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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

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

Zscaler has a beta of 1.05, suggesting that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CrowdStrike has a beta of 1.12, suggesting that its share price is 12% more volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CrowdStrike had 65 more articles in the media than Zscaler. MarketBeat recorded 97 mentions for CrowdStrike and 32 mentions for Zscaler. CrowdStrike's average media sentiment score of 1.08 beat Zscaler's score of 0.96 indicating that CrowdStrike is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zscaler
22 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
CrowdStrike
55 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
23 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
2 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Zscaler presently has a consensus price target of $307.00, indicating a potential upside of 9.85%. CrowdStrike has a consensus price target of $465.60, indicating a potential upside of 4.51%. Given Zscaler's stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Zscaler is more favorable than CrowdStrike.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zscaler
1 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
29 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.79
CrowdStrike
0 Sell rating(s)
19 Hold rating(s)
24 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.59

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
Zscaler$2.67B16.55-$41.48M-$0.27-1,035.04
CrowdStrike$3.95B28.28-$19.27M-$1.19-374.37

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
Zscaler-1.55% -0.47% -0.15%
CrowdStrike -6.84%-1.53%-0.61%

46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.2% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Zscaler shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of CrowdStrike shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Zscaler and CrowdStrike 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$44.63B$43.04B$31.97B$10.30B
Dividend YieldN/AN/A3.18%4.62%
P/E Ratio-1,035.0463.28451.3026.52
Price / Sales16.5513.501,798.7287.93
Price / Cash163.85193.4537.2960.63
Price / Book24.5816.097.456.31
Net Income-$41.48M$338.81M$809.77M$271.37M
7 Day Performance-2.51%-0.17%2.05%0.57%
1 Month Performance0.88%4.36%6.35%6.20%
1 Year Performance65.83%25.76%24,197.91%28.33%

Zscaler Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZS
Zscaler
4.224 of 5 stars
$286.19
+2.4%
$307.00
+7.3%
+64.1%$44.93B$2.67B-1,051.247,923Insider Trade
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.2574 of 5 stars
$427.51
+2.4%
$460.10
+7.6%
+65.8%$107.21B$3.95B-358.9910,118Trending News
Analyst Forecast
CYBR
CyberArk Software
1.6265 of 5 stars
$468.43
+1.2%
$435.11
-7.1%
+75.9%$23.14B$1.00B-138.921,205Positive News
Short Interest ↑
DDOG
Datadog
4.5914 of 5 stars
$136.07
0.0%
$153.10
+12.5%
+19.9%$47.50B$2.68B389.186,500Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
4.2522 of 5 stars
$197.14
+1.4%
$211.68
+7.4%
+20.2%$131.66B$9.22B122.6316,068Positive News
Analyst Forecast
HUBS
HubSpot
4.7572 of 5 stars
$498.54
+2.3%
$722.93
+45.0%
+3.2%$26.27B$2.63B-2,167.988,246Positive News
NET
Cloudflare
3.8387 of 5 stars
$218.22
+1.8%
$191.28
-12.3%
+170.2%$76.23B$1.67B-643.364,263Positive News
NOW
ServiceNow
4.761 of 5 stars
$939.90
+2.9%
$1,115.20
+18.7%
+7.2%$195.77B$10.98B118.5426,293Trending News
NTES
NetEase
4.3825 of 5 stars
$143.61
+7.0%
$128.78
-10.3%
+106.9%$90.92B$14.43B19.4226,028Positive News
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
RBLX
Roblox
2.6652 of 5 stars
$129.03
+1.1%
$121.96
-5.5%
+196.1%$83.19B$3.60B-90.182,474Positive News
SNOW
Snowflake
4.4274 of 5 stars
$226.74
+0.5%
$255.53
+12.7%
+95.3%$75.84B$3.63B-54.747,834Trending News
Insider Trade
Short Interest ↑

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This page (NASDAQ:ZS) was last updated on 9/18/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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