Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Posts Earnings Results

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by ($0.75), Zacks reports. Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 0.75% and a negative net margin of 1.58%. 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 Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:ZS traded up $2.63 during trading hours on Wednesday, reaching $196.45. The stock had a trading volume of 3,446,521 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,867,909. Zscaler has a 1 year low of $153.45 and a 1 year high of $217.84. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $195.83 and its 200-day moving average is $191.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $30.14 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -785.80 and a beta of 0.89.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have issued reports on ZS. KeyCorp raised their price target on shares of Zscaler from $245.00 to $250.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $190.00 price objective on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Wednesday. Wells Fargo & Company increased their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $180.00 to $190.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 4th. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note 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’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $226.94.

Insider Activity

In other news, CFO Remo Canessa sold 3,703 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $741,784.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 220,635 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $44,197,603.20. This represents a 1.65 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry sold 2,863 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total value of $573,516.16. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 358,569 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $71,828,542.08. This represents a 0.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 10,248 shares of company stock worth $2,052,879. 18.10% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.