Analysis of Short-term (Operating) Activity Ratios
Quarterly Data
Activity ratios measure how efficiently a company performs day-to-day tasks, such us the collection of receivables and management of inventory.
Short-term Activity Ratios (Summary)
Palo Alto Networks Inc., short-term (operating) activity ratios (quarterly data)
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Receivables turnover | An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
| Payables turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then increased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Average receivable collection period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
| Average payables payment period | An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |
Receivables Turnover
Palo Alto Networks Inc., receivables turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenue | 2,257,400) | 2,138,800) | 2,189,500) | 1,984,800) | 1,975,100) | 1,878,100) | 1,953,300) | 1,720,900) | 1,655,100) | 1,563,400) | 1,550,500) | 1,386,700) | 1,316,900) | 1,247,400) | 1,219,300) | 1,073,900) | 1,016,900) | 946,000) | 950,400) | 869,400) | 816,700) | 771,900) | 805,800) | 726,600) | 711,200) | 656,000) | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses | 1,495,500) | 1,132,900) | 2,618,600) | 1,715,400) | 1,896,300) | 1,413,000) | 2,463,200) | 1,443,600) | 1,278,100) | 1,238,100) | 2,142,500) | 1,240,600) | 952,200) | 812,100) | 1,240,400) | 766,800) | 669,200) | 675,500) | 1,037,100) | 668,800) | 540,300) | 499,200) | 582,400) | 407,500) | 415,000) | 382,300) | ||||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receivables turnover1 | 5.73 | 7.32 | 3.07 | 4.54 | 3.97 | 5.10 | 2.80 | 4.50 | 4.82 | 4.70 | 2.57 | 4.17 | 5.10 | 5.61 | 3.43 | 5.20 | 5.65 | 5.30 | 3.29 | 4.88 | 5.78 | 6.04 | 4.98 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receivables Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 10.38 | 11.62 | 12.67 | 9.69 | 8.73 | 10.20 | 10.94 | 9.99 | 8.53 | 9.98 | 10.51 | 9.58 | 8.41 | 9.77 | 9.74 | 9.00 | 9.20 | 9.44 | 8.82 | 8.40 | 7.28 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | 7.76 | 7.37 | 10.46 | 8.36 | 9.19 | 8.62 | 7.54 | 7.32 | 8.78 | 8.38 | 8.72 | 8.85 | 9.09 | 7.41 | 7.21 | 7.93 | 8.40 | 7.79 | 8.37 | 7.67 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 5.32 | 4.67 | 3.58 | 5.07 | 4.90 | 5.30 | 3.58 | 4.19 | 4.38 | 4.43 | 3.94 | 4.54 | 4.27 | 4.73 | 3.66 | 4.41 | 4.38 | 3.91 | 2.92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | 11.61 | 10.81 | 10.27 | 8.57 | 11.48 | 10.67 | 10.52 | 9.25 | 10.95 | 10.17 | 9.79 | 8.49 | 9.23 | 9.57 | 10.72 | 10.32 | 12.30 | 11.54 | 11.05 | 9.80 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | 38.94 | 35.63 | 20.02 | 16.27 | 39.65 | 35.48 | 19.62 | 15.15 | 34.68 | 28.53 | 17.44 | 12.84 | 25.10 | 24.64 | 16.04 | 16.60 | 79.16 | 51.54 | 31.31 | 11.82 | 66.66 | 77.98 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 5.43 | 5.76 | 4.31 | 5.37 | 5.31 | 5.91 | 4.35 | 5.55 | 5.70 | 6.49 | 4.48 | 5.90 | 5.52 | 6.44 | 4.42 | 6.08 | 5.61 | 6.44 | 4.47 | 6.11 | 5.71 | 6.80 | 4.26 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 6.72 | 6.71 | 6.73 | 7.20 | 7.59 | 7.82 | 7.22 | 7.72 | 7.43 | 7.44 | 7.13 | 9.12 | 9.28 | 9.11 | 7.48 | 8.56 | 8.91 | 8.57 | 7.04 | 9.55 | 9.77 | 10.35 | 7.69 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | 4.98 | 3.96 | 3.76 | 4.79 | 6.10 | 4.94 | 5.44 | 7.81 | 7.38 | 5.33 | 6.56 | 6.42 | 8.08 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 6.76 | 8.36 | 3.05 | 7.00 | 6.12 | 6.95 | 2.92 | 7.09 | 6.18 | 7.07 | 2.72 | 6.22 | 5.78 | 7.04 | 2.73 | 6.12 | 5.63 | 5.93 | 2.77 | 6.16 | 6.32 | 6.51 | 2.70 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 4.90 | 8.00 | 6.56 | 7.26 | 4.41 | 7.26 | 7.33 | 6.87 | 4.20 | 7.71 | 7.74 | 7.59 | 4.24 | 7.13 | 6.62 | 7.49 | 4.48 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | 6.56 | 7.74 | 7.41 | 5.76 | 6.17 | 8.29 | 6.78 | 5.00 | 6.38 | 7.25 | 6.58 | 4.34 | 7.40 | 7.06 | 6.51 | 4.84 | 4.72 | 5.50 | 5.36 | 4.22 | 6.07 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Receivables turnover
