Analysis: Palo Alto Networks' shareholders have voted to reject pay packages for its top executives seven times since 2015, more than any other S&P 500 company
A majority of Palo Alto Networks investors have voted against the cybersecurity company's executive pay seven times in 11 years.
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Palo Alto Networks Shareholders Keep Rejecting Executive Pay
Cybersecurity giant's investors have shot down exec compensation packages seven times since 2015 — an S&P 500 record.
Palo Alto Networks holds a dubious distinction: its shareholders have voted against executive pay packages more than any other company in the S&P 500.
According to a Bloomberg analysis, investors rejected top executive compensation seven times over an 11-year span starting in 2015. That's seven out of eleven annual votes where a majority said no — a staggering rebuke rate.
Say-on-pay votes are typically rubber-stamped affairs. Most S&P 500 companies sail through them without breaking a sweat. Palo Alto Networks apparently didn't get that memo.
The repeated rejections signal deep, persistent dissatisfaction with how the cybersecurity firm compensates its leadership. While these votes are non-binding, consistently losing them is a bad look — and puts real pressure on the board's compensation committee to course-correct.
Seven strikes and still swinging.