Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) Receives $213.97 Consensus PT from Analysts

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) has earned a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” from the forty-one ratings firms that are currently covering the firm, Marketbeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, six have given a hold recommendation and thirty-four have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price target among brokers that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is $213.9744.

A number of research firms recently commented on ZS. HC Wainwright upgraded Zscaler from a “buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, May 18th. Morgan Stanley cut their price objective on Zscaler from $155.00 to $145.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their target price on Zscaler from $210.00 to $180.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, May 28th. The Goldman Sachs Group reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $179.00 price target on shares of Zscaler in a report on Wednesday, May 27th. Finally, Scotiabank reduced their target price on shares of Zscaler from $190.00 to $175.00 and set a “sector outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 27th.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CFO Kevin Rubin sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, June 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $124.22, for a total transaction of $372,660.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer directly owned 41,901 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,204,942.22. This represents a 6.68% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, insider Adam Geller sold 2,817 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $122.60, for a total value of $345,364.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 42,314 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,187,696.40. This trade represents a 6.24% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 15,644 shares of company stock valued at $1,960,287. Company insiders own 17.20% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Zscaler

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in ZS. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its stake in Zscaler by 0.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 11,423,424 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,569,357,000 after acquiring an additional 55,521 shares during the last quarter. Groupama Asset Managment boosted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 76,352.6% in the 3rd quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 4,750,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,423,385,000 after purchasing an additional 4,743,787 shares in the last quarter. First Trust Advisors LP boosted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 36.2% in the 1st quarter. First Trust Advisors LP now owns 3,518,678 shares of the company’s stock valued at $493,635,000 after purchasing an additional 935,781 shares in the last quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD increased its stake in shares of Zscaler by 43.3% in the 4th quarter. Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD now owns 2,572,358 shares of the company’s stock valued at $578,576,000 after purchasing an additional 777,414 shares during the last quarter. Finally, State Street Corp raised its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 3.4% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 2,337,604 shares of the company’s stock worth $525,774,000 after buying an additional 77,800 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 46.45% of the company’s stock.

Zscaler Stock Performance

Shares of ZS stock opened at $146.45 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $23.68 billion, a P/E ratio of -305.10, a P/E/G ratio of 88.25 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.72, a current ratio of 1.86 and a quick ratio of 1.86. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $142.02 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $166.26. Zscaler has a one year low of $114.63 and a one year high of $336.99.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 26th. The company reported $1.08 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.01 by $0.07. The company had revenue of $850.48 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $835.14 million. Zscaler had a negative net margin of 2.44% and a negative return on equity of 0.37%. Zscaler’s revenue for the quarter was up 25.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.84 EPS. Zscaler has set its Q4 2026 guidance at 1.080-1.090 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 4.100-4.110 EPS. As a group, equities analysts predict that Zscaler will post 0.11 EPS for the current year.

About Zscaler

Zscaler is a cloud security company that delivers a cloud-native platform to protect users, applications and data as organizations move away from traditional, network-centric security architectures. The company focuses on a zero trust approach that assumes no implicit trust for users or devices, providing secure access to the internet, SaaS applications and private applications regardless of where users are located. Zscaler positions its services as an alternative to legacy appliances and site-centric VPNs, aiming to simplify security while enabling modern, distributed workforces.

Key offerings are built around the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, a multi-tenant cloud platform that enforces security and access policies in-line.