= (RevenueQ2 2025
+ RevenueQ1 2025
+ RevenueQ4 2024
+ RevenueQ3 2024)
÷ Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses
= (2,257,400 + 2,138,800 + 2,189,500 + 1,984,800)
÷ 1,495,500 = 5.73
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Receivables turnover | An activity ratio equal to revenue divided by receivables. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. receivables turnover ratio improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Payables Turnover
Palo Alto Networks Inc., payables turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenue | 599,200) | 554,100) | 573,700) | 513,600) | 499,100) | 472,800) | 506,800) | 474,800) | 466,200) | 461,900) | 492,300) | 440,500) | 405,300) | 380,600) | 358,900) | 330,600) | 307,600) | 277,800) | 290,400) | 258,300) | 233,100) | 217,700) | 217,400) | 204,900) | 202,600) | 183,500) | ||||||||
| Accounts payable | 149,300) | 211,600) | 116,300) | 108,900) | 178,800) | 131,800) | 132,300) | 91,600) | 128,300) | 125,900) | 128,000) | 108,000) | 120,400) | 95,300) | 56,900) | 71,800) | 44,700) | 48,500) | 63,600) | 52,300) | 55,400) | 74,700) | 73,300) | 68,600) | 27,900) | 43,000) | ||||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payables turnover1 | 15.01 | 10.12 | 17.71 | 18.29 | 10.93 | 14.57 | 14.43 | 20.69 | 14.50 | 14.30 | 13.43 | 14.68 | 12.25 | 14.46 | 22.41 | 16.80 | 25.37 | 21.85 | 15.72 | 17.72 | 15.76 | 11.28 | 11.03 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payables Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | 17.38 | 15.94 | 19.31 | 19.54 | 16.93 | 17.41 | 18.03 | 17.35 | 17.54 | 16.37 | 16.93 | 17.22 | 16.45 | 15.03 | 16.92 | 17.94 | 20.16 | 22.48 | 21.75 | 20.11 | 19.17 | 18.16 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 6.53 | 7.47 | 6.73 | 7.92 | 7.50 | 7.29 | 6.51 | 7.21 | 5.71 | 6.66 | 5.53 | 6.54 | 5.98 | 5.40 | 5.60 | 6.76 | 5.63 | 7.62 | 6.00 | 6.52 | 7.98 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 41.11 | 38.10 | 26.82 | 12.69 | 18.50 | 38.08 | 13.25 | 6.03 | 8.95 | 39.15 | 8.05 | 47.07 | 15.13 | 75.30 | 19.03 | 27.52 | 17.99 | 24.39 | 105.30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | 8.31 | 7.54 | 7.67 | 6.67 | 8.23 | 7.36 | 7.44 | 6.87 | 7.35 | 7.40 | 7.69 | 6.54 | 6.71 | 7.47 | 8.35 | 7.75 | 9.76 | 8.36 | 9.63 | 8.30 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | 5.41 | 4.81 | 3.83 | 4.19 | 5.12 | 4.93 | 3.29 | 3.54 | 3.98 | 3.26 | 2.52 | 2.31 | 3.47 | 2.70 | 2.56 | 2.82 | 5.25 | 4.52 | 3.48 | 2.78 | 4.45 | 4.26 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 3.54 | 3.42 | 3.37 | 3.94 | 3.89 | 3.46 | 3.64 | 4.28 | 4.23 | 3.88 | 3.30 | 3.74 | 3.76 | 3.70 | 3.44 | 3.77 | 3.80 | 3.73 | 3.68 | 4.78 | 4.92 | 5.06 | 4.57 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 5.89 | 7.00 | 6.42 | 9.02 | 13.12 | 13.67 | 11.27 | 7.60 | 6.68 | 6.72 | 6.74 | 7.65 | 8.03 | 10.79 | 10.54 | 9.49 | 10.71 | 14.72 | 12.46 | 15.07 | 15.07 | 16.46 | 13.78 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | 5,495.05 | 18.51 | 6.85 | 12.34 | 35.56 | 45.04 | 92.45 | 93.11 | 9.12 | 6.58 | 6.53 | 13.10 | 4.53 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 33.63 | 13.16 | 7.04 | 8.98 | 15.25 | 26.38 | 10.08 | 7.20 | 5.74 | 7.86 | 5.60 | 8.57 | 15.20 | 19.64 | 11.82 | 9.75 | 28.83 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Payables turnover
= (Cost of revenueQ2 2025
+ Cost of revenueQ1 2025
+ Cost of revenueQ4 2024
+ Cost of revenueQ3 2024)
÷ Accounts payable
= (599,200 + 554,100 + 573,700 + 513,600)
÷ 149,300 = 15.01
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Payables turnover | An activity ratio calculated as cost of goods sold divided by payables. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. payables turnover ratio decreased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then increased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |
