We recently published a list of Top 11 Trending AI News And Wall Street Ratings. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) stands against other top trending AI stocks.
The S&P 500 neared record highs on February 14th despite a busy week of US tariff hikes, inflation updates, a slump in retail data, and mixed reports from company earnings reports. Meanwhile, some magnificent seven stocks inched higher today due to optimism around growing AI-chip demand.
Furthermore, the global AI race is heating up as DeepSeek AI is empowering Chinese chipmakers to lower reliance on US technology as export limits remain in place.
In turn, the US is swiftly building partnerships with Asian countries founded on AI. The US and India announced on February 13th that they would work to create a roadmap by year-end to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by boosting investments in new-age data centers and offering US-origin AI infrastructure to expand computing power access in the sub-continent.
“The US and India will work together to enable industry partnerships and investments in next generation data centres, cooperation on development and access to compute and processors for AI, for innovations in AI models and building AI applications for solving societal challenges while addressing the protections and controls necessary to protect these technologies and reduce regulatory barriers,” the countries stated in a joint statement.
We selected AI stocks by reviewing news articles, stock analysis, and press releases. We listed the stocks in ascending order of their hedge fund sentiment taken from Insider Monkey’s database of 900 hedge funds.
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A cutting-edge computer lab full of IT experts monitoring the security of multiple systems.
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 64
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) is a cybersecurity firm that provides network security products, including firewalls and cloud-based services. The company’s proprietary “Precision AI” system uses ML and AI to enhance cyber threat detection and remediation capabilities in real-time across network, cloud, and endpoint environments.
On February 14th, JMP Securities increased Palo Alto Networks, Inc.’s (NASDAQ:PANW) price target to $212 from $208 and maintained an “Outperform” stock rating. Analysts said the company’s Q2 results met or exceeded expectations across all metrics. The management cited factors supporting the improvement of operating margins and cash flows beyond the FY25 guidance, including internal AI-based efficiencies, which could lower contract labor to support IT processes by 50% by the end of FY25.
Overall, PANW ranks 2nd on our list of top trending AI news and Wall Street ratings. While we acknowledge the potential of PANW as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than PANW but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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