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CNBC’s “Halftime Report” Investment Committee discuss their top stocks to watch for the second half of the day's trading session.

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Palo Alto (PANW). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

Kevin Simpson, founder and chief investment officer of Capital Wealth Planning, joins CNBC's "Halftime Report" to detail his latest portfolio moves.

June S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESM26) are trending down -0.95% this morning as a jump in oil prices drove Treasury yields higher, abruptly halting the AI-fueled equity rally.

Zscaler is in a dominant position in one of the most critical structural shifts in enterprise IT.

Oppenheimer analyst Ittai Kidron maintains Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) with a Outperform and raises the price target from $245 to $275.

Palo Alto Networks has launched Idira, an identity security platform built for AI-driven enterprises. The platform focuses on securing both human and machine identities and follows the company's CyberArk acquisition. Idira aims to unify privileged access management and remove standing privileges across a wide range of identity types. Palo Alto Networks (NasdaqGS:PANW) is putting identity security at the center of its product lineup with Idira, at a time when AI driven workloads are...

The S&P 500 Index ($SPX ) (SPY ) on Thursday closed up +0.77%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average ($DOWI ) (DIA ) closed up +0.75%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX ) (QQQ ) closed up +0.73%. June E-mini S&P futures (ESM26 ) rose +0.78%, and June E-mini Nasdaq futures...

Palo Alto Networks Inc (NYSE:PANW, XETRA:5AP) is advancing its identity security strategy following its CyberArk acquisition, with analysts at Jefferies highlighting the company’s new unified platform initiative and the growing role of AI-driven cybersecurity threats. After attending...

We recently published Jim Cramer Revealed His Big AI Investing Fear & Discussed These 20 Stocks. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW) is one of the stocks discussed by Jim Cramer. Cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:PANW)’s shares are up by 11% over the past year and by 19.8% year-to-date. Freedom Capital discussed the firm […]

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) shares surged as much as 17% in post-market trading following the Q3 2026 release, though the rally was not merely a reaction to the headline numbers. While revenue hit $15.84 billion, surpassing the $15.56 billion consensus, and non-GAAP EPS of $1.06 cleared expectations, the real catalyst was a massive upward revision in the company's full-year outlook. By raising fiscal 2026 revenue guidance to a range of $62.8 billion to $63.0 billion, Cisco signaled that a speci

Jefferies analyst Joseph Gallo raised his price target on Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) to $265 from $215, reiterating a Buy rating following CyberArk’s IMPACT26 Conference. The central thesis: frontier AI is compressing attack timelines, forcing enterprises to accelerate spending on automated, identity-based detection and response. The price target raise lands as Palo Alto Networks shares ... Jefferies Hikes Palo Alto Networks Price Target to $265: AI Is Compressing Attack Timelines

BTIG analyst Gray Powell raised the firm’s price target on CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) to $621 from $499, maintaining a Buy rating ahead of the company’s Q1 FY27 results. The price target raise lands as channel checks signal that CrowdStrike’s platform consolidation pitch is winning more enterprise security wallets. For prudent investors, this analyst upgrade reinforces a ... BTIG Hikes CrowdStrike Price Target to $621: Platform Consolidation Story Just Got Louder

Palo Alto Networks is expanding into identity security with CyberArk and the new Idira platform, as AI-driven workloads create enterprise security risks.

ZS' Z-Flex bookings hit $290M in Q2 FY26, helping land longer contracts and lift revenue visibility as adoption accelerates.

Driving undeniable demand as shares rebound, Palo Alto stock unleashes a breakout with earnings due next month.

The company confirmed data was stolen and encrypted by the attackers.

The rise of increasingly sophisticated AI models is putting pressure on cybersecurity teams to step up their defenses for newer and faster cyberattacks.

Sarat Sethi, DCLA managing partner, joins 'The Exchange' to discuss the state of software stocks, the names Sethi favors and much more.

Palo Alto Networks’ updated fair value target has shifted to US$207.56 from US$206.14, a small change that still matters if you are tracking how analysts are refining their assumptions. Around this move, recent research has mixed optimism with caution, as firms respond to earnings, AI related headlines, and ongoing integration updates when revisiting their models. In the sections that follow, you will see how these figures and opinions fit together so you can keep up with the evolving story...

OpenAI unveiled Daybreak Monday night, positioning its new cybersecurity product as an answer to Anthropic's Mythos as other cybersecurity stocks hold steady.

Wedbush's Dan Ives joins 'Fast Money' to talk the current state of the AI trade.

Ransomware attacks on U.S. financial institutions - For investors, what matters is where the money flows next as banks scramble to close the gaps these attacks keep exposing.

Both cybersecurity firms posted steady revenue growth over eight quarters, but their profit margins and recent developments reveal notable differences.

Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW), the global cybersecurity leader, today unveiled Idira™, the next-generation identity security platform to discover, control and govern all identities, eliminating the silos that have left the modern enterprise exposed. This launch marks a significant upgrade with expanded capabilities for existing CyberArk customers and the industry as a whole by delivering modern privilege access management (PAM) with agentic functionality. Organizations can now extend dynamic

Palo Alto Networks Inc:Palo Alto Networks Inc - unveils Idira next-generation Identity Security platform...

The latest trading day saw Palo Alto Networks (PANW) settling at $213.7, representing a +2.8% change from its previous close.

A number of stocks jumped in the afternoon session after peer, Fortinet delivered blowout quarterly earnings, triggering a broad sector rally as investors wagered that strong demand for network security is an industry-wide phenomenon rather than a single-company story.

Hackers are rapidly adopting AI to find previously unknown software flaws even without the help of Anthropic's powerful Mythos model.