Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) Releases Q2 2025 Earnings Guidance

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) issued an update on its second quarter 2025 earnings guidance on Monday morning. The company provided earnings per share guidance of 0.680-0.690 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share 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 Price Performance

Shares of Zscaler stock opened at $208.51 on Tuesday. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $190.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $184.80. Zscaler has a 12-month low of $153.45 and a 12-month high of $259.61.

Zscaler (NASDAQ:ZS) last released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, December 2nd. The company reported $0.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.63 by $0.14. Zscaler had a negative return on equity of 3.46% and a negative net margin of 2.66%. The business had revenue of $628.00 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $605.51 million. During the same quarter last year, the business posted ($0.18) EPS. The business’s revenue was up 26.4% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Zscaler will post -0.95 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages have commented on ZS. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Zscaler from $270.00 to $250.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. BNP Paribas began coverage on shares of Zscaler in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. They issued a “neutral” rating and a $180.00 price objective for the company. Rosenblatt Securities reiterated a “neutral” rating and set a $190.00 target price on shares of Zscaler in a report on Wednesday, September 4th. Barclays raised their target price on Zscaler from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, November 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley upped their price target on Zscaler from $202.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Monday, August 26th. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-one have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $221.13.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Zscaler news, CFO Remo Canessa sold 8,455 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $171.28, for a total value of $1,448,172.40. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now directly owns 231,793 shares in the company, valued at approximately $39,701,505.04. This trade represents a 3.52 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, insider Michael J. Rich sold 4,813 shares of Zscaler stock in a transaction on Tuesday, September 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.28, for a total transaction of $824,370.64. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 103,259 shares in the company, valued at $17,686,201.52. This represents a 4.45 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 30,502 shares of company stock worth $5,256,651. 18.10% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Zscaler

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.