Zacks Industry Outlook Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Okta
Palo Alto Networks, Fortinet, and Okta have been highlighted in this Industry Outlook article.

Okta, Inc. delivers comprehensive identity management solutions tailored for a diverse clientele, including large corporations, small and medium-sized businesses, educational institutions, charitable ...
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Est. EPS $0.93 · Revenue $815.97M · 26 analysts
Est. EPS $3.93 · Revenue $3.22B · 24 analysts
Est. EPS $1.01 · Revenue $840.71M · 11 analysts
Est. EPS $1.11 · Revenue $882.22M · 11 analysts
| Metric | Latest | YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength. | QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes. |
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| RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three). | $2.9B | +11.8% | +5.2% |
| Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day. | $235.0M | +739.3% | +56.8% |
| Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials. | +77.4% | +1.4% | +2.4% |
| Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on). | +5.2% | +317.1% | +81.6% |
| Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales. | +8.1% | +650.4% | +49.0% |
| Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock. | $905.0M | +24.0% | -15.6% |
| FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine. | +31.0% | +10.8% | -19.8% |
| Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe. | 6.0% | -59.4% | -87.2% |
| Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking. | 1.36x | +0.4% | +9.6% |
| Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground. | $9.7B | +2.9% | -2.2% |
| Metric | Annual (A vs E) | Annual Surprise | Quarter (A vs E) | Quarter Surprise |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPS Surprise | 1.31 vs 3.44 | -61.9% | 0.65 vs 0.93 | -30.5% |
| Revenue Surprise | $2.9B vs $2.9B | +0.4% | $805.0M vs $816.0M | -1.3% |
| Date | Executive | Title | Security | Side | Shares | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2026 | Schellhase David | director | Class A Common Stock | A | 1,942 | — |
| Aug 13, 2026 | Schellhase David | director | Restricted Stock Units | D | 1,942 | — |
| Aug 3, 2026 | Morgan Scott | officer | — | — | 0 | — |
| Jul 8, 2026 | McKinnon Todd | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | Class A Common Stock | D | 12,695 | $145.63 |
| Jul 8, 2026 | McKinnon Todd | director, officer: Chief Executive Officer | Class A Common Stock | D | 29,502 | $146.39 |
Dave Gennarelli: Hi, everyone. Welcome to Okta's Second Quarter Fiscal 2027 Earnings Webcast. I'm Dave Gennarelli, Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at Okta. Presenting in today's meeting will be Todd McKinnon, our Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder; and Brett Tighe, our Chief Financial Officer. Eric Kelleher, our President and Chief Operating Officer, will join the Q&A portion of the meeting. Around the same time that the earnings press release hit the wire, we posted supplemental commentary to the IR website. Today's meeting will include forward-looking statements pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our financial outlook and market positioning. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements represent our management's beliefs and assumptions only as of the date made. Information on factors that could affect our financial results is included in our filings with the SEC from time to time, including the section titled Risk Factors in our previously filed Form 10-K. In addition, during today's meeting, we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures. Though we may not state it explicitly during the meeting, all references to profitability are non-GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are in addition to and not a substitute for or superior to measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures and a discussion of the limitations of using non-GAAP measures versus their closest GAAP equivalents are available in our earnings release. You can also find more detailed information in our supplemental financial materials, which include trended financial statements and key metrics posted on our Investor Relations website. In today's meeting, we will quote a number of numerical growth changes as we discuss our financial performance. And unless otherwise noted, each such reference represents a year-over-year comparison. And now I'd like to turn the meeting over to Todd McKinnon. Todd? Todd McKinnon: Thanks, Dave, and thank you, everyone, for joining us this afternoon. Our Q2 financial performance was driven by broad-based strength across our core workforce identity and customer identity platforms. Particular areas of strength were once again with large enterprises, partner engagement and contribution from our newer products. This afternoon, I'll walk through the strength of our core business, the momentum of our portfolio of new products and our investments in product innovation and breadth. And finally, with AI security remaining top of mind for our customers, I'll share the advancements we're making with AI product development and early customer …
| Name | Title | Compensation | Gender | Year Born | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jon Addison | Chief Revenue Officer | USD 1,606,946 | Male | 1975 | Active |
Todd McKinnon | Co-Founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer | USD 1,159,452 | Male | 1972 | Active |
Brett Tighe | Chief Financial Officer | USD 865,232 | Male | 1980 | Active |
Eric Kelleher | President & Chief Operating Officer | USD 825,343 | Male | 1972 | Active |
Larissa Schwartz | Senior Advisor | USD 792,653 | Female | 1972 | Active |
Shibu Ninan | Chief Accounting Officer | USD 579,520 | Male | 1975 | Active |
Jacques Frederic Kerrest | Co-Founder & Executive Vice Chairman | USD 39,207 | Male | 1978 | Active |
Dave Gennarelli | Senior Vice President of Investor Relations | — | Male | — | Active |
David Bradbury | Chief Security Officer | — | Male | — | Active |
Monty Gray | Executive Vice President of Corporate Development | — | Male | — | Active |
Kerry Ok | Executive Vice President of Company Planning & Operations | — | Female | — | Active |
Shannon Sullivan Duffy | Chief Marketing Officer | — | Female | — | Active |
Ed Daly | Chief Customer Officer | — | Male | — | Active |
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