McCarthy Mary Pat

Director McCarthy sells 6,000 PANW shares for $2.4M at $400.16 avg; prior PANW sell pattern well-timed at 90d mark

Mary Pat McCarthy (Director) executed 6 separate sales totaling 6,000 shares for $2,400,951.80 on 2024-12-12 at a blended average price of $400.16, reducing her holdings by 18.5% to 26,495 shares. Her prior trade at PANW (a sell on 2024-08-27) was well-timed at the 90-day mark, with the stock declining 44.6% after that earlier sale. The current transaction occurred near the 52-week high of $202.95 and represents discrete disposal activity from a director position; McCarthy's cross-ticker track record shows 1 prior sell with a 100.00% well-timed rate at the 90-day mark. Given the magnitude of the disposition (18.5% of pre-transaction holdings) and the pattern of prior well-timed exits at this ticker, this warrants observation as part of ongoing director-level capital allocation monitoring, though a single director sale does not signal broad-based insider consensus.

Director Mary Pat McCarthy sells 10,000 PANW shares at $348.49; retains 31,517 shares

Mary Pat McCarthy, a director of Palo Alto Networks, sold 10,000 shares at $348.49 on 2024-08-27, reducing her holdings from 41,517 shares to 31,517 shares. The sale occurred when the stock was near its 52-week high of $188.45 in nominal terms, though the current price of $175.22 reflects a -7.0% pullback from that peak. The company's fundamentals remain robust, with annual revenue growth of +25.3%, a 23.18 P/E ratio, and $56.7B market capitalization, suggesting operational health. The director's retention of 31.5K shares indicates continued material stake in the company, though this transaction is a meaningful reduction in her position relative to pre-transaction holdings.