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Zscaler, Inc. (ZS)

NASDAQ / Technology / Software - Infrastructure

Share price

220.43 USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026

Market capitalisation

35.94B USD Market dataClose of Oct 15, 2026
Market data
Oct 15, 2026
Filed accounts
FY2026, filed Sep 3, 2026
Ratios computed
Oct 15, 2026
Filed years
11, FY2016 to FY2026
Four kinds of sourceSEC filingCompany statementMarket dataComputedWhat each means
SEC filingFiled with the SEC
Read from a statement the company filed with the SEC, with the form, fiscal year, filing date and accession beside it.
Company statementCompany statement
What the company says about itself in a filing: an 8-K item, the auditor, its own segment names.
Market dataMarket data
Prices, market value and what analysts publish, with the date they are as of.
ComputedComputed by ValueScreener
Worked out by us from the other three, with the inputs and the formula one press away. A score is a research output, not a rating or a recommendation.
Reading

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Overview

What the business is, what it costs, and how it reads on four questions.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Four questions, at a glance

Quality

Return on equity

-2.4% Computed

From the FY2026 filing

Read quality

Valuation

Price to book

13.59x Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read valuation

Cash generation

Free cash flow yield

2.4% Computed

FY2026 accounts, priced at the latest close

Read cash generation

Revenue and net income, as filed

FY2017 Revenue: 125.7M USDFY2017 Net income: -35.5M USDFY2018 Revenue: 190.2M USDFY2018 Net income: -33.6M USDFY2019 Revenue: 302.8M USDFY2019 Net income: -28.7M USDFY2020 Revenue: 431.3M USDFY2020 Net income: -115.1M USDFY2021 Revenue: 673.1M USDFY2021 Net income: -262.0M USDFY2022 Revenue: 1.09B USDFY2022 Net income: -390.3M USDFY2023 Revenue: 1.62B USDFY2023 Net income: -202.3M USDFY2024 Revenue: 2.17B USDFY2024 Net income: -57.7M USDFY2025 Revenue: 2.67B USDFY2025 Net income: -41.5M USDFY2026 Revenue: 3.35B USDFY2026 Net income: -63.2M USD
Revenue Net income10 filed fiscal years, from the annual reports; the table in Filings names each document.
Named tests met
0 of 30 Which tests
The business, and the score behind its five axes

The reading, in brief

Is it good

Return on equity was -2.4% in FY2026, in the band labelled "Likely below the cost of equity" (below 8.0%), on lines anchored on Damodaran's cost-of-capital data, suggesting returns on shareholders' money below the usual cost of equity.

Today, against the Software - Infrastructure industry (114 companies), -2.4% sits at the 38th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from -25.7% to 16.2%.

Is it safe

Current ratio was 1.70 in FY2026, in the band labelled "Adequate" (1.50 to 2.00), on lines anchored on Graham's defensive-investor criteria.

Today, against the Software - Infrastructure industry (129 companies), 1.70 sits at the 60th percentile; the middle half of that group runs from 1.00 to 2.21.

Year by year against peers
Whether Zscaler, Inc.'s return on equity stayed above the median of the Software - Infrastructure industry, year by year. (FY2017 to FY2025, 9 fiscal years of Zscaler, Inc. with a comparable figure)
The direction
Which way Zscaler, Inc.'s return on equity has moved, and how steadily. (FY2017 to FY2026, 10 filed years of Zscaler, Inc.)
What could explain it
What in Zscaler, Inc.'s filed statements could explain the movements. (6 readings drawn from the statement lines Zscaler, Inc. filed)
What to check next
What to check next on Zscaler, Inc., and where in its filings. (5 questions for Zscaler, Inc.)
In one paragraph
One paragraph on Zscaler, Inc.'s returns, cash, balance sheet and price. (8 of sixteen figures read for Zscaler, Inc.)

These are ZS’s filed figures. The research desk says what they mean, against peers and its own years, with what to check next.

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What changed

The newest filing, what it moved, and when the next one is due.

SEC filingCompany statement

The newest accounts on file are the FY2026 annual report: 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, accession 0001713683-26-000157.

