Kevin Rubin Sells 3,303 Shares of Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Stock

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) CFO Kevin Rubin sold 3,303 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $230.82, for a total value of $762,398.46. Following the sale, the chief financial officer owned 48,161 shares in the company, valued at $11,116,522.02. The trade was a 6.42% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink.

Zscaler Stock Performance

ZS opened at $231.09 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $36.85 billion, a P/E ratio of -888.77 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a quick ratio of 1.82, a current ratio of 1.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $286.74 and its 200-day moving average price is $289.66. Zscaler, Inc. has a 52-week low of $164.78 and a 52-week high of $336.99.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, November 25th. The company reported $0.96 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.85 by $0.11. Zscaler had a negative net margin of 1.45% and a negative return on equity of 0.12%. The company had revenue of $788.11 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $773.86 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $0.77 EPS. Zscaler’s revenue was up 25.5% compared to the same quarter last year. Zscaler has set its FY 2026 guidance at 3.780-3.820 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 0.890-0.900 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Zscaler, Inc. will post -0.1 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of ZS. Groupama Asset Managment grew its position in Zscaler by 76,352.6% during the third quarter. Groupama Asset Managment now owns 4,750,000 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,423,385,000 after buying an additional 4,743,787 shares during the period. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Zscaler during the 1st quarter worth about $516,622,000. Federated Hermes Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Zscaler by 314.0% during the 2nd quarter. Federated Hermes Inc. now owns 1,171,983 shares of the company’s stock worth $367,932,000 after acquiring an additional 888,888 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Zscaler by 8.3% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 10,715,132 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,363,909,000 after acquiring an additional 824,626 shares during the period. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Zscaler by 61.8% in the 3rd quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 1,941,571 shares of the company’s stock valued at $576,083,000 after purchasing an additional 741,756 shares in the last quarter. 46.45% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on ZS. Weiss Ratings reissued a “sell (d-)” rating on shares of Zscaler in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Guggenheim reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Wednesday, September 3rd. B. Riley assumed coverage on Zscaler in a research note on Tuesday, August 26th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $275.00 price objective for the company. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Zscaler from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Macquarie assumed coverage on shares of Zscaler in a report on Friday, October 31st. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $390.00 price target on the stock. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have given a Buy rating, eight have issued a Hold rating and one has assigned a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $322.66.

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.