,300 7,677,200 7,406,400 7,144,400 5,116,700 3,007,300 4,376,300 2,635,100 2,691,700 2,335,700 2,239,500 2,051,600 2,053,300 1,998,800 1,868,200 1,815,700 2,139,400 1,943,100 1,856,400 1,743,000
Liquidity Ratio
Quick ratio1 0.78 0.81 0.72 0.66 0.58 0.65 0.73 0.70 0.62 0.64 0.86 1.23 0.88 1.48 1.78 1.16 1.64 1.64 1.65 1.73 1.74 1.98 1.81 1.02 1.08 1.06
Benchmarks
Quick Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 1.13 1.18 1.18 1.24 1.15 1.12 1.12 1.14 1.10 1.10 1.14 1.31 1.27 1.34 1.29 1.25 1.25 1.28 1.29 1.22 1.23 1.22 1.24 1.19 1.19 1.13
Adobe Inc. 0.93 1.22 1.12 1.03 1.00 1.00 1.01 0.93 0.89 1.11 1.25 1.18 1.12 1.34 1.28 1.11 1.06 0.70 0.64 0.62 0.86 1.06 1.58 1.99 2.04
International Business Machines Corp. 0.80 0.73 0.87 0.97 0.73 0.74 0.66 0.72 0.67 0.64 0.66 0.75 0.83 0.88 0.88 0.80 0.87 0.91 1.68 1.19
Intuit Inc. 0.55 0.66 1.25 1.29 1.02 1.10 1.17 1.29 0.78 1.71 1.60 1.72 1.20 2.74 2.04 1.54 1.30 1.34 1.44 1.57 0.94 0.89 0.86 0.83 0.41 0.42
Microsoft Corp. 1.02 1.45 1.54 1.66 1.66 1.59 1.57 1.77 2.05 1.96 1.90 2.10 2.36 2.30 2.33 2.73 2.65 2.68 2.35 2.80 2.93 2.72 2.74 3.24 2.77 2.96
Oracle Corp. 0.63 0.73 0.74 0.65 0.50 0.49 1.43 1.34 1.45 1.90 2.15 2.00 2.02 2.50 2.83 1.91 2.16 2.09 2.31 2.45 2.63 3.26 3.78 4.14 4.86 3.49
Salesforce Inc. 0.86 0.86 0.90 0.89 0.91 0.88 0.93 0.89 0.79 1.19 1.11 1.05 0.98 1.00 0.95 0.87 0.82 0.81 0.82 0.68 0.64 1.13
ServiceNow Inc. 1.00 1.01 1.08 1.11 1.06 1.17 1.06 1.06 1.01 1.07 1.03 1.19 1.16 1.33 1.11 0.98 0.98 0.99 1.04 1.06
Synopsys Inc. 0.88 0.85 0.92 0.90 0.86 0.85 0.87 0.99 0.93 0.89 0.90 0.92 0.83 0.94 0.82 0.73 0.73 0.73 0.70 0.67 0.67 0.61 0.60 0.61 0.57

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-31).

1 Q2 2024 Calculation
Quick ratio = Total quick assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 6,040,800 ÷ 7,765,500 = 0.78

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Quick ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments plus receivables) divided by current liabilities. Palo Alto Networks Inc. quick ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.

Cash Ratio

Palo Alto Networks Inc., cash ratio calculation (quarterly data)

Microsoft Excel
Jan 31, 2024 Oct 31, 2023 Jul 31, 2023 Apr 30, 2023 Jan 31, 2023 Oct 31, 2022 Jul 31, 2022 Apr 30, 2022 Jan 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2021 Jul 31, 2021 Apr 30, 2021 Jan 31, 2021 Oct 31, 2020 Jul 31, 2020 Apr 30, 2020 Jan 31, 2020 Oct 31, 2019 Jul 31, 2019 Apr 30, 2019 Jan 31, 2019 Oct 31, 2018 Jul 31, 2018 Apr 30, 2018 Jan 31, 2018 Oct 31, 2017
Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents 1,782,500 2,491,400 1,135,300 1,992,900 1,346,300 2,067,200 2,118,500 2,419,900 1,922,700 2,272,900 1,874,200 1,886,100 2,113,200 2,142,000 2,958,000 1,484,700 2,000,000 1,263,700 961,400 1,314,900 1,127,800 1,784,400 2,506,900 949,000 915,000 842,600
Short-term investments 1,588,500 1,402,400 1,254,700 1,965,300 2,000,600 1,736,500 1,516,000 1,454,700 1,417,600 1,188,500 1,026,900 1,059,300 1,058,000 1,075,600 789,800 554,100 1,133,900 1,597,500 1,841,700 1,733,200 1,702,200 1,419,400 896,500 672,200 720,700 660,600
Total cash assets 3,371,000 3,893,800 2,390,000 3,958,200 3,346,900 3,803,700 3,634,500 3,874,600 3,340,300 3,461,400 2,901,100 2,945,400 3,171,200 3,217,600 3,747,800 2,038,800 3,133,900 2,861,200 2,803,100 3,048,100 2,830,000 3,203,800 3,403,400 1,621,200 1,635,700 1,503,200
 
