Vise Technologies Inc. Buys 2,548 Shares of Zscaler, Inc. $ZS

Vise Technologies Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) by 64.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,513 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 2,548 shares during the quarter. Vise Technologies Inc.’s holdings in Zscaler were worth $1,299,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlackRock Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Zscaler during the second quarter worth $1,396,028,000. First Trust Advisors LP grew its holdings in Zscaler by 36.2% during 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. Amundi grew its holdings in Zscaler by 12.8% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 1,137,837 shares of the company’s stock valued at $160,606,000 after purchasing an additional 129,563 shares in the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP grew its holdings in Zscaler by 23.5% during the 2nd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 1,103,212 shares of the company’s stock valued at $155,718,000 after purchasing an additional 209,711 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE increased its stake in Zscaler by 44.3% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 779,245 shares of the company’s stock worth $109,320,000 after buying an additional 239,326 shares during the period. 46.45% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Zscaler News

Here are the key news stories impacting Zscaler this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Zscaler’s zero-trust security model could benefit from organizations modernizing remote access and protecting operational technology. Recent coverage described a customer’s VPN transition and discussed why OT environments need broader zero-trust protections; these are industry-use-case signals, not disclosed material deals. Zscaler Sales Engineer Interview Zscaler’s Nathan Howe on OT Zero Trust
• Neutral Sentiment: A comparison with Palo Alto Networks highlighted Zscaler’s cloud-native zero-trust presence among Fortune 500 companies, while noting Palo Alto’s push to bundle security services into a broader platform. This underscores Zscaler’s established position as well as competitive pressure. Palo Alto Networks vs. Zscaler
• Neutral Sentiment: Zscaler scheduled its fiscal 2027 first-quarter results and investor call for December 2, giving investors the next key opportunity to assess growth and outlook; the announcement itself provided no new financial results. Zscaler earnings call announcement
• Negative Sentiment: Recent selling has weighed on ZS alongside declines in other cybersecurity and software names. Coverage reported a 9.16% fall in the latest session and a 14% weekly decline, suggesting broad sector pressure is a near-term headwind. One analysis cited an average analyst price target of $235, but that is an estimate, not a near-term catalyst. Zscaler’s recent decline and analyst targets Why Zscaler dipped

Insider Activity

In related news, insider Adam Geller sold 23,958 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, October 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $225.43, for a total value of $5,400,851.94. Following the sale, the insider owned 38,308 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $8,635,772.44. This trade represents a 38.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Jagtar Chaudhry sold 2,852 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $192.76, for a total transaction of $549,751.52. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 340,186 shares in the company, valued at approximately $65,574,253.36. This represents a 0.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The sale was made to cover tax withholding obligations related to the vesting of equity awards. In the last three months, insiders sold 55,105 shares of company stock worth $11,563,836. 17.20% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

ZS has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Rosenblatt Securities set a $250.00 price objective on shares of Zscaler in a report on Wednesday, October 7th. Citizens Jmp raised their target price on Zscaler from $210.00 to $265.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 9th. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on Zscaler from $200.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 7th. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on Zscaler from $225.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 7th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price target on Zscaler from $215.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 7th. Thirty-six research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, eight have assigned a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $236.65.

Zscaler Trading Down 3.1%

NASDAQ:ZS opened at $197.66 on Friday. The business’s 50 day moving average is $208.01 and its two-hundred day moving average is $167.67. Zscaler, Inc. has a 52 week low of $114.63 and a 52 week high of $333.90. The company has a market cap of $32.23 billion, a PE ratio of -506.82, a P/E/G ratio of 18.79 and a beta of 0.82. The company has a quick ratio of 1.70, a current ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.65.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, September 3rd. The company reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.10. The company had revenue of $898.19 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $876.96 million. Zscaler had a positive return on equity of 1.23% and a negative net margin of 1.88%. The business’s revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.89 earnings per share. Zscaler has set its FY 2027 guidance at 4.860-4.900 EPS and its Q1 2027 guidance at 1.150-1.160 EPS. On average, analysts predict that Zscaler, Inc. will post 0.70 EPS for the current year.

Zscaler Company Profile

Zscaler, Inc is a cloud security company that provides services designed to help organizations protect users, applications, and data. Its platform, the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange, connects users and devices to applications while applying security controls, rather than relying on traditional network boundaries.

The company’s offerings include Zscaler Internet Access for securing internet and software-as-a-service traffic, and Zscaler Private Access for providing secure access to private applications.