Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided EPS guidance of 0.680-0.690 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 0.680. The company issued revenue guidance of $633.0 million-$635.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $633.1 million. Zscaler also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.940-2.990 EPS.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently commented on ZS shares. Piper Sandler reduced their price target on Zscaler from $255.00 to $215.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Zscaler from $202.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a report on Monday, August 26th. Bank of America downgraded Zscaler from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and cut their price target for the company from $265.00 to $195.00 in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. BTIG Research upped their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $205.00 to $238.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 27th. Finally, Oppenheimer dropped their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $260.00 to $230.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. Ten research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have issued a buy rating and one has assigned a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Zscaler presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $221.13.

Zscaler Stock Performance

Shares of Zscaler stock traded up $1.92 during trading on Monday, reaching $208.51. 5,205,942 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 2,018,687. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $190.12 and its 200 day moving average price is $184.80. The company has a market cap of $31.99 billion, a P/E ratio of -516.46 and a beta of 0.82. Zscaler has a 1-year low of $153.45 and a 1-year high of $259.61.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last posted its earnings results on Monday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.63 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $628.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $605.51 million. Zscaler had a negative net margin of 2.66% and a negative return on equity of 3.46%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned ($0.18) earnings per share. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Zscaler will post -0.95 EPS for the current year.

Insider Transactions at Zscaler

In related news, Director Andrew William Fraser Brown sold 8,000 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $174.10, for a total value of $1,392,800.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 25,907 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,510,408.70. The trade was a 23.59 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry sold 2,852 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $171.28, for a total transaction of $488,490.56. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 361,432 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $61,906,072.96. This represents a 0.78 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 30,502 shares of company stock worth $5,256,651. Corporate 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.