Current liabilities 7,765,500 7,513,400 7,737,500 8,641,200 8,475,100 8,195,100 8,306,300 7,677,200 7,406,400 7,144,400 5,116,700 3,007,300 4,376,300 2,635,100 2,691,700 2,335,700 2,239,500 2,051,600 2,053,300 1,998,800 1,868,200 1,815,700 2,139,400 1,943,100 1,856,400 1,743,000
Liquidity Ratio
Cash ratio1 0.43 0.52 0.31 0.46 0.39 0.46 0.44 0.50 0.45 0.48 0.57 0.98 0.72 1.22 1.39 0.87 1.40 1.39 1.37 1.52 1.51 1.76 1.59 0.83 0.88 0.86
Benchmarks
Cash Ratio, Competitors2
Accenture PLC 0.32 0.41 0.50 0.50 0.38 0.36 0.45 0.41 0.35 0.37 0.52 0.67 0.65 0.68 0.67 0.54 0.49 0.52 0.55 0.45 0.44 0.43 0.50 0.41 0.38 0.37
Adobe Inc. 0.72 0.95 0.90 0.82 0.76 0.75 0.77 0.72 0.65 0.84 1.00 0.94 0.85 1.09 1.03 0.84 0.80 0.51 0.47 0.45 0.61 0.75 1.30 1.70 1.74
International Business Machines Corp. 0.39 0.36 0.50 0.57 0.28 0.32 0.24 0.32 0.22 0.23 0.22 0.31 0.36 0.41 0.37 0.30 0.24 0.31 1.10 0.47
Intuit Inc. 0.24 0.45 0.97 0.97 0.54 0.82 0.90 1.09 0.48 1.52 1.46 1.52 1.02 2.69 2.00 1.46 1.03 1.28 1.39 1.46 0.67 0.84 0.81 0.72 0.24 0.37
Microsoft Corp. 0.67 1.15 1.07 1.22 1.22 1.23 1.10 1.35 1.62 1.62 1.47 1.74 1.96 1.97 1.89 2.34 2.25 2.35 1.93 2.44 2.54 2.41 2.29 2.87 2.46 2.68
Oracle Corp. 0.36 0.48 0.44 0.38 0.27 0.32 1.12 1.12 1.21 1.70 1.93 1.77 1.81 2.26 2.50 1.64 1.88 1.89 2.03 2.23 2.43 3.07 3.50 3.92 4.62 3.31
Salesforce Inc. 0.60 0.65 0.48 0.65 0.67 0.68 0.48 0.62 0.55 0.98 0.67 0.78 0.72 0.76 0.54 0.62 0.59 0.61 0.39 0.43 0.40 0.91
ServiceNow Inc. 0.66 0.73 0.82 0.85 0.71 0.89 0.81 0.83 0.67 0.80 0.76 0.94 0.83 1.04 0.82 0.68 0.61 0.67 0.74 0.79
Synopsys Inc. 0.48 0.53 0.67 0.62 0.48 0.56 0.60 0.70 0.51 0.65 0.66 0.65 0.47 0.58 0.51 0.42 0.34 0.42 0.42 0.36 0.29 0.34 0.36 0.30 0.31

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-10-31).

1 Q2 2024 Calculation
Cash ratio = Total cash assets ÷ Current liabilities
= 3,371,000 ÷ 7,765,500 = 0.43

2 Click competitor name to see calculations.

Liquidity ratio Description The company
Cash ratio A liquidity ratio calculated as (cash plus short-term marketable investments) divided by current liabilities. Palo Alto Networks Inc. cash ratio improved from Q4 2023 to Q1 2024 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2024 to Q2 2024.