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Palo Alto Networks (MEX:PANW) Quick Ratio : 0.84 (As of Oct. 2024)


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What is Palo Alto Networks Quick Ratio?

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. It is calculated as a company's Total Current Assets excludes Total Inventories divides by its Total Current Liabilities. Palo Alto Networks's quick ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 was 0.84.

Palo Alto Networks has a quick ratio of 0.84. It indicates that the company cannot currently fully pay back its current liabilities.

The historical rank and industry rank for Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

MEX:PANW' s Quick Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.64   Med: 1.16   Max: 2.1
Current: 0.84

During the past 13 years, Palo Alto Networks's highest Quick Ratio was 2.10. The lowest was 0.64. And the median was 1.16.

MEX:PANW's Quick Ratio is ranked worse than
80.95% of 2824 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 1.64 vs MEX:PANW: 0.84

Palo Alto Networks Quick Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio can be seen below:

* 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.

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Palo Alto Networks Quick Ratio Chart

Palo Alto Networks Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23 Jul24
Quick Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.91 0.91 0.77 0.78 0.89

Palo Alto Networks Quarterly Data
Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24 Apr24 Jul24 Oct24
Quick Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.86 0.83 0.84 0.89 0.84

Competitive Comparison of Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Quick Ratio 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 Quick Ratio Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio falls into.



Palo Alto Networks Quick Ratio Calculation

The quick ratio measures a company's ability to meet its short-term obligations with its most liquid assets. For this reason, the ratio excludes inventories from current assets.

Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio for the fiscal year that ended in Jul. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (A: Jul. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(127387.296-0)/142879.013
=0.89

Palo Alto Networks's Quick Ratio for the quarter that ended in Oct. 2024 is calculated as

Quick Ratio (Q: Oct. 2024 )=(Total Current Assets-Total Inventories)/Total Current Liabilities
=(125050.021-0)/148286.445
=0.84

* 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  (MEX:PANW) Quick Ratio Explanation

The quick ratio is more conservative than the Current Ratio because it excludes inventories from current assets. The ratio derives its name presumably from the fact that assets such as cash and marketable securities are quick sources of cash. Inventories generally take time to be converted into cash, and if they have to be sold quickly, the company may have to accept a lower price than book value of these inventories. As a result, they are justifiably excluded from assets that are ready sources of immediate cash.

In general, low or decreasing quick ratios generally suggest that a company is over-leveraged, struggling to maintain or grow sales, paying bills too quickly or collecting receivables too slowly. On the other hand, a high or increasing quick ratio generally indicates that a company is experiencing solid top-line growth, quickly converting receivables into cash, and easily able to cover its financial obligations. Such companies often have faster inventory turnover and cash conversion cycles.

The higher the quick ratio, the better the company's liquidity position.


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Palo Alto Networks Business Description

Address
3000 Tannery Way, Santa Clara, CA, USA, 95054
Palo Alto Networks is a platform-based cybersecurity vendor with product offerings covering network security, cloud security, and security operations. The California-based firm has more than 80,000 enterprise customers across the world, including more than three fourths of the Global 2000.