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Quality

The returns the business earns on its capital, and the margins behind them.

SEC filingComputed

Zscaler, Inc: returns on capital and margins, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Return on invested capital, after tax
Why n/a

The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Return on equity-2.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Return on capital employed, pre-tax-2.7% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Return on assets-0.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Gross margin76.8% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Operating margin-4.0% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Net margin-1.9% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
ZS -1.9%
XYZ 5.4%NET -4.7%IOT -0.6%OKTA 8.1%MDB -2.9%
-4.7%8.1%
Net margin: ZS against the 5 companies named under Valuation context, each as filed for its own latest year. Placement only: no average is drawn.

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Financial strength

What it owes against what it owns, and whether it can meet what falls due.

SEC filingComputedCompany statement

Zscaler, Inc: leverage, liquidity and distress, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Debt to equity
Why n/a

The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Current ratio1.70 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Quick ratio1.70 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Interest coverage
Why n/m

Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).

n/m ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Altman Z-score4.49 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Net debt
Why n/a

The FY2026 balance sheet carries no net debt we could read.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Total assets 7.87BTotal liabilities 5.27BShareholders' equity 2.60BOwnsOwes, and equity
Total assets Total liabilities Shareholders’ equity
The balance sheet, line by line

Financial health

What Zscaler, Inc owned and owed at the end of fiscal 2026, from the balance sheet it filed (10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157).

Zscaler, Inc: balance sheet position
Total assets7.87B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Total liabilities5.27B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Shareholders' equity2.60B FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Cash928.4M FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Total debtn/a FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026
Net debtn/a
Current ratio1.70
Debt to equityn/a
  • Debt to equity: FY2026: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
  • Interest cover: FY2026: Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).

Read from the filed balance sheet for each year, with the income statement of the same year supplying operating profit where a ratio needs it. Nothing here is a view on whether this company is sound.

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Valuation context

What the market charges for it, against its own record and companies like it.

Market dataSEC filingComputed

Zscaler, Inc: what the market charges, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Price to earnings
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
P/E on trailing twelve months
Why n/a

Fewer than twenty trading days carry a meaningful trailing price to earnings ratio, so no range is stated.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · Trailing four quarters, each as known on the day; the quarterly filings are listed under Filings
Price to book13.59x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Price to sales10.53x ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Enterprise value to EBIT
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Enterprise value to EBITDA
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Price to earnings over growth
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Diluted earnings per share-0.39 USD FiledFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Graham number
Why n/m

Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.

n/m ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157

We publish no fair value or price target of our own. Value ZS on your own assumptions in the DCF workbench, starting from the filed figures.

Its own record, and companies like it

Valuation

What the market charges for Zscaler, Inc today, and the multiples it has carried. No value of ours: the figures are the filings’ and the market’s.

Zscaler, Inc: valuation
Share price220.43 USD
Market capitalisation35.94B USD
Enterprise value to EBITDAn/a
Graham numbern/m
Diluted earnings per share, FY2026-0.39 USD

Price to earnings on trailing twelve months: Fewer than twenty trading days carry a meaningful trailing price to earnings ratio, so no range is stated.

Companies like Zscaler, Inc

  1. Block, Inc. (XYZ)Market cap 47.96B USD
  2. Cloudflare, Inc. (NET)Market cap 112.60B USD
  3. Samsara Inc. (IOT)Market cap 24.94B USD
  4. Okta, Inc. (OKTA)Market cap 34.85B USD
  5. MongoDB, Inc. (MDB)Market cap 29.48B USD

Same industry (Software - Infrastructure) and size band (Large, 10B to 200B), nearest in market value, net margin and current ratio. Each of those counts equally, by how many of the companies considered sit between the two on it. Closest first: the order is likeness and nothing else.

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Cash generation

Whether profit arrives as cash, and what is paid back to shareholders.

