Stock $342.00at close Oct 16 Updated Oct 16, 2026

$PANW Stock Forecast & Price Prediction

Palo Alto Networks

A historical-probability forecast for PANW: what actually happened every other time Palo Alto Networks set up the way it does today — across 30+ years of data and 5 market conditions. Not a model prediction.

PANW — 14 years of history, with every matching day marked
higher 5 trading days later lower
$28.31 $167.11 $305.90 $444.69 Jul ’12Apr ’17Jan ’22Oct ’26

All 3 matching days (2019–2022) are marked — 0 closed higher 5 trading days later, 3 closed lower. Hover any dot to see that day and what PANW did next.

Matched on 5 factors: Move Intensity · VIX Level · Market Regime · RSI Zone · RSI Slope — change the factors and rerun it yourself →

Next Day
66.7%
closed higher
Median: +0.37% 3 days
Next 5 Days
0.0%
closed higher
Median: -1.04% 3 days
Next 20 Days
33.3%
closed higher
Median: -8.09% 3 days

These rates come from one specific setup — today's readings matched across 5 market conditions. That's this page's default; the dashboard lets you mix, add, or relax up to 17 factors, and the probabilities update live as the match changes. Not a prediction — this is what happened in the past.

PANW Price Target: Historical Range Projection

A traditional price target is one analyst's opinion. These ranges are measured: we take every historical day where PANW looked like it does today and apply what actually happened next to the latest close of $342.00. The median is the center of history, not a promise.

Horizon Worst 5% 25th Median 75th Best 5%
Next day $338.48 $340.60 $343.27 $345.25 $346.86
Next 5 days $336.70 $337.49 $338.44 $339.95 $341.15
Next 20 days $304.82 $309.07 $314.33 $334.65 $350.89

Read it like this: across 3 matching days, PANW's next-20-day outcomes centered on $314.33, with the middle half of history landing between $309.07 and $334.65. Ranges shift daily as conditions change.

The October effect on PANW

Across 15 Octobers of history, PANW finished the month higher 53% of the time, with a median October return of +1.12%. Each year counts once — no overlapping windows inflating the sample.

SQL query This stat comes from a direct query against the full database — it isn't a point-and-click view in the analysis dashboard. Power User and Quant plans include the direct query API that produced it.

Octobers up
53%
Median
+1.1%
Years
15

What TradeOdds reads in PANW today

Today PANW is down 7.6%. These are the exact readings the engine measured for PANW's latest session — the fingerprint it then hunted for across 30+ years of history. Every number on this page comes from days that matched this fingerprint.

Move Intensity
-1.5 ATR (Solid Pullback)
VIX Level
20–25 (Elevated Stress)
Market Regime
Bull Correction
RSI Zone
30–45 (Bearish Bias)
RSI Slope
Rolling Over (Falling)
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What are the odds PANW goes up tomorrow?

Bullish lean · Low confidence (3 matching days)

Across 3 historically similar trading days — where PANW down 7.63% with matching conditions across 5 market factors — the stock closed higher 66.7% of the time over the next trading day. The median return was +0.37%, based on data spanning 2019 to 2022.

Only 3 historical days matched this exact setup. An exact match on every factor keeps the comparison honest but shrinks the sample — and rates from small samples carry wider uncertainty. Relax or swap factors in the dashboard to widen the net and see how stable the rate is.

Every bar is real matched days, not a model curve. The middle 90% of next-day outcomes ranged from -1.03% to +1.42%. Inspect each day →

What are the chances PANW rises this week?

Strong bearish base rate · Low confidence (3 matching days)

Across 3 historically similar trading days — where PANW down 7.63% with matching conditions across 5 market factors — the stock closed higher 0.0% of the time over the next 5 trading days. The median return was -1.04%, based on data spanning 2019 to 2022.

Only 3 historical days matched this exact setup. An exact match on every factor keeps the comparison honest but shrinks the sample — and rates from small samples carry wider uncertainty. Relax or swap factors in the dashboard to widen the net and see how stable the rate is.

Every bar is real matched days, not a model curve. The middle 90% of 5-day outcomes ranged from -1.55% to -0.25%. Inspect each day →

Will PANW go up in the next month?

Bearish lean · Low confidence (3 matching days)

Across 3 historically similar trading days — where PANW down 7.63% with matching conditions across 5 market factors — the stock closed higher 33.3% of the time over the next 20 trading days. The median return was -8.09%, based on data spanning 2019 to 2022.

Only 3 historical days matched this exact setup. An exact match on every factor keeps the comparison honest but shrinks the sample — and rates from small samples carry wider uncertainty. Relax or swap factors in the dashboard to widen the net and see how stable the rate is.

Every bar is real matched days, not a model curve. The middle 90% of 20-day outcomes ranged from -10.87% to +2.60%. Inspect each day →

The receipts: PANW's matching days

The 3 matching days behind the 5-day numbers are real, dated trading sessions — here are the 3 most recent. Each row is a day PANW looked like it does today, and what actually happened next.

Date Setup move VIX Next 5 days
Jan 13, 2022 -6.25% 20.3 -1.61%
Aug 5, 2019 -3.00% 24.6 -0.17%
May 13, 2019 -4.25% 20.6 -1.04%

Setup move is the matched day's approximate price change; Next 5 days is the measured open-to-close outcome that followed. All 3 days, sortable, in the dashboard →

How PANW Analysis Works

1

Detect Today's Conditions

TradeOdds automatically reads PANW's current market state — price move, volume, RSI, VIX, trend structure, and 12 more conditions.

2

Find Matching Days

Every historical trading day for PANW is scanned. Days with similar conditions are identified — typically hundreds of matches across 30+ years.

3

Check the Base Rate

See the win rate, median return, outcome distribution, and every matching day listed with exact dates and returns.

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About This Data

Data Quality

  • Institutional-grade OHLCV price data
  • Adjusted for splits and dividends
  • Updated daily after market close
  • Coverage from 2019 for PANW

Methodology

  • Returns measured open-to-close (executable)
  • Conditions bucketed quantitatively, not visually
  • All matching days listed with exact dates
  • No AI predictions — pure historical lookup

Every stat on this page is a query against that dataset — the identical data the TradeOdds analysis dashboard runs live. Open it with this page's exact setup pre-loaded to see each matching day, date by date.

The numbers above reflect what happened historically under similar conditions. They are not predictions or recommendations. Past performance does not guarantee future results. See our legal disclaimer.