Cantor Fitzgerald Predicts Zscaler FY2026 Earnings

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) – Investment analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald issued their FY2026 EPS estimates for Zscaler in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, June 9th. Cantor Fitzgerald analyst J. Ruykhaver anticipates that the company will earn $0.20 per share for the year. Cantor Fitzgerald has a “Overweight” rating and a $340.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Zscaler’s current full-year earnings is ($0.10) per share.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 29th. The company reported $0.84 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.76 by $0.08. Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 0.75% and a negative net margin of 1.58%. The business had revenue of $678.03 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $667.13 million. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.88 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 22.6% on a year-over-year basis.

A number of other equities research analysts also recently weighed in on ZS. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their target price on Zscaler from $275.00 to $292.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. Piper Sandler reiterated a “neutral” rating and issued a $260.00 price objective (up previously from $235.00) on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Friday, May 30th. KeyCorp boosted their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $290.00 to $310.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 30th. Citigroup reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $240.00 target price (up from $235.00) on shares of Zscaler in a report on Wednesday, March 5th. Finally, Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $244.00 price target on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-eight have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Zscaler presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $288.71.

Zscaler Stock Performance

Shares of ZS opened at $299.86 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $46.69 billion, a P/E ratio of -1,199.44 and a beta of 1.09. Zscaler has a 52 week low of $153.45 and a 52 week high of $306.78. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is $236.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $211.46.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry sold 2,155 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.15, for a total transaction of $429,168.25. Following the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 356,414 shares in the company, valued at $70,979,848.10. This represents a 0.60% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, major shareholder Ajay Mangal sold 190,480 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $200.69, for a total value of $38,227,431.20. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 2,580,210 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $517,822,344.90. The trade was a 6.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 386,722 shares of company stock valued at $93,690,448. Company insiders own 18.10% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Zscaler

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Choreo LLC grew its holdings in Zscaler by 2.6% in the fourth quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 2,833 shares of the company’s stock worth $517,000 after purchasing an additional 73 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC grew its stake in shares of Zscaler by 42.0% in the 1st quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 6,197 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,230,000 after buying an additional 1,832 shares during the period. Arlington Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Zscaler in the 4th quarter valued at about $2,107,000. DnB Asset Management AS boosted its holdings in Zscaler by 66.8% in the fourth quarter. DnB Asset Management AS now owns 667,383 shares of the company’s stock worth $120,403,000 after acquiring an additional 267,162 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank acquired a new stake in Zscaler in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $32,158,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 46.45% of the company’s stock.

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.