Better Buy: Palo Alto Networks Inc vs. Check Point Software

The good news for both Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) and Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: CHKP) is that the long-awaited rise of the cybersecurity market appears to be taking hold. Virtually all of Palo Alto's and Check Point's peers have enjoyed a banner 2017, and there are no signs of slowing.

Check Point stock has climbed an impressive 34% in 2017, while Palo Alto shares have climbed a more modest 15%. But it's not what's happened in the recent past that separates the two -- it's the manner in which each has conducted its respective business that makes one the better buy, by a wide margin.

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