How to buy Zscaler stock | 154.85

Zscaler, Inc is a software—infrastructure business based in the US. Zscaler shares (ZS) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Zscaler employs 2,020 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$431.3 million.

How to buy shares in Zscaler

1. Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
2. Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
3. Search for Zscaler. Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: ZS. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
4. Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Zscaler reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
5. Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$154.85, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Zscaler, depending on your broker.
6. Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Zscaler. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.

How has coronavirus impacted Zscaler's share price?

Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Zscaler's share price has had significant positive movement.

Its last market close was USD$154.85, which is 64.80% up on its pre-crash value of USD$54.51 and 342.43% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$35.

If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Zscaler shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$1,021.33 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$2,725.36.

Zscaler share price

Use our graph to track the performance of ZS stocks over time.

Zscaler shares at a glance

• Key figures

Information last updated 2020-10-20.

Latest market close	USD$154.85
52-week range	USD$35 - USD$158.736
50-day moving average	USD$141.9047
200-day moving average	USD$111.357
Wall St. target price	USD$147.73
PE ratio	N/A
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	USD$-0.232

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Is it a good time to buy Zscaler stock?

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Technical Analysis of Zscaler, Inc by TradingView

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Zscaler price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $154.85 from 2020-10-16

1 week (2020-10-16)	154.85
1 month (2020-09-25)	11.99%
3 months (2020-07-24)	27.22%
6 months (2020-04-24)	129.41%

1 year (2019-10-25)	261.29%
2 years (2018-10-25)	333.15%
3 years (2017-10-22)	N/A
5 years (2015-10-22)	N/A

Is Zscaler under- or over-valued?

Valuing Zscaler stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Zscaler's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Zscaler's PEG ratio

Zscaler's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 7.7987. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Zscaler's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Zscaler financials

Revenue TTM	USD$431.3 million
Gross profit TTM	USD$335.5 million
Return on assets TTM	-4.81%
Return on equity TTM	-29.02%
Profit margin	-26.69%
Book value	$3.65
Market capitalisation	USD$20.4 billion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Zscaler shares

There are currently 7.4 million Zscaler shares held short by investors – that's known as Zscaler's "short interest". This figure is 6.1% down from 7.9 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Zscaler shares can be evaluated.

Zscaler's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Zscaler's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Zscaler shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Zscaler shares traded daily (recently around 3.0 million). Zscaler's SIR currently stands at 2.46. In other words for every 100,000 Zscaler shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2460 shares are currently held short.

However Zscaler's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Zscaler shares, or, against the total number of tradable Zscaler shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Zscaler's short interest could be expressed as 0.06% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Zscaler shares in existence, roughly 60 shares are currently held short) or 0.0993% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Zscaler shares, roughly 99 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Zscaler.

Find out more about how you can short Zscaler stock.

Zscaler share dividends

We're not expecting Zscaler to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Zscaler share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Zscaler's shares have ranged in value from as little as $35 up to $158.736. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Zscaler's is 0.7904. This would suggest that Zscaler's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).

Zscaler overview

Zscaler, Inc. operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company provides Zscaler Internet Access solution that provides users, servers, operational technology, internet of things, and device 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 internally managed applications, either hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds. It also offers Zscaler Digital Experience that measures end-to-end user experience across key business applications, providing an easy to understand digital experience score for each user, application, and location within an enterprise. In addition, the company provides workload segmentation solutions comprising Zscaler Cloud Security Posture Management that identifies and remediates application misconfigurations in SaaS, infrastructure as a service, and platform as a service to reduce risk and ensure compliance with industry and organizational benchmarks; and Zscaler Cloud Workload Segmentation, which is designed to secure application-to-application communications inside public clouds and data centers to stop lateral threat movement, as well as to prevent application compromise and reduce the risk of data breaches. Its platform includes Zscaler Central Authority, Zscaler Enforcement Node, and Zscaler Nanolog Server modules. Zscaler, Inc. serves customers in various industries, such as airlines and transportation, conglomerates, consumer goods and retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media and communications, public sector and education, technology, and telecommunications services. The company was formerly known as SafeChannel, Inc., and changed its name to Zscaler, Inc. in August 2008. Zscaler, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.

Frequently asked questions

• What percentage of Zscaler is owned by insiders or institutions?

  Currently 45.544% of Zscaler shares are held by insiders and 42.08% by institutions.

• How many people work for Zscaler?

  Latest data suggests 2,020 work at Zscaler.

• When does the fiscal year end for Zscaler?

  Zscaler's fiscal year ends in July.

• Where is Zscaler based?

  Zscaler's address is: 120 Holger Way, San Jose, CA, United States, 95134

• What is Zscaler's ISIN number?

  Zscaler's international securities identification number is: US98980G1022

• What is Zscaler's CUSIP number?

  Zscaler's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 98980G102