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$186.63 -0.75 (-0.40%)
(As of 01:15 PM ET)

ZS vs. APP, INFY, CRWD, TEAM, TTD, NTES, SNOW, DDOG, EA, and NET

Should you be buying Zscaler stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Zscaler include AppLovin (APP), Infosys (INFY), CrowdStrike (CRWD), Atlassian (TEAM), Trade Desk (TTD), NetEase (NTES), Snowflake (SNOW), Datadog (DDOG), Electronic Arts (EA), and Cloudflare (NET). These companies are all part of the "computer software" industry.

Zscaler vs.

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

AppLovin has a net margin of 26.85% compared to Zscaler's net margin of -1.58%. AppLovin's return on equity of 122.24% beat Zscaler's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Zscaler-1.58% -0.75% -0.20%
AppLovin 26.85%122.24%21.60%

Zscaler has a beta of 0.82, suggesting that its share price is 18% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, AppLovin has a beta of 2.28, suggesting that its share price is 128% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Zscaler currently has a consensus price target of $224.84, indicating a potential upside of 20.95%. AppLovin has a consensus price target of $310.71, indicating a potential downside of 9.48%. Given Zscaler's higher possible upside, equities research analysts plainly believe Zscaler is more favorable than AppLovin.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Zscaler
0 Sell rating(s)
11 Hold rating(s)
23 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.68
AppLovin
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
13 Buy rating(s)
1 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.74

Zscaler received 396 more outperform votes than AppLovin when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.64% of users gave Zscaler an outperform vote while only 56.72% of users gave AppLovin an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
ZscalerOutperform Votes
510
60.64%
Underperform Votes
331
39.36%
AppLovinOutperform Votes
114
56.72%
Underperform Votes
87
43.28%

46.5% of Zscaler shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 41.8% of AppLovin shares are owned by institutional investors. 18.1% of Zscaler shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 14.7% of AppLovin shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

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

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Zscaler$2.30B12.41-$57.71M-$0.25-743.60
AppLovin$4.29B26.85$356.71M$3.30104.02

In the previous week, Zscaler and Zscaler both had 20 articles in the media. AppLovin's average media sentiment score of 0.64 beat Zscaler's score of 0.53 indicating that AppLovin is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Zscaler
8 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
AppLovin
8 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
9 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

AppLovin beats Zscaler on 12 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.

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Media Sentiment Over Time

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ZS vs. The Competition

MetricZscalerCustom computer programming services IndustryComputer SectorNASDAQ Exchange
Market Cap$28.52B$7.32B$26.27B$9.10B
Dividend YieldN/A2.45%2.79%4.26%
P/E Ratio-743.6017.02238.7817.12
Price / Sales12.4110.193,274.93119.65
Price / Cash135.5221.7535.9937.85
Price / Book19.976.178.154.77
Net Income-$57.71M$198.17M$685.21M$225.50M
7 Day Performance-9.06%3.72%0.15%-1.29%
1 Month Performance-11.88%38.67%5.44%0.45%
1 Year Performance-16.14%41.26%22.11%15.38%

Zscaler Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
ZS
Zscaler
4.2648 of 5 stars
$186.63
-0.4%
$224.84
+20.5%
-15.5%$28.64B$2.30B-746.527,348Analyst Revision
APP
AppLovin
2.8947 of 5 stars
$344.53
+6.2%
$296.40
-14.0%
+727.4%$115.62B$4.29B103.051,745
INFY
Infosys
1.8961 of 5 stars
$23.52
+0.5%
$20.85
-11.4%
+21.2%$97.42B$18.84B30.00317,240
CRWD
CrowdStrike
4.1565 of 5 stars
$381.58
+3.7%
$358.00
-6.2%
+41.7%$93.99B$3.74B721.617,925
TEAM
Atlassian
4.1132 of 5 stars
$277.20
-0.5%
$256.50
-7.5%
+6.8%$72.19B$4.36B-183.3212,157Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
TTD
Trade Desk
3.6612 of 5 stars
$132.19
-0.2%
$124.94
-5.5%
+70.2%$65.25B$1.95B217.083,115
NTES
NetEase
4.4955 of 5 stars
$93.49
-2.1%
$107.29
+14.8%
+5.1%$60.04B$105.69B16.1229,128Positive News
Gap Down
SNOW
Snowflake
4.1793 of 5 stars
$171.38
+2.2%
$184.46
+7.6%
-15.0%$56.57B$2.81B-50.307,004Analyst Forecast
DDOG
Datadog
3.9905 of 5 stars
$155.54
+1.6%
$155.07
-0.3%
+22.0%$52.84B$2.54B288.745,200Analyst Forecast
Insider Trade
EA
Electronic Arts
4.7685 of 5 stars
$156.04
-1.0%
$165.37
+6.0%
+7.4%$40.93B$7.41B40.1813,700Insider Trade
NET
Cloudflare
3.9702 of 5 stars
$114.36
+0.7%
$95.20
-16.8%
+33.6%$39.25B$1.57B-436.923,682Insider Trade

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This page (NASDAQ:ZS) was last updated on 12/23/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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