Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC Acquires 1,738 Shares of Zscaler, Inc. $ZS

Key Points

• Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC increased its stake in Zscaler, Inc. by 14.9%, acquiring an additional 1,738 shares, bringing its total holdings to 13,424 shares valued at approximately $4.21 million.
• Company insiders, including EVP Raj Judge and CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry, sold 39,884 shares of Zscaler stock worth over $11 million during the last quarter.
• Zscaler's shares are currently down 3.6%, with recent earnings showing a 21.3% increase in revenue year-over-year, and the company reported an EPS of $0.89, beating estimates by $0.09.

Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS - Free Report) by 14.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 13,424 shares of the company's stock after acquiring an additional 1,738 shares during the period. Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management LLC's holdings in Zscaler were worth $4,215,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Parisi Gray Wealth Management bought a new position in Zscaler during the second quarter valued at approximately $801,000. GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 43.1% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 641 shares of the company's stock valued at $127,000 after buying an additional 193 shares during the period. Howe & Rusling Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 17.1% during the 1st quarter. Howe & Rusling Inc. now owns 24,672 shares of the company's stock valued at $4,895,000 after buying an additional 3,611 shares during the period. Focus Partners Wealth lifted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 2.5% during the 1st quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 62,083 shares of the company's stock valued at $12,319,000 after buying an additional 1,517 shares during the period. Finally, Allworth Financial LP lifted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 47.4% during the 1st quarter. Allworth Financial LP now owns 1,002 shares of the company's stock valued at $211,000 after buying an additional 322 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 46.45% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Zscaler news, EVP Raj Judge sold 4,524 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were 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 in the company, valued at approximately $20,724,642.40. The trade was a 5.77% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry sold 2,865 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $280.70, for a total transaction of $804,205.50. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 350,700 shares in the company, valued at approximately $98,441,490. This represents a 0.81% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 39,884 shares of company stock worth $11,406,825 over the last quarter. Company insiders own 18.10% of the company's stock.

Zscaler Stock Down 3.6%

Shares of ZS stock opened at $301.80 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 2.01. The company's fifty day moving average price is $285.21 and its 200-day moving average price is $268.76. The company has a market capitalization of $47.77 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1,117.78 and a beta of 1.06. Zscaler, Inc. has a one year low of $164.78 and a one year high of $319.89.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 2nd. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.09. The business had revenue of $719.23 million for 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%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm 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. Sell-side analysts expect that Zscaler, Inc. will post -0.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on ZS shares. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on Zscaler from $335.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, October 2nd. UBS Group lowered their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $365.00 to $350.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. B. Riley started coverage on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $275.00 price objective on the stock. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Zscaler from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Scotiabank decreased their price target on shares of Zscaler from $360.00 to $334.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, eight have given a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Zscaler currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $307.43.

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.

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