Working Capital Turnover
Palo Alto Networks Inc., working capital turnover calculation (quarterly data)
| Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data (US$ in thousands) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current assets | 6,339,800) | 6,242,700) | 6,849,700) | 5,918,800) | 6,446,700) | 6,477,600) | 6,048,000) | 6,413,600) | 5,405,800) | 5,733,500) | 6,414,900) | 5,697,600) | 4,868,600) | 4,839,100) | 4,647,300) | 4,140,900) | 4,275,800) | 4,300,900) | 5,129,200) | 3,014,000) | 3,978,200) | 3,649,800) | 3,664,800) | 3,717,500) | 3,487,500) | 3,815,200) | ||||||||
| Less: Current liabilities | 7,552,200) | 7,402,700) | 7,682,700) | 7,084,800) | 7,765,500) | 7,513,400) | 7,737,500) | 8,641,200) | 8,475,100) | 8,195,100) | 8,306,300) | 7,677,200) | 7,406,400) | 7,144,400) | 5,116,700) | 3,007,300) | 4,376,300) | 2,635,100) | 2,691,700) | 2,335,700) | 2,239,500) | 2,051,600) | 2,053,300) | 1,998,800) | 1,868,200) | 1,815,700) | ||||||||
| Working capital | (1,212,400) | (1,160,000) | (833,000) | (1,166,000) | (1,318,800) | (1,035,800) | (1,689,500) | (2,227,600) | (3,069,300) | (2,461,600) | (1,891,400) | (1,979,600) | (2,537,800) | (2,305,300) | (469,400) | 1,133,600) | (100,500) | 1,665,800) | 2,437,500) | 678,300) | 1,738,700) | 1,598,200) | 1,611,500) | 1,718,700) | 1,619,300) | 1,999,500) | ||||||||
| Revenue | 2,257,400) | 2,138,800) | 2,189,500) | 1,984,800) | 1,975,100) | 1,878,100) | 1,953,300) | 1,720,900) | 1,655,100) | 1,563,400) | 1,550,500) | 1,386,700) | 1,316,900) | 1,247,400) | 1,219,300) | 1,073,900) | 1,016,900) | 946,000) | 950,400) | 869,400) | 816,700) | 771,900) | 805,800) | 726,600) | 711,200) | 656,000) | ||||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working capital turnover1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.52 | — | 2.15 | 1.40 | 4.81 | 1.80 | 1.89 | 1.80 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Benchmarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Working Capital Turnover, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | 8.28 | 34.49 | 22.48 | 15.40 | 11.18 | 11.93 | 10.11 | 13.40 | 14.81 | 15.07 | 13.41 | 15.55 | 15.85 | 12.77 | 7.71 | 8.35 | 7.70 | 8.71 | 10.32 | 10.56 | 9.98 | 9.85 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 30.25 | 19.54 | 13.19 | 42.33 | 6.85 | 9.10 | 14.68 | 19.89 | 20.28 | 16.36 | 31.92 | 57.86 | 9.09 | 6.22 | 7.44 | 8.67 | 4.89 | 5.51 | 8.11 | 9.50 | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | 1.80 | 6.28 | 8.78 | 10.61 | 7.00 | 8.51 | 7.12 | 9.92 | 8.31 | 5.34 | 4.07 | 4.01 | 4.68 | 5.45 | 5.03 | 3.94 | 4.08 | 4.99 | 6.14 | 4.70 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 1.43 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 1.65 | 1.45 | 1.50 | 1.46 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 1.32 | 1.25 | 1.15 | 1.02 | 0.95 | 0.61 | 1.19 | 0.92 | 0.81 | 0.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | 37.03 | 17.08 | 14.55 | — | — | 31.12 | 12.14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 40.51 | 49.97 | — | 107.30 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | 7.87 | 7.45 | 5.15 | 13.92 | 11.94 | 8.13 | 6.30 | 15.31 | 10.83 | 8.98 | 5.68 | 21.87 | 4.39 | 3.85 | 3.40 | 5.45 | 1.74 | 1.73 | 3.19 | 4.80 | 4.93 | 4.17 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 6.85 | 7.32 | 7.12 | 8.26 | 8.63 | 2.64 | 2.65 | 2.65 | 2.68 | 2.77 | 2.66 | 2.52 | 1.91 | 1.88 | 1.76 | 1.71 | 1.44 | 1.37 | 1.30 | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.20 | 1.19 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.50 | 3.86 | 3.39 | 1.70 | 1.29 | 1.69 | 1.58 | 1.26 | 1.12 | 2.25 | 1.98 | 1.68 | 1.42 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.78 | 0.81 | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.70 