Vontobel Holding Ltd. Acquires 4,188 Shares of Zscaler, Inc. $ZS

Key Points

• Vontobel Holding Ltd. increased its stake in Zscaler, Inc. by 4.4%, acquiring an additional 4,188 shares during the second quarter, bringing their total holdings to 98,944 shares valued at approximately $31 million.
• Insiders, including Adam Geller and Robert Schlossman, sold a total of 39,884 shares of Zscaler stock in recent months, reflecting a decrease in their ownership of the company.
• Zscaler reported strong quarterly earnings with a 21.3% year-over-year revenue growth of $719.23 million, beating analyst expectations and forecasting future earnings guidance of $3.640-3.680 EPS for FY 2026.

Vontobel Holding Ltd. raised its holdings in Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS - Free Report) by 4.4% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 98,944 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 4,188 shares during the quarter. Vontobel Holding Ltd. owned approximately 0.06% of Zscaler worth $31,062,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of ZS. ORG Partners LLC raised its position in Zscaler by 284.8% in the 1st quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 127 shares of the company's stock valued at $26,000 after purchasing an additional 94 shares during the last quarter. SVB Wealth LLC bought a new position in Zscaler in the 1st quarter valued at $26,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC bought a new position in Zscaler in the 1st quarter valued at $29,000. N.E.W. Advisory Services LLC bought a new position in Zscaler in the 1st quarter valued at $29,000. Finally, CVA Family Office LLC raised its position in shares of Zscaler by 120.3% during the first quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 152 shares of the company's stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 46.45% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Zscaler news, insider Adam Geller sold 11,193 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.70, for a total value of $3,141,875.10. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 53,942 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $15,141,519.40. The trade was a 17.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Robert Schlossman sold 7,006 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, October 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $305.57, for a total value of $2,140,823.42. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 76,132 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $23,263,655.24. The trade was a 8.43% 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 valued at $11,406,825 in the last three months. Insiders own 18.10% of the company's stock.

Zscaler Trading Up 0.4%

NASDAQ ZS opened at $315.21 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $283.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $266.35. The company has a market capitalization of $49.90 billion, a PE ratio of -1,167.44 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95. Zscaler, Inc. has a 12 month low of $164.78 and a 12 month high of $318.46.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, September 2nd. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.80 by $0.09. Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 0.47% and a negative net margin of 1.55%.The business had revenue of $719.23 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $707.15 million. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.88 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. Zscaler has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.640-3.680 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 0.850-0.860 EPS. Research analysts forecast that Zscaler, Inc. will post -0.1 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

ZS has been the topic of several research reports. Zacks Research raised Zscaler from a "strong sell" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Thursday, October 2nd. Barclays upped their price target on Zscaler from $300.00 to $320.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Wedbush reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $330.00 price target on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. KeyCorp upped their price target on Zscaler from $345.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company raised Zscaler from an "equal weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their price target for the company from $260.00 to $385.00 in a research note on Friday, June 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $307.43.

Zscaler 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.

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