Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Updates Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) updated its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 0.680-0.690 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of 0.680. The company issued revenue guidance of $633.0 million-$635.0 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $633.1 million. Zscaler also updated its FY 2025 guidance to 2.940-2.990 EPS.

Zscaler Stock Up 0.9 %

Shares of ZS stock traded up $1.92 during trading hours on Monday, reaching $208.51. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 5,314,282 shares, compared to its average volume of 2,018,687. The firm’s 50 day simple moving average is $190.12 and its 200-day simple moving average is $184.80. The company has a market capitalization of $31.99 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -516.46 and a beta of 0.82. Zscaler has a fifty-two week low of $153.45 and a fifty-two week high of $259.61.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last issued its earnings results on Monday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.14. The company had revenue of $628.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $605.51 million. Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 3.46% and a negative net margin of 2.66%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted ($0.18) EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Zscaler will post -0.95 earnings per share for the current year.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently issued reports on ZS. Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and issued a $210.00 target price on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Thursday, September 5th. Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $230.00 target price on shares of Zscaler in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. BMO Capital Markets lowered their target price on shares of Zscaler from $208.00 to $197.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 4th. Wedbush decreased their target price on shares of Zscaler from $260.00 to $220.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, September 4th. Finally, Piper Sandler dropped their target price on shares of Zscaler from $255.00 to $215.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, September 4th. Ten analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have assigned a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $221.13.

Insider Activity at Zscaler

In other Zscaler news, insider Michael J. Rich sold 4,813 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.28, for a total value of $824,370.64. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 103,259 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $17,686,201.52. This represents a 4.45 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, insider Robert Schlossman sold 1,435 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 9th. The stock was sold at an average price of $181.70, for a total value of $260,739.50. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now directly owns 105,806 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $19,224,950.20. The trade was a 1.34 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 30,502 shares of company stock valued at $5,256,651. 18.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

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.