Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. Invests $287,000 in Zscaler, Inc. $ZS

Key Points

• Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. invested approximately $287,000 in Zscaler, Inc., acquiring 935 shares during the second quarter.
• Zscaler has received multiple upgrades from analysts, with price targets raised to as high as $350.00 and an average consensus rating of "Moderate Buy."
• Insider trading activity included sales by CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry and other insiders, totaling $11.4 million worth of shares over the past 90 days.

Yeomans Consulting Group Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS - Free Report) during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm bought 935 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $287,000.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Family CFO Inc purchased a new position in Zscaler during the second quarter valued at $47,000. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. increased its stake in shares of Zscaler by 9.1% during the second quarter. Mirae Asset Global Investments Co. Ltd. now owns 53,728 shares of the company's stock worth $16,867,000 after purchasing an additional 4,496 shares in the last quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG raised its position in shares of Zscaler by 2.5% during the 2nd quarter. J. Safra Sarasin Holding AG now owns 25,228 shares of the company's stock worth $7,920,000 after purchasing an additional 623 shares during the last quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. lifted its stake in Zscaler by 63.9% in the 2nd quarter. ASR Vermogensbeheer N.V. now owns 5,469 shares of the company's stock valued at $1,717,000 after buying an additional 2,133 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. lifted its stake in Zscaler by 421.9% in the 2nd quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 323,351 shares of the company's stock valued at $101,513,000 after buying an additional 261,390 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 46.45% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

ZS has been the subject of several research reports. Evercore ISI boosted their price objective on Zscaler from $290.00 to $320.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on Zscaler from $290.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, June 6th. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $350.00 price target on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. B. Riley started coverage on Zscaler in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. They issued a "neutral" rating and a $275.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Wall Street Zen raised shares of Zscaler from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note on Sunday, September 7th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating, seven have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Zscaler has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $307.43.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry sold 2,865 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $280.70, for a total transaction of $804,205.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 350,700 shares in the company, valued at approximately $98,441,490. This represents a 0.81% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Adam Geller sold 11,193 shares of the firm'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 sale, the insider directly owned 53,942 shares of the company's stock, valued at $15,141,519.40. The trade was a 17.18% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 39,884 shares of company stock worth $11,406,825. Company insiders own 18.10% of the company's stock.

Zscaler Stock Performance

Zscaler stock opened at $307.58 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $281.80 and a 200-day simple moving average of $262.84. Zscaler, Inc. has a 1-year low of $164.78 and a 1-year high of $318.46. 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 stock has a market cap of $48.69 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -1,139.19 and a beta of 1.06.

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

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.

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