CrowdStrike and Okta each surged 4% as AI safety warnings from Anthropic and OpenAI CEOs sparked expectations for higher enterprise security spending. CIBR and QQQ both gained 2.5%, but Palo Alto's smaller rise confirms the rally targets identity and endpoint names over network security. Our analysts combed the entire stock market and named the ten best stocks to buy right now, and Palo Alto Networks didn't make the cut.
Enter your email to see the names that beat PANW. Enter your email and see if any of your stocks made the cut. Cybersecurity stocks are extending last week's advance into Monday's midday session, and the leaders today are identity and endpoint names rather than the network security franchise.
CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) stock is up 4.02% to $247.20, running well ahead of the sector fund and the broader technology benchmark. Also gaining, Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) shares are climbing 4.05% to $189.77 on the same artificial intelligence security theme. Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW) stock is rising 2.06% to $371.07, a more measured move that reflects Palo Alto's distance from the identity and device exposure driving the trade.
That gap matters, because it tells investors the trade is more about specific business models than about the label of cybersecurity. For sector context, the First Trust NASDAQ Cybersecurity ETF (NASDAQ:CIBR) is up 2.46% to $102.33. Meanwhile, the Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) is trading 2.53% higher at $738.96, so the cybersecurity fund and the large-cap technology tape are moving in line with each other today. 24/7 Wall St has helped investors make money for over two decades, and our top analysts just finished ranking the definitive Top 10 Stocks To Buy Now.
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The report is free, and you can see why we think each stock is a top investment today. The catalyst dates to last week rather than this session. Dario Amodei, chief executive of the privately held artificial intelligence company Anthropic, published an essay on September 12 arguing that fully addressing artificial intelligence risk requires pacing the rate at which capabilities advance so risk prevention can keep up.
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