Capital One Financial Predicts Zscaler Q1 Earnings

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS - Free Report) - Stock analysts at Capital One Financial issued their Q1 2026 EPS estimates for Zscaler in a research report issued on Tuesday, April 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy anticipates that the company will post earnings of ($0.01) per share for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Zscaler's current full-year earnings is ($0.10) per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Zscaler's Q2 2026 earnings at $0.00 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $0.05 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $0.06 EPS.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock. Cantor Fitzgerald raised shares of Zscaler from a "neutral" rating to an "overweight" rating and upped their target price for the company from $220.00 to $250.00 in a report on Thursday, April 3rd. Wedbush upped their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $230.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, March 6th. Sanford C. Bernstein restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $244.00 price target on shares of Zscaler in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on shares of Zscaler from $245.00 to $240.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Monday, March 31st. Finally, BTIG Research set a $252.00 price objective on shares of Zscaler and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, March 6th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-four have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Zscaler has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $234.77.

Zscaler Trading Up 2.0 %

Shares of Zscaler stock traded up $3.96 during trading on Thursday, reaching $197.66. The company's stock had a trading volume of 496,805 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,971,558. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $199.99 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $196.74. Zscaler has a fifty-two week low of $153.45 and a fifty-two week high of $217.84. The firm has a market cap of $30.58 billion, a PE ratio of -788.66 and a beta of 1.12.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Zscaler news, insider Robert Schlossman sold 2,878 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $199.15, for a total value of $573,153.70. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 107,587 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $21,425,951.05. This represents a 2.61 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Andrew William Fraser Brown sold 10,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $206.00, for a total value of $2,060,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 27,216 shares of the company's stock, valued at $5,606,496. This trade represents a 26.87 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 209,234 shares of company stock worth $42,030,790. Insiders own 18.10% of the company's stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sanctuary Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 48.1% during the third quarter. Sanctuary Advisors LLC now owns 11,107 shares of the company's stock worth $1,899,000 after purchasing an additional 3,608 shares during the period. Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB acquired a new position in shares of Zscaler in the third quarter worth $38,000. Tidal Investments LLC boosted its position in Zscaler by 278.9% during the third quarter. Tidal Investments LLC now owns 34,098 shares of the company's stock valued at $5,829,000 after purchasing an additional 25,099 shares during the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc increased its position in Zscaler by 136.8% in the 4th quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 180 shares of the company's stock worth $32,000 after purchasing an additional 104 shares during the last quarter. Finally, GAMMA Investing LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Zscaler by 18.5% during the 4th quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 448 shares of the company's stock valued at $81,000 after buying an additional 70 shares during the last quarter. 46.45% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

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.