Capital One Financial Comments on Zscaler Q1 Earnings

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) – Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2026 earnings estimates for shares of Zscaler in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy expects that the company will post earnings of ($0.01) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Zscaler’s current full-year earnings is ($0.10) per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Zscaler’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.00 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS.

ZS has been the topic of a number of other reports. The Goldman Sachs Group set a $207.00 target price on Zscaler and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. BTIG Research set a $252.00 price objective on Zscaler and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, March 6th. Mizuho upped their target price on Zscaler from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 12th. Scotiabank reissued a “sector outperform” rating and issued a $242.00 price target (up previously from $225.00) on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada upped their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $230.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Eight research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $234.77.

Zscaler Stock Performance

ZS stock opened at $201.09 on Thursday. Zscaler has a one year low of $153.45 and a one year high of $217.84. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $200.34 and its 200 day moving average is $196.23. The firm has a market cap of $31.11 billion, a PE ratio of -804.36 and a beta of 1.12.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Zscaler

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC raised its stake in shares of Zscaler by 29.8% during the 4th quarter. Zweig DiMenna Associates LLC now owns 77,941 shares of the company’s stock worth $14,061,000 after buying an additional 17,900 shares in the last quarter. Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted its holdings in Zscaler by 30.3% during the fourth quarter. Baader Bank Aktiengesellschaft now owns 8,400 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,515,000 after buying an additional 1,952 shares in the last quarter. Everence Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Zscaler during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $565,000. SYM FINANCIAL Corp purchased a new position in Zscaler in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $303,000. Finally, Merit Financial Group LLC purchased a new stake in Zscaler during the fourth quarter worth $787,000. 46.45% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Zscaler

In related news, major shareholder Ajay Mangal sold 190,480 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.69, for a total transaction of $38,227,431.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 2,580,210 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $517,822,344.90. The trade was a 6.87 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director Andrew William Fraser Brown sold 10,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $206.00, for a total value of $2,060,000.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 27,216 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,606,496. This trade represents a 26.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 209,234 shares of company stock worth $42,030,790 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 18.10% of the company’s stock.

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.