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Insider Cluster (3 insiders) ·Filed Sep 21, 2026

PANW

Palo Alto Networks Inc
NEUTRAL
Impact 2/10
Horizondays Processed1mo ago
Insider cluster: 3 insiders, $1.3M total
Actionable Insight • Neutral

Director-level sales of this size are routine portfolio rebalancing. Monitor for any C-suite open-market selling or a material increase in selling volume (>0.1% of market cap) before reading bearish signal.

DirectionNeutral
Confidencehigh
Horizondays
Latest settled — T+20d ⚠ clustered
PANW ▼ -9.15% at T+20d
NEUTRAL call -9.15% · α vs SPY -8.59% · entry $374.57 → $340.28
Next anchor: T+60d in 7w
Latest observation: T+23 -0.14% FF3 residual α
Entry = T+0 close
Sep 22, 2026
via day close
T+1d
+5.00%
call +5.00% · α +5.72%
$393.30
settled 5w ago
T+5d
+3.69%
call +3.69% · α +4.88%
$388.41
settled 28d ago
T+20d
-9.15%
call -9.15% · α -8.59%
$340.28
settled 7d ago
T+60d
Pending
in 7w

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Executive Summary

Three Palo Alto Networks directors sold a total of $1.32M in open-market sales over a 4-day window. The sales are small relative to PANW's market cap (approximately $120B), representing ~0.001% of market cap, and are not clustered with any material corporate event. The selling is routine portfolio diversification by directors, not a bearish signal.

Key Financial Metrics

Direction
selling
Total Value
$1.3M
Insiders
3

Key Facts

  • Three directors sold shares: James Goetz (500 shares, $191K), John Key (2,500 shares, $940K), Aparna Bawa (500 shares, $189K)
  • All sales were open-market (code S) with no 10b5-1 plan indicated
  • Total sales value of $1.32M is ~0.001% of PANW's ~$120B market cap — trivial
  • No C-suite executives (CEO/CFO) participated in the selling
  • No insider purchases were reported in the cluster window

Financial Impact

Total insider sales of $1.32M, representing ~0.001% of market cap — immaterial

dilution

Risk Factors

  • No material risk identified from this cluster; sales are too small to signal distress

Investment Themes

Documents Analyzed

This report is based on 1 SEC document filed with EDGAR.

DocumentAccession Number
CLUSTER Data (Synthetic)cluster-PANW-1790144450996
23 reports for PANW
Performance horizon
83% Hit rate @ T+20 5 of 6 directional calls Went positive at some point 6 of 9 best @ T+60▲ +89.89%Mar 27, 2026
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Reports for PANW — sortable, filterable
TypeNow
Oct 20, 2026
6d ago
Institutional Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$347.25awaiting T+20—$402.73 (−15.98%)
Oct 9, 2026
17d ago
144
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$403.83awaiting T+20—$402.73 (−0.27%)
Oct 8, 2026
18d ago
144
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$418.78awaiting T+20—$402.73 (−3.83%)
Oct 5, 2026
21d ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 4/10
$419.91awaiting T+20—$402.73 (+4.09%)
Sep 28, 2026
29d ago
Insider Cluster
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$388.41awaiting T+20—$402.73 (−3.69%)
Sep 28, 2026
29d ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$388.41awaiting T+20—$402.73 (+3.69%)
Sep 21, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 2/10
$374.57 $340.28▼ −9.15%▼ −8.59%$402.73 (+7.52%)
Sep 21, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$374.57 $340.28▼ −9.15%▼ −8.59%$402.73 (+7.52%)
Sep 17, 2026
5w ago
ANALYST-DOWNGRADE
BEARISH ★ 5/10
$375.06 $370.27▲ +1.28%▲ +2.48%$402.73 (−7.38%)
Sep 16, 2026
5w ago
Insider Cluster
NEUTRAL ★ 3/10
$375.06 $370.27▼ −1.28%▼ −2.73%$402.73 (+7.38%)
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Report published Sep 21, 2026