Analysts Offer Predictions for Zscaler Q1 Earnings

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) – Investment analysts at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for shares of Zscaler in a report issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.01) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Zscaler’s current full-year earnings is ($0.10) per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Zscaler’s Q2 2026 earnings at $0.00 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS.

A number of other research analysts also recently commented on ZS. Mizuho lifted their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Wednesday, February 12th. Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $244.00 price target on shares of Zscaler in a report on Thursday, March 6th. BTIG Research set a $252.00 price objective on Zscaler and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Bank of America raised Zscaler from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and raised their price objective for the company from $215.00 to $240.00 in a research report on Friday, March 7th. Finally, Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Zscaler from $205.00 to $200.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $234.77.

Zscaler Stock Performance

ZS opened at $201.09 on Thursday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $200.50 and its 200 day simple moving average is $195.99. Zscaler has a 52-week low of $153.45 and a 52-week high of $217.84. The firm has a market capitalization of $31.11 billion, a PE ratio of -804.36 and a beta of 1.12.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, major shareholder Ajay Mangal sold 190,480 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, March 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.69, for a total value of $38,227,431.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 2,580,210 shares in the company, valued at approximately $517,822,344.90. The trade was a 6.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Andrew William Fraser Brown sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.00, for a total value of $2,060,000.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 27,216 shares in the company, valued at $5,606,496. This trade represents a 26.87 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 209,234 shares of company stock valued at $42,030,790. Company insiders own 18.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Zscaler

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. increased its position in Zscaler by 127.4% during the 4th quarter. Global X Japan Co. Ltd. now owns 141 shares of the company’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the period. Summit Securities Group LLC bought a new position in Zscaler in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. CVA Family Office LLC boosted its position in Zscaler by 120.3% during the 1st quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 152 shares of the company’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 83 shares in the last quarter. Colonial Trust Co SC purchased a new position in shares of Zscaler during the 4th quarter worth approximately $28,000. Finally, Stonebridge Financial Group LLC purchased a new position in shares of Zscaler in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Institutional investors own 46.45% of the company’s stock.

About Zscaler

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.