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Zscaler, Inc.

ZS

Technology · 198.88 -0.2% today

Partial group confirmationMarket checked 1 Oct, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Zscaler, Inc.'s move is spreading beyond its market group.

ZS accounts for 8.3% of the group's measured movement across 2.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 4 of 6 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 0%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

MOVE ANATOMY

Is this move genuinely shared?

Session-normalized 5m paths
Role in the moveAligned contributor#4 of 6 by movement share
Group movement share8.3%Absolute path energy—not portfolio weight
Relative path-0.24%aligned
Effective breadth2.6 / 6concentrated
Relative alignment4/6downside path · 1 counter-moving
Capital-flow agreement0%not yet clean
SEQUENCE READ

FTNT, CGNT, VIA moved materially before ZS. ZS crossed its material path threshold at 15:50 ET, 380 minutes after the first measured mover.

Revenue YoY+23.3%2025-07-31
Operating margin-4.8%+0.8 pts YoY
EVIDENCE COVERAGE

5 of 6 members in Software Companies are active. 0 of 3 disclosed connections are confirming.

What would change this read
  • At least 4 of 6 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • SAIL remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Invalidation: The live read weakens if participation falls to 2 of 6 members or fewer.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Software - Infrastructure

ZS accounts for 8.3% of the group's measured movement across 2.6 effective names. raw member direction is mixed; 4 of 6 session-normalized paths align to the downside. Capital-flow agreement is 0%, so confirmation is not yet clean. No verified headline preceded the measured group move.

Evidence that supports

No thresholded supportive filing evidence is available yet.

Evidence that challenges

No thresholded adverse filing evidence is available yet.

What would clarify the read
  • At least 4 of 6 durable members become active together.
  • Capital-flow agreement rises above 55%.
  • SAIL remains aligned with the group in the next market snapshot.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Oct 2, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations342
Usable filing statements211
Verified relationships5
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +25.4% year over year.
  • Capital investment and capacity has repeated favorable evidence across 6 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Diluted shares increased 3.8% in the latest annual period.
  • Data center and AI demand has repeated adverse evidence across 6 filings.
Questions before a position
  • EV/sales is 19% below the available filing-peer median; determine whether growth and quality justify the difference.
Longer-term price context

Price as of Oct 1, 2026

198.88
6m+45.5%12m-33.6%24m—
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2022-07-31$1.1B+62.1%$-2.77+3.9%
2023-07-31$1.6B+48.2%$-1.40+2.9%
2024-07-31$2.2B+34.1%$-0.39+3.2%
2025-07-31$2.7B+23.3%$-0.27+3.2%
2026-07-31$3.4B+25.4%$-0.39+3.8%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Capital investment and capacitypositive · 6 filings
“Investing Activities Net cash used in investing activities during fiscal 2026 of $2,652.7 million was primarily attributable to the purchases of short-term investments of $2,254.3 million, business acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of $918.1 million, capita…”
10-K · Sep 3, 2026 ↗
Data center and AI demandnegative · 6 filings
“As our customers expand and increase the use of our cloud platform, driven by additional users, applications, workloads, AI agents, and connected devices, our cost of revenue will increase due to higher bandwidth and data center expenses.”
10-K · Sep 3, 2026 ↗
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 3 filings
“The gains and losses related to changes in the fair value of the interest rate swap contracts are included within interest expense in the condensed consolidated statement of operations and substantially offset changes in the fair value of the hedged portion o…”
10-Q · Nov 25, 2025 ↗

Valuation discipline

Descriptive valuation snapshot

Price/sales 9.5× · EV/sales 9.2×. Comparisons use only industry-matched filing peers.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

198.88-0.2% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 1 Oct, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ZS. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Filing analysis

No comparable filing assessment is available yet

Jodie has not yet found a suitable current-versus-prior filing comparison for ZS. This does not mean the latest filing was neutral or immaterial.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind ZS

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depended on by

PANWPalo Alto Networks, Inc.competitorJun 3, 2026 ▾

“Our main competitors fall into four categories: • large companies that incorporate security features in their products, such as Cisco Systems, Inc.”

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

ZS is currently a Early Follower in the organic co-movement group Software Companies. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 1 filing-linked name are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.