Caxton Associates LLP Makes New $1.60 Million Investment in Zscaler, Inc. $ZS

Caxton Associates LLP bought a new stake in Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) in the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor bought 5,086 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,597,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Parcion Private Wealth LLC increased its position in Zscaler by 3.3% in the 2nd quarter. Parcion Private Wealth LLC now owns 1,200 shares of the company’s stock valued at $377,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. Secure Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Zscaler by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC now owns 2,436 shares of the company’s stock valued at $765,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Tlwm increased its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 1.0% in the second quarter. Tlwm now owns 4,649 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,460,000 after purchasing an additional 44 shares during the period. Sepio Capital LP raised its stake in shares of Zscaler by 0.6% during the second quarter. Sepio Capital LP now owns 8,209 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,577,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Smartleaf Asset Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 7.5% during the second quarter. Smartleaf Asset Management LLC now owns 648 shares of the company’s stock worth $204,000 after purchasing an additional 45 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 46.45% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have commented on the stock. UBS Group cut their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $350.00 to $340.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of Zscaler from $260.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Capital One Financial set a $320.00 price objective on shares of Zscaler and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 26th. Barclays boosted their target price on Zscaler from $320.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 12th. Finally, Macquarie began coverage on Zscaler in a research note on Friday, October 31st. They set an “outperform” rating and a $390.00 target price for the company. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating, nine have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $323.45.

Zscaler Trading Down 2.5%

NASDAQ:ZS opened at $230.31 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $36.73 billion, a PE ratio of -885.77 and a beta of 1.07. Zscaler, Inc. has a 52-week low of $164.78 and a 52-week high of $336.99. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $291.37 and a 200-day simple moving average of $290.80. The company has a quick ratio of 1.82, a current ratio of 1.82 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.86.

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Zscaler news, insider Robert Schlossman sold 3,200 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, October 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $325.00, for a total transaction of $1,040,000.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 80,086 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,027,950. This represents a 3.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider Adam Geller sold 10,464 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $284.25, for a total value of $2,974,392.00. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 43,478 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $12,358,621.50. The trade was a 19.40% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 20,670 shares of company stock worth $6,155,215. 17.20% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Zscaler 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.