Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Announces Earnings Results

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by ($0.75), Zacks reports. Zscaler had a negative net margin of 1.58% and a negative return on equity of 0.75%. Zscaler updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.760 EPS and its FY 2025 guidance to 3.040-3.090 EPS.

Zscaler Stock Up 1.4 %

NASDAQ ZS traded up $2.63 on Wednesday, reaching $196.45. 3,459,433 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,867,949. Zscaler has a 12 month low of $153.45 and a 12 month high of $217.84. The company has a market cap of $30.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -785.80 and a beta of 0.89. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $195.83 and its 200 day simple moving average is $191.54.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on ZS. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Zscaler in a report on Wednesday. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald raised shares of Zscaler to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, November 18th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Zscaler from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $197.00 to $222.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-three have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $226.94.

Insider Transactions at Zscaler

In related news, CFO Remo Canessa sold 3,703 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $741,784.96. Following the completion of the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 220,635 shares in the company, valued at approximately $44,197,603.20. This trade represents a 1.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, insider Syam Nair sold 3,682 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $737,578.24. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 142,866 shares in the company, valued at approximately $28,618,917.12. This trade represents a 2.51 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 10,248 shares of company stock valued at $2,052,879. Corporate insiders own 18.10% of the company’s stock.

About Zscaler

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.