Insider buying last 90 days
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ZS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
Zscaler's week centers on scrutiny of its growth trajectory and AI security positioning. Commentary points to slowing growth and rising spending weighed against momentum in AI security and Zero Trust adoption, with questions about execution and leadership stability following weak 2027 guidance and senior sales departures flagged in retrospective coverage. Shares also declined over three percent in a broader cybersecurity sector pullback on 2 November, attributed to tech-wide selling in high-multiple software names rather than company-specific issues. Separately, two law firms have disclosed investigations into potential securities law violations on behalf of investors.
Zscaler closed at $224.44, down 0.3% on the day, with a one-month return of 5.7% and a three-month return of 38%, though the one-year return stands at -33.3%. The price sits above both the 50-day average of $207.13 and the 200-day average of $167.08. The GekkoIndex reads 56.7, placing it in the Neutral zone. The stock trades 24.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $179.84.
Zscaler's next earnings report is scheduled for 24 November, 19 days out, falling inside a typical 20-trading-day holding window; the prior report beat estimates with EPS of $1.19 versus $1.09 expected, with an average absolute reaction of 8.4% historically. Options activity shows 3 unusual signals over the last 30 days, with put premium of $4.1 million exceeding call premium of $1.1 million. Seasonality over the next 20 trading days has averaged -0.7% across 5 years, rising in 2 of them. Consensus among 36 analysts stands at 30 buy, 6 hold, 0 sell, with a target of $235.19.
Written by AI from the Nov 4, 2026 close and checked automatically against the figures on this page.
Zscaler scores 1 supportive, 1 mixed and 4 headwinds across the 6 checklist items with data.
Six things swing traders check before a 20-day hold, read from the latest data.
1 supportive1 mixed4 headwinds
Above 50 and 200-day
Close $224.44 is above the 50-day ($207.13) and 200-day ($167.08) averages, and the 50-day is above the 200-day.
See the chart56.7, Neutral
Reading 56.7 is in the Neutral zone.
See the GekkoIndex24.8% above
Price is 24.8% above Gekko Fair Value (more than 5% above).
See fair valueLeans bearish
Last 30 days: 3 unusual options signals.
See smart moneyReports in 19 days
Reports on Nov 24, 2026, 19 days away — inside a typical 20-trading-day hold.
See earnings−0.7% on average
From this point in the calendar, the next 20 trading days averaged −0.7% over 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
See seasonalityA description of current data, not a recommendation. How this page works
Zscaler closed at $224.44 on Nov 4, 2026, −33.3% over the past year, inside a 52-week range of $114.63 to $335.70.
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Zscaler builds cloud-based security tools that let people, devices, and machines connect safely to the internet and to internal business systems. Its main products include Internet Access, which protects connections to outside destinations such as web applications, and Private Access, which secures entry into internal applications hosted in data centers or private and public clouds. It also offers Digital Experience, a service that tracks how users interact with business applications and scores that experience by person, application, and location.
Beyond these, the company provides tools aimed at protecting cloud workloads, including a posture management product that flags misconfigured settings across cloud application environments, and a segmentation tool that limits how applications communicate with each other to reduce the spread of threats. These offerings run on a shared platform made up of central authority systems, enforcement nodes, and log servers. Customers span a range of fields, among them aviation and transportation, retail, financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, government, education, and technology.
Zscaler traces back to 2007, originally launched under the name SafeChannel before adopting its current name in 2008. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California, and its shares are listed on the NASDAQ under the ticker ZS.
Zscaler’s GekkoIndex — Gekko’s 0 to 100 smart money score — reads 56.7, in the Neutral zone, up 12.5 points over five sessions.
Up 12.5 points over five sessions, from the Distribution zone.
Reading for Nov 4, 2026
| Zone | Readings | 5 days | 20 days | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buying | 67 | +1.6% | −0.2% | ||
| Accumulation | 243 | −0.9% | −0.7% | ||
| Neutral (current zone) | 333 | +1.1% | +1.6% | ||
| Distribution | 51 | −1.3% | +4.3% | ||
| Selling | 3 | Too few readings yet | |||
Average ZS share-price change over the trading days after each daily reading in its GekkoIndex history. Across every stock Gekko tracks, Neutral readings averaged +1.0% over 20 days. Past behaviour doesn’t guarantee future results.
Neutral zone: No clear directional signal. About the five zones →
Zscaler trades 24.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $179.84, so the shares are overvalued on Gekko’s estimate.
Gekko’s own estimate of what Zscaler shares are worth, recalculated every trading day.
$179.84
Gekko Fair Value, Nov 4, 2026
24.8% Overvalued
At the end of Aug 2026 the price was 23.1% above the estimate.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for Zscaler, and no Congress trades were disclosed, in the last 90 days.
Plus buybacks, unusual options and fund positions, each dated to when it became public.
No open-market insider purchases were filed for ZS in the last 90 days.
From Form 4 filings, dated to when each was filed.
No trades in ZS were disclosed by members of Congress in the last 90 days.
From congressional disclosures, which report amounts as ranges.
