Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) Given Average Rating of “Moderate Buy” by Analysts

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) has earned an average recommendation of “Moderate Buy” from the thirty-eight ratings firms that are currently covering the stock, Marketbeat reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating, twenty-nine have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating on the company. The average twelve-month price objective among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $307.00.

Several research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Roth Capital reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Wednesday, May 28th. Morgan Stanley upgraded Zscaler from an “equal weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and boosted their price objective for the company from $280.00 to $320.00 in a research report on Tuesday, September 2nd. Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $330.00 price objective on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on Zscaler from $348.00 to $351.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Bank of America boosted their price objective on Zscaler from $285.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, June 9th.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Raj Judge sold 4,524 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.70, for a total value of $1,269,886.80. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 73,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,724,642.40. The trade was a 5.77% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider Adam Geller sold 10,464 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $284.25, for a total value of $2,974,392.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 43,478 shares in the company, valued at $12,358,621.50. This represents a 19.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 32,878 shares of company stock valued at $9,266,002 over the last ninety days. 18.10% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Trading of Zscaler

A number of institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in ZS. Parcion Private Wealth LLC lifted its position in Zscaler by 3.3% in the second quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $377,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the period. Secure Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 1.8% in the second quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC now owns 2,436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $765,000 after buying an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Tlwm lifted its position in shares of Zscaler by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Tlwm now owns 4,649 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,460,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the last quarter. Sepio Capital LP lifted its position in shares of Zscaler by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Sepio Capital LP now owns 8,209 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,577,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Zscaler by 7.5% during the 2nd quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 648 shares of the company’s stock valued at $204,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. 46.45% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Zscaler Stock Down 1.7%

Shares of ZS stock opened at $284.42 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $280.34 and a 200 day moving average of $258.65. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95. The stock has a market cap of $45.02 billion, a P/E ratio of -1,053.41 and a beta of 1.05. Zscaler has a twelve month low of $164.78 and a twelve month high of $318.46.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 2nd. The company reported $0.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.09. The company had revenue of $719.23 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $707.15 million. Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 0.47% and a negative net margin of 1.55%.Zscaler’s quarterly revenue was up 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.88 earnings per share. Zscaler has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.640-3.680 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 0.850-0.860 EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Zscaler will post -0.1 EPS for the current year.

Zscaler Company Profile

Zscaler, Inc operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company offers Zscaler Internet Access solution that provides users, workloads, IoT, and OT devices secure access to externally managed applications, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and internet destinations; and Zscaler Private Access solution, which is designed to provide access to managed applications hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds.