Zscaler will report third-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday, May 26, and investors are heading into the update with a sharp focus on whether the cybersecurity company can beat expectations again. The zs stock closed Friday at $182.37, up 6.6% on the day.
Analysts expect Zscaler to post earnings of $1.01 per share on revenue of $835.66 million. A year ago, the San Jose, California-based company reported 84 cents per share on revenue of $678.03 million, a comparison that sets a high bar for this quarter’s results.
The numbers matter because Zscaler has already given traders a fresh reason to watch the name. On May 21, the company said it intends to acquire Symmetry Systems, a move that comes just days before the earnings release and adds another layer of scrutiny to management’s outlook. For investors, the sequence is hard to miss: a deal announcement, a strong share move, and then a report that will test whether the business is still growing fast enough to justify the interest.
That is the tension heading into Tuesday. Zscaler has to do more than match the consensus forecast; it has to show that the business can keep scaling while it absorbs the market’s attention after the Symmetry Systems announcement. If the company clears the profit and revenue marks, the rally in zs stock will have a fresh foundation. If it does not, the market will be left weighing a promising deal against the harder question of whether growth is still keeping pace.