SEC filingComputed

Zscaler, Inc: cash generation and what is paid out, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Free cash flow yield2.4% ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Free cash flow852.4M USD ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Free cash flow margin25.4% ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Dividend yield
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026 · FY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Payout ratio
Why n/a

We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

n/a ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
FY2017 Free cash flow: -13.8M USDFY2017 Net income: -35.5M USDFY2018 Free cash flow: 3.9M USDFY2018 Net income: -33.6M USDFY2019 Free cash flow: 32.5M USDFY2019 Net income: -28.7M USDFY2020 Free cash flow: 36.2M USDFY2020 Net income: -115.1M USDFY2021 Free cash flow: 153.9M USDFY2021 Net income: -262.0M USDFY2022 Free cash flow: 252.6M USDFY2022 Net income: -390.3M USDFY2023 Free cash flow: 365.1M USDFY2023 Net income: -202.3M USDFY2024 Free cash flow: 635.3M USDFY2024 Net income: -57.7M USDFY2025 Free cash flow: 808.2M USDFY2025 Net income: -41.5M USDFY2026 Free cash flow: 852.4M USDFY2026 Net income: -63.2M USD
Free cash flow Net incomeProfit that arrives as cash stands level with net income; a gap year after year is worth reading about.

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Filings

Every figure, the year it is for and the document it was read from.

SEC filing

The filed figures

Computed from the accounts this company filed with the SEC and, in a ratio with a price in it, the last close, dated on this page. Every filed figure below carries the fiscal year and the filing date its accounts were read from, and every blank carries the reason it is blank. Nothing here is a view on this company.

Zscaler, Inc.: the eight ratios, with the fiscal year and filing date behind each.
FigureValueYearAs of
n/mFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
13.59xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a Operating profit is zero or negative, so there is no profit for a buyer's price to be a multiple of.
2.4%FY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/aFY2026Sep 3, 2026
n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
n/aFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/a The filed cash flow statement reports no dividend paid at all. That is not the same as a filed zero, and we will not read it as one.
n/aFY2026Sep 3, 2026
n/a The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
1.70FY2026Sep 3, 2026
10.53xFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/mFY2026Oct 15, 2026
n/m Not meaningful for this company, such as a P/E on negative earnings or a bank's EV/EBIT.
4.49FY2026Oct 15, 2026
-1.48FY2026Sep 3, 2026
3/9FY2026Sep 3, 2026

The figures are computed from the accounts for fiscal 2026, the newest full year on file. 11 filed fiscal years on record, FY2016 to FY2026, from SEC EDGAR. Prices as of Oct 15, 2026. Ratios recomputed Oct 15, 2026. Two facts, because a recompute is not a fresh quote.

The year and the filing date name the statement each figure’s accounts are read from, and they stand even where the figure itself could not be computed: the line beneath a blank says what that statement did not carry. A figure’s name opens its formula and the filings behind it; a statement that names no SEC filing has no filing date, and reads n/a.

Ten years of filed figures, year by year

Ten years of filed figures

10 filed fiscal years, FY2017 to FY2026, read from the annual reports Zscaler, Inc filed with the SEC. Each year names its filing. Amounts in USD, as filed.

Zscaler, Inc: revenue, earnings, free cash flow and returns, by fiscal year, with the filing each year was read from
YearRevenueOperating incomeNet incomeEPS, dilutedFree cash flowOperating marginReturn on equityFiling
FY20263.35B-133.3M-63.2M-0.39852.4M-4.0%-2.4%10-K, Sep 3, 20260001713683-26-000157
FY20252.67B-128.5M-41.5M-0.27808.2M-4.8%-2.3%10-K, Sep 11, 20250001713683-25-000158
FY20242.17B-121.5M-57.7M-0.39635.3M-5.6%-4.5%10-K, Sep 12, 20240001713683-24-000109
FY20231.62B-234.6M-202.3M-1.40365.1M-14.5%-27.9%10-K, Sep 14, 20230001713683-23-000113
FY20221.09B-327.4M-390.3M-2.77252.6M-30.0%-68.1%10-K, Sep 15, 20220001713683-22-000081
FY2021673.1M-207.8M-262.0M-1.93153.9M-30.9%-49.5%10-K, Sep 16, 20210001713683-21-000175
FY2020431.3M-114.0M-115.1M-0.8936.2M-26.4%-23.7%10-K, Sep 17, 20200001713683-20-000163
FY2019302.8M-35.3M-28.7M-0.2332.5M-11.7%-9.3%10-K, Sep 18, 20190001713683-19-000030
FY2018190.2M-34.6M-33.6M-0.633.9M-18.2%-14.0%10-K, Sep 13, 20180001628280-18-011833
FY2017125.7M-35.1M-35.5M-1.54-13.8M-27.9%-71.2%10-K, Sep 13, 20180001628280-18-011833
  • Revenue, compound annual growth FY2017 to FY2026: 44.0%
  • Earnings: Earnings was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Earnings per share: Earnings per share was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.
  • Free cash flow: Free cash flow was not positive in both 2017 and 2026, so a compound rate across the window is not defined. Both figures are in the table.

