World Investment Advisors Makes New Investment in Zscaler, Inc. $ZS

World Investment Advisors purchased a new stake in Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 1,302 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $409,000.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Parcion Private Wealth LLC lifted its holdings in Zscaler by 3.3% during the second quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,200 shares of the company’s stock worth $377,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Zscaler by 1.8% during the second quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC now owns 2,436 shares of the company’s stock worth $765,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the period. Tlwm raised its position in shares of Zscaler by 1.0% during the second quarter. Tlwm now owns 4,649 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,460,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Exane Asset Management lifted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 185.7% during the 2nd quarter. Exane Asset Management now owns 100 shares of the company’s stock valued at $31,000 after purchasing an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Cerity Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Zscaler by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 22,928 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,549,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 46.45% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Zscaler news, insider Robert Schlossman sold 7,006 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, October 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $305.57, for a total transaction of $2,140,823.42. Following the transaction, the insider owned 76,132 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $23,263,655.24. The trade was a 8.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Raj Judge sold 4,524 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $280.70, for a total value of $1,269,886.80. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 73,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,724,642.40. The trade was a 5.77% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 43,084 shares of company stock valued at $12,446,825 in the last ninety days. 18.10% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently issued reports on the company. Wall Street Zen cut Zscaler from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Saturday, October 18th. Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating and set a $350.00 price objective on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $295.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $340.00 price objective on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $330.00 target price on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $310.14.

Zscaler Stock Up 1.5%

Zscaler stock opened at $336.27 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.95. Zscaler, Inc. has a 1-year low of $164.78 and a 1-year high of $336.99. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $297.08 and a 200 day simple moving average of $281.84. The company has a market cap of $53.23 billion, a P/E ratio of -1,245.44 and a beta of 1.06.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 2nd. The company reported $0.89 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.09. The firm had revenue of $719.23 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $707.15 million. Zscaler had a negative net margin of 1.55% and a negative return on equity of 0.47%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $0.88 EPS. Zscaler has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.640-3.680 EPS. Q1 2026 guidance at 0.850-0.860 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Zscaler, Inc. will post -0.1 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Zscaler Company Profile

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.