Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: MSI 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 MSI's multiple
Needs MSI P/E.
Price unavailable
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Reported gross margin
Operating income + D&A
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Annual statements in reported currencies, with calculations and source evidence.
Values retain reported currencies and share bases. Select a figure to inspect its period, calculation and filing inputs. Differences require compatible units and periods.
Explore enterprise value and market valuation multiples in the valuation sections.
Trendline
Nine period-end years of reported revenue, earnings, and margins. Periods and currencies are shown with the data.
Price framework
USD market cap plus reported borrowing debt, less cash and equivalents. This EV proxy excludes investments, preferred stock and noncontrolling-interest adjustments.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Complete market value, debt and cash evidence is required for enterprise value.
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC. · implied price per share
Bear
$118.46
Base
$147.67
Bull
$185.71
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
Inspect reported liquidity and leverage alongside historical financial-health checks.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Not enough data to score either balance sheet.
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
Keep comparing
Open adjacent comparisons from the same industry to pressure-test the read across multiple pairs.
L3HARRIS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. /DE/
MSI vs LHX
Cisco Systems, Inc.
MSI vs CSCO
QUALCOMM Incorporated
MSI vs QCOM
JUNIPER NETWORKS INC
MSI vs JNPR
Northrop Grumman Corporation
MSI vs NOC
CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc.
MSI vs CRWD
Zscaler, Inc.
MSI vs ZS
Okta, Inc.
MSI vs OKTA
CHECK POINT SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES LTD
MSI vs CHKP
Rapid7, Inc.
MSI vs RPD
Cash excludes investments. EBITDA is an operating-income-plus-D&A proxy. Missing borrowing categories remain unavailable; select a value to inspect its inputs.
LLM-powered synthesis
An explanation of the financial evidence. Check its snapshot date against the figures above.
This explanation uses an earlier data snapshot or evidence version. Review its generation date and the current figures, or refresh after signing in.
If you believe MSI's lower-growth but higher-profitability profile deserves a much smaller discount than the market implies, then MSI is the better value-oriented pick versus PANW because MSI trades at 37.2x earnings and 6.7x sales versus PANW's 224.7x and 31.8x, but the higher leverage and slower 8.0% growth argue against calling it a clear bargain.
MSI trades at a dramatic discount to PANW across P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA, and EV/Revenue, yet MSI's fundamentals are more mature and less growth-oriented. The valuation gap is so large that it likely reflects both business-model differences and the market's willingness to pay a much higher multiple for PANW's growth profile.
Supporting Metrics
