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Zscaler

ZS
$164.54
+3%since Benson's first pick

Market price data through September 11, 2026.

Performance

Sep 2021Sep 2026

Benson's first pick
$64$173$282$391Sep 2021Dec 2022Mar 2024Jun 2025Sep 2026Benson picked · $155.90
Model signal
Buy
What Benson's model currently says about this stock.
Benson rating
3.4 / 5
Benson's overall conviction in this stock right now.
Risk
Low risk
How bumpy the ride tends to be with this stock.

Track record

How this pick has done since Benson first called it.

Benson Return
+3%
How much this stock is up since Benson first picked it — measured from the price at the time of that first pick, not from today.
First pick price
~$159
Roughly what one share cost when Benson first picked this stock. This is the starting line for the Benson Return.
Tracking since
September 2024
The month this stock first became a Benson pick.
Tracking duration
24 months
How long Benson has been tracking this pick.

About Zscaler

Zscaler is a cloud security company that guards more than 41 million people at work by checking every single connection before it lets anything through. Nothing gets trusted just for being inside the building, which is why companies keep swapping their old firewall boxes for Zscaler.

The case for and against

Both sides of the story, in plain English.

Bull case
  • Growth Engine

    Revenue climbed 23 percent versus a year ago, and the company is now worth roughly 29 billion dollars. Big businesses and government agencies keep signing on as they retire the security gear they bought a decade ago.

  • AI Tailwinds

    Every new AI tool a company plugs in is another door a hacker can try. Zscaler already inspects over 500 billion connections a day, which puts it right in the middle of one of the fastest growing spending lines in tech.

Bear case
  • Profit Puzzle

    The company still finishes in the red, with net margins at negative 2.4 percent. Growing this fast costs real money in salespeople and engineers, and investors are waiting for those losses to flip positive.

  • Crowded Field

    At least 5 deep pocketed rivals are chasing the same corporate security budgets. That means constant price pressure and longer sales cycles, even when Zscaler has the better product.

How to read this page

This automated research summary uses Financial Modeling Prep market data through 2026-09-11. Model signals, scores, and risk labels can change and may be incomplete or wrong.

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