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ZS vs. SHOP, APP, CRWD, NTES, CRWV, INFY, SNOW, RBLX, NET, and TEAM

Should you be buying Zscaler stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zscaler include Shopify (SHOP), AppLovin (APP), CrowdStrike (CRWD), NetEase (NTES), CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock (CRWV), Infosys (INFY), Snowflake (SNOW), Roblox (RBLX), Cloudflare (NET), and Atlassian (TEAM). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Zscaler vs. Its Competitors

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

In the previous week, Shopify had 3 more articles in the media than Zscaler. MarketBeat recorded 48 mentions for Shopify and 45 mentions for Zscaler. Zscaler's average media sentiment score of 0.96 beat Shopify's score of 0.93 indicating that Zscaler is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Shopify
29 Very Positive mention(s)
8 Positive mention(s)
6 Neutral mention(s)
2 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zscaler
23 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Shopify$9.38B14.54$2.02B$1.2385.64
Zscaler$2.55B18.46-$57.71M-$0.26-1,161.35

Shopify has a net margin of 22.74% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -1.58%. Shopify's return on equity of 12.00% beat Zscaler's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Shopify22.74% 12.00% 9.79%
Zscaler -1.58%-0.75%-0.20%

69.3% of Shopify shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are held by institutional investors. 18.1% of Zscaler shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Shopify has a beta of 2.63, indicating that its share price is 163% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 1.09, indicating that its share price is 9% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Shopify currently has a consensus price target of $115.39, indicating a potential upside of 9.55%. Zscaler has a consensus price target of $292.38, indicating a potential downside of 3.17%. Given Shopify's higher probable upside, research analysts clearly believe Shopify is more favorable than Zscaler.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Shopify
1 Sell rating(s)
14 Hold rating(s)
26 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67
Zscaler
0 Sell rating(s)
8 Hold rating(s)
28 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.81

Shopify received 869 more outperform votes than Zscaler when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.28% of users gave Shopify an outperform vote while only 61.69% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ShopifyOutperform Votes
1431
66.28%
Underperform Votes
728
33.72%
ZscalerOutperform Votes
562
61.69%
Underperform Votes
349
38.31%

Summary

Shopify beats Zscaler on 14 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NASDAQ and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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ZS vs. The Competition

MetricZscalerCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$47.01B$7.69B$25.90B$8.50B
Dividend YieldN/A2.89%2.85%4.17%
P/E Ratio-1,207.80100.5044.3919.64
Price / Sales18.4613.111,695.16152.17
Price / Cash141.2823.7734.7434.64
Price / Book36.125.356.824.60
Net Income-$57.71M$204.55M$741.34M$248.06M
7 Day Performance-0.36%0.46%-0.37%-1.03%
1 Month Performance23.24%0.32%1.48%3.50%
1 Year Performance66.78%44.18%52,519.86%12.68%

Zscaler Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZS
Zscaler
3.9069 of 5 stars
$301.95
+0.2%
$292.38
-3.2%
+59.6%$47.01B$2.55B-1,207.804,980Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
SHOP
Shopify
3.7325 of 5 stars
$109.37
-1.8%
$115.11
+5.2%
+66.8%$141.64B$9.38B70.5811,600Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Options Volume
Gap Down
APP
AppLovin
3.3845 of 5 stars
$387.00
-7.4%
$438.10
+13.2%
+397.2%$130.93B$5.14B85.231,710Trending News
Gap Down
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.3358 of 5 stars
$465.44
-0.6%
$450.43
-3.2%
+24.4%$115.23B$4.14B911.574,960Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
NTES
NetEase
3.9303 of 5 stars
$130.34
+2.6%
$119.38
-8.4%
+42.9%$82.58B$107.27B20.4632,100Positive News
CRWV
CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock
N/A$160.40
+14.4%
$65.00
-59.5%
N/A$76.99B$2.71B0.00881Trending News
Analyst Forecast
Gap Up
INFY
Infosys
2.8021 of 5 stars
$18.33
+0.7%
$17.48
-4.6%
+4.0%$75.89B$19.28B23.18339,500
SNOW
Snowflake
3.8296 of 5 stars
$211.16
+0.2%
$222.81
+5.5%
+61.8%$70.46B$3.84B-62.263,990Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
RBLX
Roblox
2.4312 of 5 stars
$93.64
-2.3%
$74.91
-20.0%
+163.6%$63.55B$3.84B-64.612,130Analyst Forecast
NET
Cloudflare
3.6639 of 5 stars
$179.29
-0.2%
$145.92
-18.6%
+126.3%$62.12B$1.77B-814.653,220Trending News
Analyst Revision
TEAM
Atlassian
4.8783 of 5 stars
$217.27
+1.3%
$285.29
+31.3%
+22.4%$56.81B$4.96B-161.498,810Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
Analyst Revision

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This page (NASDAQ:ZS) was last updated on 6/13/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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