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Zscaler (Zscaler) Financial Strength : 6 (As of Jan. 2024)


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What is Zscaler Financial Strength?

Zscaler has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors:

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.
2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.
3. Altman Z-Score.

Zscaler did not have earnings to cover the interest expense. Zscaler's debt to revenue ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was 0.59. As of today, Zscaler's Altman Z-Score is 5.74.


Competitive Comparison of Zscaler's Financial Strength

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Zscaler's Financial Strength, along with its competitors' market caps and Financial Strength data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Zscaler's Financial Strength Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Zscaler's Financial Strength distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zscaler's Financial Strength falls into.



Zscaler Financial Strength Calculation

GuruFocus Financial Strength Rank measures how strong a company's financial situation is. It is based on these factors

A company ranks high with financial strength is likely to withstand any business slowdowns and recessions.

1. The debt burden that the company has as measured by its Interest Coverage (current year). The higher, the better.

Note: If both Interest Expense and Interest Income are empty, while Net Interest Income is negative, then use Net Interest Income as Interest Expense.

Interest Coverage is a ratio that determines how easily a company can pay interest expenses on outstanding debt. It is calculated by dividing a company's Operating Income (EBIT) by its Interest Expense:

Zscaler's Interest Expense for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-3 Mil. Its Operating Income for the months ended in Jan. 2024 was $-45 Mil. And its Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 was $1,189 Mil.

Zscaler's Interest Coverage for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Zscaler did not have earnings to cover the interest expense.

The higher the ratio, the stronger the company's financial strength is.

2. Debt to revenue ratio. The lower, the better.

Zscaler's Debt to Revenue Ratio for the quarter that ended in Jan. 2024 is

Debt to Revenue Ratio=Total Debt (Q: Jan. 2024 ) / Revenue
=(Short-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation + Long-Term Debt & Capital Lease Obligation) / Revenue
=(44.773 + 1188.917) / 2099.996
=0.59

3. Altman Z-Score.

Z-Score model is an accurate forecaster of failure up to two years prior to distress. It can be considered the assessment of the distress of industrial corporations.

The zones of discrimination were as such:

When Z-Score is less than 1.81, it is in Distress Zones.
When Z-Score is greater than 2.99, it is in Safe Zones.
When Z-Score is between 1.81 and 2.99, it is in Grey Zones.

Zscaler has a Z-score of 5.74, indicating it is in Safe Zones. This implies the Z-Score is strong.

Good Sign:

Altman Z-score of 5.74 is strong.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


Zscaler  (NAS:ZS) Financial Strength Explanation

The maximum rank is 10. Companies with rank 7 or higher will be unlikely to fall into distressed situations. Companies with rank of 3 or less are likely in financial distress.

Zscaler has the Financial Strength Rank of 6.


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Zscaler (Zscaler) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
120 Holger Way, San Jose, CA, USA, 95134
Zscaler is a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, firm focusing on providing cloud-native cybersecurity solutions to primarily enterprise customers. Zscaler's offerings can be broadly partitioned into Zscaler Internet Access, which provides secure access to external applications, and Zscaler Private Access, which provides secure access to internal applications. The firm is headquartered in San Jose, California, and went public in 2018.
Executives
Karen Blasing director 4420 ROSEWOOD DRIVE, SUITE 500, PLEASANTON CA 94588
Amit Sinha director, officer: CTO & EVP of Eng/ Cloud Ops C/O ZSCALER INC, 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Brown Andrew William Fraser director C/O GUIDEWIRE SOFTWARE, INC., 970 PARK PL, SUITE 200, SAN MATEO CA 94403
Robert Schlossman officer: Chief Legal Officer C/O ZSCALER, INC., 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Dali Rajic officer: Pres Go-To-Mkt/ Chief Rev Ofcr C/O APPDYNAMICS INC, 303 SECOND STREET NORTH TOWER, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94107
Syam Nair officer: CTO 120 HOLGER WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Jagtar Singh Chaudhry director, 10 percent owner, officer: President, CEO & Chairman C/O ZSCALER, INC., 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Remo Canessa officer: Chief Financial Officer C/O ZSCALER, INC., 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Scott C Darling director C/O ZSCALER INC, 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Charles H Giancarlo director 170 WEST TASMAN DRIVE, SAN JOSE X1 95134
Ajay Mangal 10 percent owner C/O ZSCALER INC, 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
Eileen Naughton director C/O GOOGLE INC., 76 NINTH AVENUE, 4TH FLOOR, NEW YORK NY 10011
Manoj Apte officer: Chief Strategy Officer C/O ZSCALER INC, 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134
David Schneider director C/O DATA DOMAIN, INC., 2300 CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY, SANTA CLARA CA 95050
Lane Bess director C/O ZSCALER INC, 110 ROSE ORCHARD WAY, SAN JOSE CA 95134