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$210.96 +3.66 (+1.77%)
(As of 11/22/2024 ET)

ZS vs. FFIV, JNPR, FEYE, PRFT, VRTU, APP, INFY, CRWD, TEAM, and TTD

Should you be buying Zscaler stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zscaler include F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), FireEye (FEYE), Perficient (PRFT), Virtusa (VRTU), AppLovin (APP), Infosys (INFY), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Atlassian (TEAM), and Trade Desk (TTD).

Zscaler vs.

F5 (NASDAQ:FFIV) and Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their community ranking, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, earnings, valuation, dividends, institutional ownership and risk.

F5 has higher revenue and earnings than Zscaler. Zscaler is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than F5, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
F5$2.82B5.14$566.78M$9.5625.83
Zscaler$2.17B14.84-$57.71M-$0.40-527.40

F5 has a net margin of 20.13% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -2.66%. F5's return on equity of 20.80% beat Zscaler's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
F520.13% 20.80% 11.41%
Zscaler -2.66%-3.46%-0.87%

F5 has a beta of 1.05, meaning that its share price is 5% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Zscaler has a beta of 0.82, meaning that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500.

F5 presently has a consensus price target of $233.56, suggesting a potential downside of 5.44%. Zscaler has a consensus price target of $218.55, suggesting a potential upside of 3.60%. Given Zscaler's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Zscaler is more favorable than F5.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
F5
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.22
Zscaler
0 Sell rating(s)
10 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

90.7% of F5 shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.6% of F5 shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 19.2% of Zscaler shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

In the previous week, F5 had 4 more articles in the media than Zscaler. MarketBeat recorded 26 mentions for F5 and 22 mentions for Zscaler. Zscaler's average media sentiment score of 1.02 beat F5's score of 0.84 indicating that Zscaler is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
F5
15 Very Positive mention(s)
0 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Zscaler
9 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
8 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

F5 received 798 more outperform votes than Zscaler when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 66.93% of users gave F5 an outperform vote while only 60.22% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
F5Outperform Votes
1293
66.93%
Underperform Votes
639
33.07%
ZscalerOutperform Votes
495
60.22%
Underperform Votes
327
39.78%

Summary

F5 beats Zscaler on 12 of the 19 factors compared between the two stocks.

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ZS vs. The Competition

MetricZscalerCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$32.17B$7.06B$24.42B$8.84B
Dividend YieldN/A2.56%2.73%4.09%
P/E Ratio-527.3916.67249.7117.81
Price / Sales14.848.543,307.36162.50
Price / Cash139.4926.7933.8636.29
Price / Book25.235.607.086.50
Net Income-$57.71M$191.56M$671.90M$226.10M
7 Day Performance4.71%41.20%4.83%3.98%
1 Month Performance13.32%34.73%4.91%3.78%
1 Year Performance10.66%15.77%21.46%29.29%

Zscaler Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZS
Zscaler
4.2993 of 5 stars
$210.96
+1.8%
$218.55
+3.6%
+10.7%$32.17B$2.17B-527.397,348Analyst Forecast
Positive News
FFIV
F5
4.3451 of 5 stars
$244.57
+1.1%
$233.56
-4.5%
+47.8%$14.34B$2.82B25.586,524Insider Trade
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
JNPR
Juniper Networks
4.2732 of 5 stars
$35.56
-0.3%
$39.50
+11.1%
+32.8%$11.77B$5.56B46.783,374
FEYE
FireEye
N/AN/AN/AN/A$4.13B$940.58M-19.853,400
PRFT
Perficient
1.4477 of 5 stars
$75.96
flat
$70.00
-7.8%
N/A$2.67B$882.15M32.466,547
VRTU
Virtusa
N/A$51.33
flat
N/AN/A$1.56B$1.31B29.6722,883
APP
AppLovin
3.5005 of 5 stars
$318.99
-1.9%
$222.96
-30.1%
+749.4%$107.05B$2.63B96.671,745Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
INFY
Infosys
2.2233 of 5 stars
$21.96
-0.1%
$20.85
-5.1%
+29.8%$90.95B$18.84B28.15317,240Analyst Downgrade
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.5977 of 5 stars
$357.55
+2.1%
$334.33
-6.5%
+77.6%$87.65B$3.06B518.197,925Upcoming Earnings
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage
Positive News
TEAM
Atlassian
4.151 of 5 stars
$253.91
+3.4%
$244.21
-3.8%
+44.3%$66.13B$4.36B-161.4812,157Insider Trade
TTD
Trade Desk
3.3671 of 5 stars
$127.27
+2.7%
$123.08
-3.3%
+94.1%$62.82B$1.95B208.233,115Analyst Forecast

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This page (NASDAQ:ZS) was last updated on 11/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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