{"id":12881,"date":"2023-08-18T21:17:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/news\/palo-alto-shares-rise-on-earnings-beat-surprising-investors-who-worried-about-a-friday-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T21:17:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T21:17:40","slug":"palo-alto-shares-rise-on-earnings-beat-surprising-investors-who-worried-about-a-friday-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/isafespend.com\/?p=12881","title":{"rendered":"Palo Alto shares rise on earnings beat, surprising investors who worried about a Friday report"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"RegularArticle-ArticleBody-5\" data-module=\"ArticleBody\" data-test=\"articleBody-2\" data-analytics=\"RegularArticle-articleBody-5-2\"><span class=\"HighlightShare-hidden\" style=\"top:0;left:0\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"group\">\n<p><span class=\"QuoteInBody-quoteNameContainer\" data-test=\"QuoteInBody\" id=\"RegularArticle-QuoteInBody-1\">Palo Alto Networks<span class=\"QuoteInBody-inlineButton\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistContainer\" id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\" data-analytics-id=\"-WatchlistDropdown\"><button class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-watchlistButton\" data-testid=\"dropdown-btn\"><span class=\"AddToWatchlistButton-addWatchListFromTag\"><\/span><\/button><\/span><\/span><\/span> shares jumped as much as 9% in extended trading on Friday after the security software vendor reported earnings that exceeded analysts&#8217; estimates.<\/p>\n<p>The stock had dropped 16% in August leading up the report as investors worried that the company&#8217;s decision to announce results late on a Friday suggested the release may include troublesome numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how the company did for the quarter ended July 31:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Earnings:<\/strong>\u00a0$1.44 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.28 per share, adjusted, as expected by Refinitiv.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Revenue:<\/strong>\u00a0$1.95 billion, vs. $1.96 billion as expected by Refinitiv.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Revenue in its fiscal fourth quarter increased 26% from $1.6 billion a year earlier, Palo Alto said. Net income climbed to $227.7 million, or 74 cents a share, from $3.3 million, or a penny a share, a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>For the first quarter, Palo Alto expects revenue of\u00a0$1.82 billion\u00a0to\u00a0$1.85 billion, and sales for the year are expected to be $8.15 billion to $8.2 billion. That&#8217;s below analyst expectations of $1.93 billion for the fiscal first quarter and $8.38 billion for the full year, according to Refinitiv.<\/p>\n<p>Palo Alto announced its earnings date on Aug. 2. West coast tech companies typically report earnings no later in the week than Thursday afternoon, giving investors an opportunity to process the numbers and trade the stock based on those results before the end of the week. Historically, companies with bad news often bury the numbers after the close of trading on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2023\/08\/18\/palo-alto-networks-panw-earnings-report-q4-2023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palo Alto Networks shares jumped as much as 9% in extended trading on Friday after the security software vendor reported earnings that exceeded analysts&#8217; estimates. The stock had dropped 16% in August leading up the report as investors worried that the company&#8217;s decision to announce results late on a Friday suggested the release may include<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12881","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.12 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Palo Alto shares rise on earnings beat, surprising investors who worried about a Friday report | iSafeSpend<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Palo Alto Networks shares jumped as much as 9% in extended trading on Friday after the security software vendor reported earnings that exceeded analysts&#039;\" \/>\n<meta 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