Zscaler Q2 EPS Forecast Reduced by Capital One Financial

Zscaler, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZS) – Research analysts at Capital One Financial lowered their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Zscaler in a report released on Wednesday, January 15th. Capital One Financial analyst C. Murphy now expects that the company will earn ($0.07) per share for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of ($0.06). The consensus estimate for Zscaler’s current full-year earnings is ($0.16) per share. Capital One Financial also issued estimates for Zscaler’s Q1 2026 earnings at ($0.01) EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $0.12 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $0.17 EPS.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last released its earnings results on Monday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.14. The firm had revenue of $628.00 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $605.51 million. Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 0.75% and a negative net margin of 1.58%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 26.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.18) EPS.

ZS has been the topic of several other reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price target on shares of Zscaler from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 14th. Susquehanna upped their target price on Zscaler from $210.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 3rd. Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded Zscaler to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, November 18th. BNP Paribas started coverage on Zscaler in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $180.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Zscaler from $225.00 to $245.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 26th. Eleven equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-three have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $224.84.

Zscaler Trading Down 1.3 %

Shares of ZS opened at $187.55 on Friday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $196.61 and its 200-day simple moving average is $188.20. The company has a market cap of $28.78 billion, a P/E ratio of -750.20 and a beta of 0.87. Zscaler has a twelve month low of $153.45 and a twelve month high of $259.61.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Zscaler

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Quest Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Zscaler in the second quarter valued at $28,000. Prestige Wealth Management Group LLC acquired a new position in shares of Zscaler in the 3rd quarter valued at about $31,000. True Wealth Design LLC boosted its stake in shares of Zscaler by 18,500.0% in the third quarter. True Wealth Design LLC now owns 186 shares of the company’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 185 shares during the last quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc raised its position in Zscaler by 136.8% during the fourth quarter. Versant Capital Management Inc now owns 180 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,000 after acquiring an additional 104 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Modus Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Zscaler during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $36,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 46.45% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Zscaler

In other news, CEO Jagtar Singh Chaudhry sold 2,863 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total transaction of $573,516.16. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 358,569 shares in the company, valued at approximately $71,828,542.08. The trade was a 0.79 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Remo Canessa sold 3,703 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $200.32, for a total value of $741,784.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 220,635 shares in the company, valued at approximately $44,197,603.20. The trade was a 1.65 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 10,248 shares of company stock worth $2,052,879. Insiders own 18.10% of the company’s stock.

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.