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PANW vs RPD

Side-by-side comparison of Palo Alto Networks Inc. (PANW) and Rapid7 Inc. (RPD): market cap, price performance, sector, and recent activity on the wire.

Summary

  • Both companies sit in the Technology sector. PANW focuses on Computer peripheral equipment, while RPD focuses on Computer Software: Prepackaged Software.
  • PANW is the larger of the two at $48.96B, about 124.3x RPD ($394.0M).
  • Over the past year, PANW is down 4.3% and RPD is down 73.8% - PANW leads by 69.5 points.
  • PANW has been more active in the news (8 items in the past 4 weeks vs 7 for RPD).
  • Both have 25 recent analyst ratings on file.
PerformancePANW-4.28%RPD-73.77%
2025-05-01+0.00%2026-05-01
MetricPANWRPD
Company
Palo Alto Networks Inc.
Rapid7 Inc.
Price
$178.01-0.76%
$6.14+3.98%
Market cap
$48.96B
$394.0M
1M return
+10.89%
+12.66%
1Y return
-4.28%
-73.77%
Industry
Computer peripheral equipment
Computer Software: Prepackaged Software
Exchange
NYSE
NASDAQ
IPO
2015
News (4w)
8
7
Recent ratings
25
25
PANW

Palo Alto Networks Inc.

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. provides cybersecurity platform solutions worldwide. The company provides firewall appliances and software; Panorama, a security management solution for the control of appliances and software deployed on an end-customer's network as a virtual or a physical appliance; and virtual system upgrades, which are available as extensions to the virtual system capacity that ships with physical appliances. It also offers subscription services covering the areas of threat prevention, uniform resource locator filtering, malware and persistent threat, laptop and mobile device protection, and firewall, as well as cyberattacks, threat intelligence, and data loss prevention. In addition, the company provides professional services, including architecture design and planning, configuration, and firewall migration, as well as online and in-classroom education training services, as well as support services. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. sells its products and services through its channel partners, as well as directly to medium to large enterprises, service providers, and government entities operating in various industries, including education, energy, financial services, government entities, healthcare, Internet and media, manufacturing, public sector, and telecommunications. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

RPD

Rapid7 Inc.

Rapid7, Inc. provides cyber security solutions. The company offers a cloud-native insight platform that enables customers to create and manage analytics-driven cyber security risk management programs. Its platform includes InsightVM, a vulnerability risk management solution that is designed to provide a way to collect vulnerability data, prioritize risk, and automate remediation; InsightIDR, an incident detection and response solution; InsightAppSec, which provides application security testing that analyzes web applications for security vulnerabilities; and InsightConnect, a security orchestration and automation response solution that is used by security professionals. The company's other products include DivvyCloud, a cloud security posture management solution; Nexpose, an on-premise version of company's vulnerability risk management solution; AppSpider, an on-premise version of company's application security testing solution; Metasploit, a penetration testing software solution; and InsightOps that enables organizations to store and search data in real time, as well as professional services. It offers its products through term or perpetual software licenses, cloud-based subscriptions, and managed services. The company serves customers in a range of industries, including technology, energy, financial services, healthcare and life sciences, manufacturing, media and entertainment, retail, education, real estate, transportation, government, and professional services industries through sales teams, and indirect channel partner relationships, as well as directly in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific. Rapid7, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.