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Zscaler (ZS) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$197.31 -0.16 (-0.08%)
Closing price 09/18/2026 04:00 PM Eastern
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$197.32 +0.01 (+0.01%)
As of 09/18/2026 07:59 PM Eastern
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About Zscaler Stock (NASDAQ:ZS)

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Key Stats

Today's Range
$192.65
$199.76
50-Day Range
$139.70
$197.47
52-Week Range
$114.63
$336.99
Volume
4.86 million shs
Average Volume
3.36 million shs
Market Capitalization
$32.17 billion
P/E Ratio
N/A
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$218.38
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy

Company Overview

Zscaler, Inc. is a cloud-native cybersecurity company that provides security services designed to help organizations connect users, devices, applications and workloads securely over the internet. Its platform is built around a zero-trust security model, which verifies access based on identity, context and policy rather than relying primarily on a traditional corporate network perimeter.

The company’s offerings include Zscaler Internet Access, which secures access to internet and software-as-a-service applications, and Zscaler Private Access, which provides secure, policy-based access to private applications without requiring conventional virtual private networks. Zscaler also offers products for digital experience monitoring, cloud security, data protection, threat prevention and secure access service edge and zero-trust architecture deployments.

Founded in 2007 by Jay Chaudhry, Zscaler is headquartered in San Jose, California, and serves enterprises, government organizations and other institutions worldwide. Chaudhry is the company’s co-founder, chairman and chief executive officer. Its cloud-delivered services are intended to support organizations with distributed workforces, branch offices and applications hosted across data centers and public cloud environments.

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Zscaler Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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77th Percentile Overall Score

ZS MarketRank™: 

Zscaler scored higher than 77% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 192nd out of 596 stocks in the technology sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Zscaler has received a consensus rating of Moderate Buy. The company's average rating score is 2.76, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 34 buy ratings, 6 hold ratings, and 2 sell ratings.

  • Upside Potential

    Zscaler has a consensus price target of $218.38, representing about 10.7% upside from its current price of $197.31.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Zscaler has been the subject of 28 research reports in the past 90 days, demonstrating strong analyst interest in this stock.

  • Read more about Zscaler's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Zscaler are expected to grow by 36.07% in the coming year, from $0.61 to $0.83 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Zscaler is -505.92, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Zscaler is -505.92, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Zscaler has a PEG Ratio of 23.74. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Zscaler has a P/B Ratio of 12.38. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Zscaler's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    4.71% of the float of Zscaler has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Zscaler has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.92, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Zscaler has recently increased by 1.98%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing.
  • Dividend Yield

    Zscaler does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Zscaler does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • News Sentiment

    Zscaler has a news sentiment score of 0.74. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.58 average news sentiment score of Technology companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 38 news articles for Zscaler this week, compared to 10 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    83 people have searched for ZS on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 93% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    31 people have added Zscaler to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 210% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Zscaler insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $5,033,100.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    17.20% of the stock of Zscaler is held by insiders. A high percentage of insider ownership can be a sign of company health.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    46.45% of the stock of Zscaler is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Zscaler's insider trading history.
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ZS Stock News Headlines

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Director Sells $33,985.77 in Stock
Zscaler CEO Jay Chaudhry Sells 2,852 Shares for $550,000
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Adam Geller Sells 5,578 Shares of Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Stock
Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Director James Beer Sells 177 Shares
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Palo Alto vs. Zscaler: Which Cybersecurity Stock Looks Stronger After Earnings? (ZS)
Palo Alto Networks and Zscaler both beat earnings estimates this week, but Palo Alto showed faster growth and stronger free cash flow, giving it the edge over its cybersecurity rival.
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Zscaler’s Strong Quarter Still Left Investors Waiting on 1 Key Signal
Zscaler's fiscal Q4 2026 results beat estimates with 24.9% revenue growth and wider margins, while analysts raised price targets despite lingering sales leadership transition concerns.
Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) CFO Sells $87,210.14 in Stock
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ZS Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Zscaler's stock was trading at $224.92 at the start of the year. Since then, ZS shares have decreased by 12.3% and is now trading at $197.31.

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) posted its earnings results on Thursday, September, 3rd. The company reported $1.19 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.10. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 24.9% compared to the same quarter last year.
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Zscaler (ZS) raised $168 million in an initial public offering on Friday, March 16th 2018. The company issued 12,000,000 shares at $13.00-$15.00 per share. Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs acted as the underwriters for the IPO and BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Deutsche, Credit Suisse, UBS Securities, Baird, BTIG and Needham, Stephens were co-managers.

Zscaler's top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.12%), UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC (1.07%), Amundi (0.70%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (0.68%). Insiders that own company stock include Ajay Mangal, Jagtar Singh Chaudhry, Dali Rajic, Remo Canessa, Syam Nair, Michael J Rich, Raj Judge, Robert Schlossman, Scott C Darling, Kevin Rubin, Karen Blasing, Adam Geller, Amit Sinha, Andrew William Fraser Brown and James A Beer.
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Shares of ZS stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Zscaler investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Tesla (TSLA), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Broadcom (AVGO) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
9/03/2026
Today
9/20/2026
Investor Day 2026
10/06/2026
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/24/2026
Fiscal Year End
7/31/2027

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Industry
Software
Sub-Industry
Systems Software
Current Symbol
NASDAQ:ZS
CIK
1713683
Fax
N/A
Employees
8,700
Year Founded
2007

Price Target and Rating

High Price Target
$390.00
Low Price Target
$150.00
Potential Upside/Downside
+10.7%
Consensus Rating
Moderate Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
2.76
Research Coverage
42 Analysts

Profitability

EPS (Trailing Twelve Months)
($0.39)
Trailing P/E Ratio
N/A
Forward P/E Ratio
323.46
P/E Growth
23.74
Net Income
-$63.18 million
Net Margins
-1.88%
Pretax Margin
-0.51%
Return on Equity
1.23%
Return on Assets
0.40%

Debt

Debt-to-Equity Ratio
0.65
Current Ratio
1.70
Quick Ratio
1.70

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$3.35 billion
Price / Sales
9.60
Cash Flow
$2.72 per share
Price / Cash Flow
72.59
Book Value
$15.94 per share
Price / Book
12.38

Miscellaneous

Outstanding Shares
163,050,000
Free Float
135,010,000
Market Cap
$32.17 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.95

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This page (NASDAQ:ZS) was last updated on 9/20/2026 by MarketBeat.com Staff.
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