Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Issues FY 2025 Earnings Guidance

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) issued an update on its FY 2025 earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.040-3.090 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 3.570. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.6 billion-$2.7 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $3.2 billion. Zscaler also updated its Q3 2025 guidance to 0.750-0.760 EPS.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on ZS. Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $230.00 target price on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Loop Capital dropped their price target on Zscaler from $200.00 to $195.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Guggenheim reissued a “neutral” rating on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Needham & Company LLC reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $240.00 target price on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on Zscaler from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 3rd. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-three have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Zscaler currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $226.94.

Zscaler Stock Up 1.4 %

Shares of ZS stock traded up $2.63 during mid-day trading on Wednesday, reaching $196.45. 3,459,433 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 1,867,949. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $195.83 and its 200-day moving average price is $191.54. The company has a market cap of $30.14 billion, a P/E ratio of -785.80 and a beta of 0.89. Zscaler has a 12 month low of $153.45 and a 12 month high of $217.84.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 5th. The company reported ($0.06) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.69 by ($0.75). Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 0.75% and a negative net margin of 1.58%. Equities analysts predict that Zscaler will post -0.1 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Zscaler

In related news, insider Syam Nair sold 3,682 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $737,578.24. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 142,866 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $28,618,917.12. This trade represents a 2.51 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CFO Remo Canessa sold 3,703 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $741,784.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 220,635 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $44,197,603.20. The trade was a 1.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 10,248 shares of company stock valued at $2,052,879 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 18.10% 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.