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Palo Alto Networks NRR

Net Revenue Retention history for Palo Alto Networks (PANW) - Security, Public stage. Sourced from SEC filings and earnings releases.

Security Public $500K+ ACV sales-led
Latest NRR · FY2026-Q3
120%
All-time peak
120%
FY2025-Q4
All-time low
119%
FY2026-Q2
Disclosures tracked
3
since FY2025-Q4
QoQ ▲ 1pp

Full NRR history

118%119%120%121% FY25-Q4FY26-Q2FY26-Q3 NRR FY2025-Q4 - 120% (PANW) FY2026-Q2 - 119% (PANW) FY2026-Q3 - 120% (PANW) 120% peak 120%
FY2025-Q4 → FY2026-Q3

Currently at all-time peak NRR of 120%.

Palo Alto Networks is above the Security Public median by +0pp (cell median: 120%)

What the data shows

Palo Alto Networks (PANW) is a security company at the public stage. As of its most recent disclosure (FY2026-Q3), Palo Alto Networks reported a Net Revenue Retention rate of 120% - a strong result for B2B SaaS at this segment.

Palo Alto Networks is currently at or near its all-time NRR peak.

Within its peer set (security companies at public stage in the $500k+ acv band), Palo Alto Networks's NRR is roughly in line with the cell median of 120%. Compare against the full peer cell aggregate for distribution and top performers.

Customer mix

Total customers
2,280
2026-04-30
Over $100K ARR
-
Over $1M ARR
270
2025-04-30
US revenue mix
68%
2026-04-30
Top-10 concentration
-
Average ACV
$1,000,000
2025-04-30

Commercial structure

Contract shape and forward-booked revenue.

Multi-year contracts
-
Avg contract length
36 mo
2025-04-30
RPO (total)
$18.4B
2026-04-30
cRPO (next 12mo)
$8.3B
2026-04-30
New customers added
110
2026-04-30
Subscription rev mix
80%
2026-04-30

Customer experience

Health scores, usage, and time-to-value when disclosed.

NPS
-
CSAT
-
Active users
11,000,000
2026-04-30
Products per customer
4.00
2026-04-30
Time to value
-

Customer flow

Logo flow per period (count-side complement to dollar-based NRR).

New customers added
110
2026-04-30
Lost customers
-

Scale & headcount

Revenue, ARR, and team-size denominators for the productivity ratios.

Revenue (period)
$3.0B
2026-04-30
Total ARR
$8.2B
2026-04-30
ARR growth (YoY)
60%
2026-04-30
AE headcount
-
Total employees
-

RPO duration breakdown

Forward-booked revenue by maturity. Renewal pipeline visibility.

Next 12 months
$8.3B
2026-04-30
13–24 months
-
Over 24 months
-
Total RPO
$18.4B
2026-04-30

The post-sales motion

Pricing model
hybrid
Renewal cadence
multi-year
CS team size
16,068
Customers per CSM
-

Support tiers: tier-one support

CS team segments: Strategic · Enterprise · Mid-Market · SMB

CSM model: account-named

Education programs: Unit 42 Frontier AI Defense

Derived signals

Computed from the data above. Shows where value comes from and where leakage hides.

Customer lifetime
240 mo
12 / annual churn
ARR per CSM
$0.5M
CSM productivity
Bookings per CSM
$7K
latest period gross adds
RPO coverage
8.1 yr
forward bookings / ARR

What Palo Alto Networks is doing

Named CS initiatives across recent disclosures (newest first).

What they're working through

Challenges acknowledged by management. Useful peer signals - your team is probably not alone.

What execs say about post-sales

Curated quotes about customer outcomes, retention, renewals.

"When organizations reach this integration milestone, they standardize their infrastructure on our platform, yielding superior long-term retention expansion."
Nikesh Arora, Chairman and CEO (Prepared Remarks)
"That ability to prove to customers... that we can achieve MTTR in minutes is a very powerful proof point for them."
Lee Klarich, CPTO (Q&A)
"We're significantly reducing the time to resolution of support tickets, at least on the sort of simpler end for now."
Nikesh Arora, Chairman and CEO (Q&A)
"We're seeing approximately 50% reduction in the time to resolve cases. This results in a better experience for our customers."
Dipak Golechha, CFO (Prepared Remarks)
"In platformizing on Cortex, our NGS ARR with this customer increased by five times to over $12 million year-over-year."
Nikesh Arora, CEO (Prepared Remarks)
"Our differentiated value was centered in our ability to materially reduce meantime to respond."
Nikesh Arora, Chairman and CEO (Prepared Remarks)

Competitive dynamics

Compare Palo Alto Networks to peers

Side-by-side NRR, customer cohorts, commercial structure, and CS motion.

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Every disclosure

Period NRR GRR Source type Filing
FY2026-Q3 120% - earnings-call-transcript source ↗
FY2026-Q2 119% - earnings-call-transcript source ↗
FY2025-Q4 120% - earnings-call-transcript source ↗
Last verified disclosure: 2026-04-30 · Report an inaccuracy → · How we verify →

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