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 42.35 | 14.56 | 14.27 | 42.02 | 99.31 | 90.67 | 62.21 | 30.85 | 25.15 | 54.57 | 24.95 | 27.10 | — | 4.36 | 5.11 | 7.48 | 10.29 | 9.75 | 15.29 | 28.71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 13.25 | 11.50 | 11.73 | 27.96 | 21.77 | 19.04 | 9.59 | 7.83 | 11.16 | 6.63 | 11.21 | 10.61 | 21.76 | 11.15 | 16.31 | 5.62 | 5.76 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | 1.60 | 2.40 | 2.89 | 8.03 | 13.12 | 10.27 | 12.83 | 17.05 | 21.34 | 14.02 | 7.78 | 9.47 | 10.65 | 9.50 | 9.18 | 16.88 | 9.00 | 27.06 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Working capital turnover
= (RevenueQ2 2025
+ RevenueQ1 2025
+ RevenueQ4 2024
+ RevenueQ3 2024)
÷ Working capital
= (2,257,400 + 2,138,800 + 2,189,500 + 1,984,800)
÷ -1,212,400 = —
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
Average Receivable Collection Period
Palo Alto Networks Inc., average receivable collection period calculation (quarterly data)
| Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Receivables turnover | 5.73 | 7.32 | 3.07 | 4.54 | 3.97 | 5.10 | 2.80 | 4.50 | 4.82 | 4.70 | 2.57 | 4.17 | 5.10 | 5.61 | 3.43 | 5.20 | 5.65 | 5.30 | 3.29 | 4.88 | 5.78 | 6.04 | 4.98 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average receivable collection period1 | 64 | 50 | 119 | 80 | 92 | 72 | 130 | 81 | 76 | 78 | 142 | 88 | 72 | 65 | 106 | 70 | 65 | 69 | 111 | 75 | 63 | 60 | 73 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Benchmarks (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Receivable Collection Period, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 35 | 31 | 29 | 38 | 42 | 36 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 43 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 41 | 43 | 50 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Cadence Design Systems Inc. | — | — | — | 47 | 50 | 35 | 44 | 40 | 42 | 48 | 50 | 42 | 44 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 49 | 51 | 46 | 43 | 47 | 44 | 48 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 69 | 78 | 102 | 72 | 75 | 69 | 102 | 87 | 83 | 82 | 93 | 80 | 85 | 77 | 100 | 83 | 83 | 93 | 125 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | 31 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 32 | 34 | 35 | 39 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 43 | 40 | 38 | 34 | 35 | 30 | 32 | 33 | 37 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | 9 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 21 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 67 | 63 | 85 | 68 | 69 | 62 | 84 | 66 | 64 | 56 | 81 | 62 | 66 | 57 | 83 | 60 | 65 | 57 | 82 | 60 | 64 | 54 | 86 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 54 | 54 | 54 | 51 | 48 | 47 | 51 | 47 | 49 | 49 | 51 | 40 | 39 | 40 | 49 | 43 | 41 | 43 | 52 | 38 | 37 | 35 | 47 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | 73 | 92 | 97 | 76 | 60 | 74 | 67 | 47 | 49 | 68 | 56 | 57 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Salesforce Inc. | 54 | 44 | 120 | 52 | 60 | 53 | 125 | 52 | 59 | 52 | 134 | 59 | 63 | 52 | 134 | 60 | 65 | 62 | 132 | 59 | 58 | 56 | 135 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 74 | 46 | 56 | 50 | 83 | 50 | 50 | 53 | 87 | 47 | 47 | 48 | 86 | 51 | 55 | 49 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Synopsys Inc. | — | — | 56 | 47 | 49 | 63 | 59 | 44 | 54 | 73 | 57 | 50 | 55 | 84 | 49 | 52 | 56 | 75 | 77 | 66 | 68 | 86 | 60 | — | — | — | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Average receivable collection period = 365 ÷ Receivables turnover
= 365 ÷ 5.73 = 64
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Average receivable collection period | An activity ratio equal to the number of days in the period divided by receivables turnover. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. number of days of receivables outstanding improved from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly deteriorated from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025. |
