A look at Zscaler Inc’s (ZS) recent performance gives investors their first glimpse of hope.

On Monday, Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ: ZS) opened higher 2.53% from the last session, before settling in for the closing price of $169.63. Price fluctuations for ZS have ranged from $149.62 to $259.61 over the past 52 weeks.

Technology Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 48.57% over the last five years. Company’s average yearly earnings per share was noted -10.59% at the time writing. With a float of $93.56 million, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $152.49 million.

The firm has a total of 7348 workers. Let’s measure their productivity. In terms of profitability, gross margin is 78.13%, operating margin of -5.74%, and the pretax margin is -1.35%.

Zscaler Inc (ZS) Insider Activity

A key investor’s attitude towards the stock of the Software – Infrastructure industry is another important factor to consider. The insider ownership of Zscaler Inc is 38.65%, while institutional ownership is 47.12%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 30 ’24, was worth 842,084. In this transaction Chief Legal Officer of this company sold 4,947 shares at a rate of $170.22, taking the stock ownership to the 107,241 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 30 ’24, when Company’s Officer proposed sale 4,947 for $171.77, making the entire transaction worth $849,746.

Zscaler Inc (ZS) Earnings and Forecasts

According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around -10.59% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 18.50% during the next five years compared to -10.72% drop over the previous five years of trading.

Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ: ZS) Trading Performance Indicators

Check out the current performance indicators for Zscaler Inc (ZS). In the past quarter, the stock posted a quick ratio of 1.04. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 12.23. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 45.34.

For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is -0.39, a number that is poised to hit 0.63 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 3.49 in one year’s time.

Technical Analysis of Zscaler Inc (ZS)

Analysing the last 5-days average volume posted by the [Zscaler Inc, ZS], we can find that recorded value of 1.41 million was lower than the volume posted last year of 2.11 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 52.99%. Additionally, its Average True Range was 5.48.

During the past 100 days, Zscaler Inc’s (ZS) raw stochastic average was set at 37.45%, which indicates a significant decrease from 76.39% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 21.59% in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 48.06% volatility it showed in the past 100 days.

At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $177.08, while its 200-day Moving Average is $195.05. Now, the first resistance to watch is $176.44. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $178.95. The third major resistance level sits at $181.34. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $171.54, it is likely to go to the next support level at $169.15. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $166.64.

Zscaler Inc (NASDAQ: ZS) Key Stats

There are currently 151,149K shares outstanding in the company with a market cap of 26.52 billion. Presently, the company’s annual sales total 2,168 M according to its annual income of -57,710 K. Last quarter, the company’s sales amounted to 592,870 K and its income totaled -14,880 K.