Palo Alto Networks General and Administrative Expenses 2011-2026 | PANW

General and Administrative Expenses — these are a part of a company's operating expenses that are not directly related to the production of goods or the provision of services but are necessary for the overall functioning of the business.

What these expenses include

Salaries of administrative staff (executives, HR, accountants, legal personnel)
Office rent and utilities
Office equipment and IT infrastructure
Professional services (auditors, lawyers, consultants)
Insurance
General administrative travel and representation expenses

What the metric indicates

Cost control
A high level of such expenses may indicate inefficient management or an overly complex structure
Profitability
Reducing administrative expenses while maintaining stable revenue increases operating profit
Comparative analysis
Investors can compare this metric as a percentage of revenue among companies in the same industry
Business flexibility
Companies with a flexible and controlled expense structure are more resilient to revenue declines

Annual General and Administrative Expenses Palo Alto Networks

2025	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
443 M	680 M	448 M	405 M	391 M	300 M	262 M	258 M	198 M	138 M	102 M	73.1 M	42.7 M	26.2 M	13.1 M

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from annual reports

Maximum	Minimum	Average
680 M	13.1 M	252 M

Quarterly General and Administrative Expenses Palo Alto Networks

2024-Q4	2024-Q2	2023-Q4	2023-Q3	2023-Q2	2022-Q4	2022-Q3	2022-Q2	2022-Q1	2021-Q4	2021-Q3	2021-Q2	2021-Q1	2020-Q4	2020-Q3	2020-Q2	2020-Q1	2019-Q4	2019-Q3	2019-Q2	2019-Q1	2018-Q4	2018-Q3	2018-Q2	2018-Q1	2017-Q4	2017-Q3	2017-Q2	2017-Q1	2016-Q4	2016-Q3	2016-Q2	2016-Q1	2015-Q4	2015-Q3	2015-Q2	2015-Q1	2014-Q4	2014-Q3	2014-Q2	2014-Q1	2013-Q4	2013-Q3	2013-Q2	2013-Q1	2012-Q4	2012-Q3	2012-Q2	2012-Q1	2011-Q4	2011-Q3	2011-Q2	2011-Q1
154 M	-	302 M	120 M	-	97.7 M	99.5 M	-	94.8 M	104 M	104 M	191 M	94.7 M	76.2 M	86.7 M	70.7 M	86.7 M	53.7 M	69.8 M	69.2 M	69.8 M	53.3 M	76.6 M	56.7 M	76.6 M	47.2 M	65.7 M	65.2 M	65.7 M	34.2 M	41.6 M	39.9 M	41.8 M	27 M	30.8 M	28.6 M	30.8 M	19.7 M	19 M	15.6 M	19 M	9.75 M	14.1 M	11.7 M	14.1 M	5.77 M	8.96 M	8.85 M	8.96 M	-	5.16 M	-	-

All numbers in USD currency

Indicator range from quarterly reporting

Maximum	Minimum	Average
302 M	5.16 M	61.4 M

General and Administrative Expenses of other stocks in the Software industry

Issuer	General and Administrative Expenses	Price	% 24h	Market Cap	Country
9F JFU	523 M	$ 4.2	3.7 %	$ 989 M	China
SOS Limited SOS	28.2 M	$ 0.9	-25.0 %	$ 410 M	China
FireEye, Inc. FEYE	101 M	-	-3.41 %	$ 4.13 B	USA
Bentley Systems, Incorporated BSY	210 M	$ 37.85	-0.11 %	$ 11.9 B	USA
Powerbridge Technologies Co., Ltd. PBTS	6 M	-	2.4 %	$ 115 M	China
Sapiens International Corporation N.V. SPNS	76.3 M	-	-	$ 2.43 B	Curacao
Cadence Design Systems CDNS	242 M	$ 283.9	-1.22 %	$ 77 B	USA
Adobe ADBE	1.57 B	$ 248.15	0.88 %	$ 106 B	USA
Net Element, Inc. NETE	9.73 M	-	8.63 %	$ 83.8 M	USA
CleanSpark CLSK	52.6 M	$ 9.4	-4.37 %	$ 2.65 B	USA
Altair Engineering ALTR	90.2 M	-	-	$ 9.4 B	USA
Kingsoft Cloud Holdings Limited KC	602 M	$ 13.27	-9.11 %	$ 48.5 B	China
Proofpoint, Inc. PFPT	97.7 M	-	-	$ 10.1 B	USA
American Software AMSWA	22.7 M	-	-2.14 %	$ 369 M	USA
ANSYS ANSS	995 M	-	-	$ 32.7 B	USA
Zix Corporation ZIXI	78.3 M	-	0.12 %	$ 482 M	USA
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. CHKP	111 M	$ 152.73	-1.16 %	$ 16.9 B	Israel
Alarm.com Holdings ALRM	110 M	$ 44.37	-4.19 %	$ 2.21 B	USA
CyberArk Software Ltd. CYBR	71.4 M	-	-	$ 18.1 B	Israel
Auddia AUUD	2.79 M	$ 0.83	4.12 %	$ 1.14 M	USA
Avalara AVLR	140 M	-	-	$ 8.28 B	USA
Avaya Holdings Corp. AVYA	964 M	-	-	$ 3.47 M	USA
CYREN Ltd. CYRN	9.28 M	-	-18.15 %	$ 1.77 M	USA
Cheetah Mobile CMCM	192 M	$ 6.77	-7.01 %	$ 9.68 B	-
Aware AWRE	6.9 M	$ 1.21	-3.97 %	$ 25.6 M	USA
Dynatrace DT	195 M	$ 38.05	-2.59 %	$ 11.4 B	USA
Cloudera, Inc. CLDR	170 M	-	0.06 %	$ 4.74 B	Canada
Absolute Software Corporation ABST	43.7 M	-	-	$ 811 M	Canada
Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. EPAY	56.7 M	-	-	$ 2.56 B	USA
China Index Holdings Limited CIH	81.7 M	-	-	$ 85.7 M	China
CounterPath Corporation CPAH	2.55 M	-	0.87 %	$ 22.5 M	Canada
Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. CSOD	111 M	-	-	$ 3.84 B	USA
CooTek (Cayman) Inc. CTK	15 M	-	2.36 %	$ 6.44 M	China
Gridsum Holding Inc. GSUM	464 M	-	-	$ 68.3 M	China
Intelligent Systems Corporation INS	3.87 M	-	0.18 %	$ 346 M	USA
J2 Global, Inc. JCOM	445 M	-	3.07 %	$ 6.89 B	USA
Linx S.A. LINX	311 M	-	-1.15 %	$ 1.32 B	Brasil
Medallia, Inc. MDLA	95.5 M	-	0.06 %	$ 5.47 B	USA
Micro Focus International plc MFGP	3.33 B	-	-	$ 1.81 B	Britain
Mimecast Limited MIME	65.3 M	-	-	$ 5.35 B	Britain
Alteryx AYX	201 M	-	-	$ 3.42 B	USA
Pluralsight, Inc. PS	214 M	-	-	$ 3.33 B	USA
Aspen Technology AZPN	138 M	-	-	$ 16.8 B	USA
QAD Inc. QADA	39.4 M	-	0.02 %	$ 1.84 B	USA
Brightcove BCOV	35.6 M	-	-	$ 192 K	USA
RealPage, Inc. RP	151 M	-	-	$ 9.06 B	USA
SharpSpring, Inc. SHSP	10.2 M	-	-	$ 220 M	USA
Creative Realities CREX	10.8 M	$ 3.67	1.94 %	$ 31.1 M	USA