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ZS vs. CRWD, CYBR, DDOG, PANW, HUBS, NET, NOW, NTES, RBLX, and SNOW

Should you be buying Zscaler stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zscaler include CrowdStrike (CRWD), CyberArk Software (CYBR), Datadog (DDOG), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), HubSpot (HUBS), Cloudflare (NET), ServiceNow (NOW), NetEase (NTES), Roblox (RBLX), and Snowflake (SNOW).

Zscaler vs. Its Competitors

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior business? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their risk, dividends, profitability, media sentiment, valuation, institutional ownership, earnings and analyst recommendations.

Zscaler has a net margin of -1.55% compared to CrowdStrike's net margin of -6.84%. Zscaler's return on equity of -0.47% beat CrowdStrike's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
CrowdStrike-6.84% -1.53% -0.61%
Zscaler -1.55%-0.47%-0.15%

CrowdStrike currently has a consensus target price of $491.81, indicating a potential downside of 2.28%. Zscaler has a consensus target price of $307.43, indicating a potential downside of 0.42%. Given Zscaler's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Zscaler is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
CrowdStrike
2 Sell rating(s)
17 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.58
Zscaler
1 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
29 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.77

CrowdStrike has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than CrowdStrike, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
CrowdStrike$3.95B31.95-$19.27M-$1.19-422.94
Zscaler$2.67B18.28-$41.48M-$0.27-1,143.48

CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.19, suggesting that its stock price is 19% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 1.06, suggesting that its stock price is 6% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 36 more articles in the media than Zscaler. MarketBeat recorded 67 mentions for CrowdStrike and 31 mentions for Zscaler. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.41 beat Zscaler's score of 1.17 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
CrowdStrike
53 Very Positive mention(s)
6 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zscaler
20 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
7 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 18.1% of Zscaler shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Summary

CrowdStrike and Zscaler tied by winning 8 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZS vs. The Competition

MetricZscalerSecurity IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$48.87B$46.82B$32.95B$10.63B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.16%4.74%
P/E Ratio-1,143.4866.08502.1827.24
Price / Sales18.2814.491,872.83138.72
Price / Cash177.38205.8237.8861.77
Price / Book27.1517.797.696.75
Net Income-$41.48M$338.81M$819.01M$276.53M
7 Day Performance1.38%2.13%2.53%3.39%
1 Month Performance9.64%5.69%10.31%9.84%
1 Year Performance74.50%27.81%24,048.21%35.49%

Zscaler Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZS
Zscaler
3.5601 of 5 stars
$308.16
+5.3%
$307.43
-0.2%
+70.1%$48.70B$2.67B-1,139.467,923Positive News
Analyst Forecast
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.4452 of 5 stars
$488.52
+1.5%
$483.79
-1.0%
+68.9%$122.72B$3.95B-410.9110,118Analyst Forecast
CYBR
CyberArk Software
2.3088 of 5 stars
$483.92
+0.7%
$439.00
-9.3%
+80.8%$23.98B$1.00B-143.931,205Positive News
DDOG
Datadog
4.1271 of 5 stars
$145.31
+4.5%
$153.41
+5.6%
+26.3%$50.70B$2.68B415.356,500Analyst Forecast
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.1607 of 5 stars
$203.94
+0.8%
$214.64
+5.2%
+24.9%$136.68B$9.22B127.3116,068Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
HUBS
HubSpot
4.705 of 5 stars
$520.98
+0.6%
$722.93
+38.8%
-13.6%$27.49B$2.63B-2,268.418,246Positive News
NET
Cloudflare
3.7825 of 5 stars
$218.55
+1.0%
$191.28
-12.5%
+170.5%$76.14B$1.67B-642.634,263
NOW
ServiceNow
4.9664 of 5 stars
$940.39
+0.5%
$1,122.20
+19.3%
-0.1%$195.51B$10.98B118.3826,293Positive News
Analyst Forecast
NTES
NetEase
3.9495 of 5 stars
$151.24
+2.4%
$132.00
-12.7%
+50.3%$95.60B$14.43B20.4226,028Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Gap Up
RBLX
Roblox
2.4993 of 5 stars
$141.61
+4.9%
$126.24
-10.9%
+201.7%$91.18B$3.60B-98.862,474Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Gap Up
SNOW
Snowflake
4.0214 of 5 stars
$225.76
+0.5%
$255.53
+13.2%
+106.8%$76.45B$3.63B-54.387,834Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:ZS) was last updated on 10/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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