On June 2, Palo Alto Networks fell 3.98% in pre-market trading, trading at approximately $288.11/share, with trading volume of approximately $29.44 million.
On the news front, the company is scheduled to report its fiscal third-quarter earnings after market close today, with consensus estimates calling for revenue of approximately $2.944 billion, representing a 29.28% year-over-year increase, and adjusted EPS of approximately $0.43. Market participants have adopted a cautious wait-and-see stance ahead of the release, compounded by broad weakness across the Systems Software sector — Microsoft fell 3.25%, ServiceNow dropped 5.6%, and CrowdStrike declined 3.2% — amplifying sector-wide selling pressure on the stock.
Despite multiple investment banks recently raising their price targets — including JPMorgan to $300, Jefferies to $300, Evercore ISI to $320, and Berenberg to $290 — and the stock having recovered from last week's Zscaler-driven sector selloff to reach new highs, pre-market sentiment remained cautious as investors awaited concrete results to validate elevated expectations.
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