Average Payables Payment Period
Palo Alto Networks Inc., average payables payment period calculation (quarterly data)
| Jan 31, 2025 | Oct 31, 2024 | Jul 31, 2024 | Apr 30, 2024 | Jan 31, 2024 | Oct 31, 2023 | Jul 31, 2023 | Apr 30, 2023 | Jan 31, 2023 | Oct 31, 2022 | Jul 31, 2022 | Apr 30, 2022 | Jan 31, 2022 | Oct 31, 2021 | Jul 31, 2021 | Apr 30, 2021 | Jan 31, 2021 | Oct 31, 2020 | Jul 31, 2020 | Apr 30, 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Oct 31, 2019 | Jul 31, 2019 | Apr 30, 2019 | Jan 31, 2019 | Oct 31, 2018 | |||||||||
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| Selected Financial Data | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Payables turnover | 15.01 | 10.12 | 17.71 | 18.29 | 10.93 | 14.57 | 14.43 | 20.69 | 14.50 | 14.30 | 13.43 | 14.68 | 12.25 | 14.46 | 22.41 | 16.80 | 25.37 | 21.85 | 15.72 | 17.72 | 15.76 | 11.28 | 11.03 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Short-term Activity Ratio (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average payables payment period1 | 24 | 36 | 21 | 20 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 25 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 23 | 32 | 33 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Benchmarks (no. days) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Average Payables Payment Period, Competitors2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accenture PLC | — | 21 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Adobe Inc. | — | — | 56 | 49 | 54 | 46 | 49 | 50 | 56 | 51 | 64 | 55 | 66 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 65 | 54 | 65 | 48 | 61 | 56 | 46 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. | 9 | 10 | 14 | 29 | 20 | 10 | 28 | 61 | 41 | 9 | 45 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 20 | 15 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| International Business Machines Corp. | — | — | — | 44 | 48 | 48 | 55 | 44 | 50 | 49 | 53 | 50 | 49 | 47 | 56 | 54 | 49 | 44 | 47 | 37 | 44 | 38 | 44 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Intuit Inc. | — | 67 | 76 | 95 | 87 | 71 | 74 | 111 | 103 | 92 | 112 | 145 | 158 | 105 | 135 | 142 | 129 | 70 | 81 | 105 | 131 | 82 | 86 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Microsoft Corp. | 103 | 107 | 108 | 93 | 94 | 106 | 100 | 85 | 86 | 94 | 111 | 98 | 97 | 99 | 106 | 97 | 96 | 98 | 99 | 76 | 74 | 72 | 80 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Oracle Corp. | 62 | 52 | 57 | 40 | 28 | 27 | 32 | 48 | 55 | 54 | 54 | 48 | 45 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 34 | 25 | 29 | 24 | 24 | 22 | 26 | — | — | — | ||||||||
| Palantir Technologies Inc. | — | — | 0 | 20 | 53 | 30 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 40 | 55 | 56 | 28 | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
| ServiceNow Inc. | — | — | 11 | 28 | 52 | 41 | 24 | 14 | 36 | 51 | 64 | 46 | 65 | 43 | 24 | 19 | 31 | 37 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-10-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-07-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-04-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-01-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-10-31).
1 Q2 2025 Calculation
Average payables payment period = 365 ÷ Payables turnover
= 365 ÷ 15.01 = 24
2 Click competitor name to see calculations.
| Short-term activity ratio | Description | The company |
|---|---|---|
| Average payables payment period | An estimate of the average number of days it takes a company to pay its suppliers; equal to the number of days in the period divided by payables turnover ratio for the period. | Palo Alto Networks Inc. number of days of payables outstanding increased from Q4 2024 to Q1 2025 but then slightly decreased from Q1 2025 to Q2 2025 not reaching Q4 2024 level. |