Every figure in this section is a line of a filed annual statement or a ratio of two of them. Nothing here is estimated or smoothed. Earnings per share filed before a share split are put on today's share count, and say so. Nothing here is a verdict on the company.

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Risks and guardrails

The accounting screens, the published tests, and the lines you can set to be told.

ComputedCompany statement

Zscaler, Inc: accounting screens and published tests, each with its source
FigureValue, source and document
Beneish M-score-1.48 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Piotroski F-score3/9 ComputedFY2026 10-K, filed Sep 3, 2026, 0001713683-26-000157
Named tests met0 of 30 Computed
Beta1.14 ComputedClose of Oct 15, 2026

The named tests

Of 30 tests value investors published: 0 met, 21 not met, 9 we could not complete. Counts, never a score: a single figure would have to decide that meeting one investor’s criteria and meeting another’s are worth the same.

Which tests, by name(all 30)
Meets
None of the named tests.
Does not
Defensive investor (Benjamin Graham); Deep value; Large cap, low P/E; High F-score, low P/B (Joseph Piotroski); Three forensic scores; High returns and growth; Gross margin, turnover (Robert Novy-Marx); High yield, low payout; Dividends and buybacks; Low beta, profitable; Near the 52-week low; Two thirds of NCAV (Benjamin Graham); High returns, low debt; Owner earnings yield; High return on tangibles; Low P/S, rising earnings (James O'Shaughnessy); Book or below, low debt (Walter Schloss); Tangible book or below; Cash-flow yield and ROIC; Clean books, high ROIC; Cheapest quarter on P/B (David Dreman)
Not measured
Earnings yield and ROIC (Joel Greenblatt); Low PEG, low debt (Peter Lynch); EV/EBITDA and coverage; ROIC at or above WACC; Z-score and coverage (Edward Altman); P/E times P/B (Benjamin Graham); Cash-covered dividend; Cheapest quarter on P/E (David Dreman); Low P/E, growth, yield (John Neff). A test with a figure we could not read is incomplete, never met and never failed.
Figures we could not read(14)
  • Debt to Equity: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
  • P/E Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • EV/EBIT: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Return on Invested Capital: The filed borrowings do not add up to a total we can stand behind: the filer's own liability subtotals leave room for debt we did not read.
  • PEG Ratio: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Eps Growth 5Y: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • EV/EBITDA: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Interest Coverage: Operating income is zero or below, so there is no operating profit to cover the interest bill and coverage is not meaningful (n/m).
  • Dividend Yield: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Payout Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • ROIC-WACC Spread: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Price To Graham: Earnings are zero or negative, so a price to earnings multiple is not meaningful. A negative P/E is not a cheap company and a large positive one from a near-zero denominator is not an expensive one.
  • Dividend Coverage Ratio: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.
  • Dividend Streak: We do not hold this figure for this company, so there is nothing to show.

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Declared positions

Whether anybody here owns this company.

Positions declared by Javier Sanz Alvarez: no holding in any company shown here, as of October 3, 2026.

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What to do with what you have read.

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What this cannot tell you

  • 14 figures could not be read on this company, among them Debt to Equity, P/E Ratio, EV/EBIT. Each blank in the table above names the rest, with its reason. 9 named tests come back incomplete because of them, which is neither met nor missed.

And the one that is true of all of it: This is what the numbers say today. It cannot tell you the day one of them stops being true. Nothing here can, because the reasons are not written down.

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