On June 3, Palo Alto Networks declined 3.09% overnight, trading at $288.0/share, with trading volume of $228,100. The pullback followed an initial after-hours surge of over 10% triggered by the company's fiscal Q3 earnings release on June 2.
The cybersecurity giant reported adjusted EPS of $0.85, beating the analyst consensus of $0.79-$0.80, while revenue reached $3.002 billion versus the $2.944 billion expected, representing 31% year-over-year growth. The company also issued upbeat Q4 revenue guidance of $3.35-$3.36 billion, well above the $3.27 billion consensus, and raised full-year adjusted EPS guidance to $3.77-$3.79, topping the FactSet estimate of $3.68. Despite the beat across all metrics, short-term profit-taking emerged after the stock had already rallied approximately 57% in the prior month. The systems software sector also showed broad weakness, with Microsoft down 0.72%, Oracle down 2.20%, and ServiceNow down 1.14%, while CrowdStrike gained 1.44%.
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