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Bartosiak: Trading Palo Alto Networks' (PANW) Earnings with Options

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On Wednesday, May 31st, Palo Alto Networks (PANW - Free Report) will release its third quarter earnings results after the bell. The company is a Zacks Rank 2 (Buy), and have a Value, Growth, and Momentum score of B.

In our video David will take a look at the current state of Palo Alto Networks, their past earnings announcements, and he’ll give us his thoughts on their upcoming earnings call. Furthermore, David will also give us insight on how to play the options market.

Palo Alto Networks in Focus

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. offers a network security platform that allows enterprises, service providers, and government entities to secure their networks. The core of its platform is the Company's firewall that delivers natively integrated application, user, and content visibility and control through its operating system, hardware, and software architecture. It serves the enterprise network security market, which consists of Firewall, Unified Threat Management, Web Gateway, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, and Virtual Private Network technologies. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Palo Alto Networks is expected to report earnings at -$0.41 per share according to the Zacks Consensus Estimate. Last quarter they reported earnings at -$0.58, missing expectations by -$0.20. Their average EPS surprise is -121.77%.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Quote

Bottom Line

How should investors play Palo Alto Networks ahead of their earnings report? For insights on the best options trades, then tune in 1:00pm CST today to see David’s thoughts.

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