The stock price of Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ: ZS) has jumped by 1.98 compared to previous close of 184.69. Despite this, the company has seen a gain of 2.41% in its stock price over the last five trading days. zacks.com reported 2025-01-14 that Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Zscaler (ZS). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.
Is It Worth Investing in Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ: ZS) Right Now?
The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.88. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 20 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 8 as “overweight,” 16 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for ZS is 95.02M, and at present, short sellers hold a 4.85% of that float. On January 15, 2025, the average trading volume of ZS was 1.73M shares.
ZS’s Market Performance
ZS stock saw a decrease of 2.41% in the past week, with a monthly decline of -8.73% and a quarterly a decrease of -4.27%. The volatility ratio for the week is 3.89%, and the volatility levels for the last 30 days are 3.33% for Zscaler Inc (ZS). The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.53% for ZS’s stock, with a simple moving average of 1.90% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of ZS
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for ZS stocks, with BMO Capital Markets repeating the rating for ZS by listing it as a “Outperform.” The predicted price for ZS in the upcoming period, according to BMO Capital Markets is $222 based on the research report published on December 03, 2024 of the previous year 2024.
Exane BNP Paribas, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see ZS reach a price target of $180. The rating they have provided for ZS stocks is “Neutral” according to the report published on October 08th, 2024.
BMO Capital Markets gave a rating of “Outperform” to ZS, setting the target price at $197 in the report published on September 04th of the previous year.
ZS Trading at -4.16% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought ZS to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -27.45% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 3.33%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 3.89%, as shares sank -5.66% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +3.60% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, ZS rose by +1.85%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by -2.77% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $187.30. In addition, Zscaler Inc saw 4.40% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at ZS starting from Chaudhry Jagtar Singh, who sale 2,863 shares at the price of $200.32 back on Dec 17 ’24. After this action, Chaudhry Jagtar Singh now owns 358,569 shares of Zscaler Inc, valued at $573,514 using the latest closing price.
Nair Syam, the CTO of Zscaler Inc, sale 3,682 shares at $200.32 during a trade that took place back on Dec 17 ’24, which means that Nair Syam is holding 142,866 shares at $737,576 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for ZS
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- -0.05 for the present operating margin
- 0.78 for the gross margin
The net margin for Zscaler Inc stands at -0.02. The total capital return value is set at -0.06. Equity return is now at value -3.24, with -0.87 for asset returns.
Based on Zscaler Inc (ZS), the company’s capital structure generated 0.46 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 0.69. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.87. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is -8.18.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 64.79 million with net debt to EBITDA at -3.38. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 12.39. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.41for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.49. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.09.
Conclusion
To sum up, Zscaler Inc (ZS) has seen a mixed performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
