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Decision snapshot: BURL stock price vs PANW: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at PANW's multiple
Needs PANW P/E.
Implied fair value · at BURL's multiple
Needs BURL P/E.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple discount
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: BURL FY 2026 (ended Jan 31, 2026) · PANW FY 2025 (ended Jul 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 89% equity / 11% debt · EV / Revenue 1.51x · EV / EBITDA 13.77x
Capital structure 100% equity / -0% debt · EV / Revenue 29.10x · EV / EBITDA 139.55x
PANW carries the larger enterprise value at $268.34B against $17.51B; BURL trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (1.51x vs 29.10x); BURL on the lower EV / EBITDA (13.77x vs 139.55x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
BURLINGTON STORES, INC. · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
1.15x
-0.05x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
0.67x
-1.70x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$1.23B
$2.90B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe BURL can sustain revenue growth while improving margins enough to justify a higher multiple, then hold or add modestly because the stock already trades well below PANW on P/E and EV/Revenue but is not obviously cheap versus its own historical band.
BURL trades at a small earnings multiple relative to PANW, but the implied price output is not economically comparable because PANW’s valuation is driven by much higher growth and margin quality. On the data provided, BURL sits near the lower end of its own historical band while PANW-implied range is far above the current price, highlighting a very wide relative valuation gap.
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