Zscaler has been buying back its own shares.
From company filings.
3signals, 21% of the flagged premium in calls.
Latest: Bearish flow on Oct 30, $1.92M in unusual premium.
3of the funds Gekko tracks hold ZS.
Zscaler reports on Nov 24, 2026, after the close (19 days away), and beat the EPS estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports.
Nov 24, 2026
Expected after the close, 19 days away
| Reported | EPS | Revenue | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $1.19 est $1.09 | $898.2M est $877.0M | −1.7% |
| May 26, 2026 | $1.08 est $1.01 | $850.5M est $835.1M | −30.7% |
| Feb 26, 2026 | $1.01 est $0.89 | $815.8M est $798.3M | −5.6% |
| Nov 25, 2025 | $0.96 est $0.86 | $788.1M est $773.3M | −10.1% |
| Sep 2, 2025 | $0.89 est $0.80 | $719.2M est $706.9M | −2.3% |
| May 29, 2025 | $0.84 est $0.75 | $678.0M est $666.5M | +8.7% |
| Mar 5, 2025 | $0.78 est $0.69 | $647.9M est $634.4M | +4.3% |
| Dec 2, 2024 | $0.77 est $0.63 | $628.0M est $605.5M | −3.8% |
“Move” is the close of the first session after the report compared with the close of the last session before it, so it reads the same whether the company reported before the open or after the close.
Analysts’ average 12-month price target for Zscaler is $235.19, +4.8% from the last close, from 36 firms rating the stock in the last 90 days.
Each firm’s latest rating in the last 90 days: 36 firms.
| Date | Firm | Target | vs price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26 | Bank of America Securities | $285 | +27.0% |
| Oct 23 | Bank of America Securities | $285 | +27.0% |
| Oct 22 | Freedom Capital Markets | $270 | +20.3% |
| Oct 20 | D.A. Davidson | $215 | −4.2% |
| Oct 16 | Citi | $260 | +15.8% |
Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions. These are analyst targets and historical base rates, which don’t guarantee future results.
Over the next 20 trading days from Nov 4, Zscaler averaged −0.7% across the last 5 years, rising in 2 of them.
| Window | Average | Years higher |
|---|---|---|
| Next 5 trading days | +7.3% | 5 of 5 |
| Next 10 trading days | +7.6% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 15 trading days | +6.7% | 4 of 5 |
| Next 20 trading days | −0.7% | 2 of 5 |
| Next 30 trading days | −0.5% | 2 of 5 |
For scale, ZS’s typical 20-trading-day move in either direction is about 9.9%.
Zscaler’s market cap is $36.60B and revenue of $3.35B over the last twelve months.
Coverage of Zscaler this week reads neutral: 1 positive, 5 neutral and 2 negative headlines.
Zscaler’s 6 largest industry peers by market value, with today’s move, GekkoIndex zone and gap to Gekko Fair Value.
| Stock | GekkoIndex zone | vs Fair Value |
|---|---|---|
| MSFTMicrosoft | Neutral | 17.8% above |
| PLTRPalantir Technologies | Accumulation | 4.7% below |
| ORCLOracle | Accumulation | 29.7% below |
| PANWPalo Alto Networks | Accumulation | 7.4% above |
| CRWDCrowdStrike | Neutral | 8.1% above |
| CRMSalesforce | Accumulation | 9.3% below |
A peer links to its own page where one exists.
Zscaler’s market cap is $36.60B at the Nov 4, 2026 close of $224.44, with 163.1M shares outstanding.
The consensus analyst 12-month price target for Zscaler is $235.19, +4.8% from the last close. Of the 36 firms that rated the stock in the last 90 days, 30 rate it a buy, 6 a hold and 0 a sell. Gekko doesn’t publish price predictions of its own.
On Gekko’s estimate Zscaler is overvalued: the Nov 4, 2026 close of $224.44 is 24.8% above Gekko Fair Value of $179.84. Gekko Fair Value is recalculated every trading day, and a gap inside 5% either way counts as about fair value.
Zscaler is expected to report on Nov 24, 2026, after the market closes (19 days away). Analysts expect earnings of $1.16 per share on revenue of $937.7M. Zscaler beat the earnings estimate in 8 of its last 8 reports, moving 8.4% on average across the report.
Zscaler’s 52-week high is $335.70 and its 52-week low is $114.63; it closed at $224.44 on Nov 4, 2026, −33.3% over the past year. Over the last five years the shares peaked at $376.11 on Nov 19, 2021.
Gekko describes the data; it does not make buy or sell recommendations. On the swing-trade checklist, 1 of the 6 items with data read as supportive (trend), 1 as mixed (gekkoindex) and 4 as headwinds (fair value, smart money, earnings risk and seasonality). The checklist is a description of current data, not a recommendation.
Gekko flagged 3 unusual options signals in Zscaler over the last 30 days, with $1.11M of flagged premium in calls and $4.15M in puts. The latest, bearish flow, was on Oct 30, 2026 with $1.92M in unusual premium. The signal-by-signal table is in Gekko.
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