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Zscaler (Zscaler) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow : 52.67 (As of Apr. 30, 2024)


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What is Zscaler Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow?

As of today (2024-04-30), Zscaler's share price is $179.04. Zscaler's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 was $3.40. Hence, Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio for today is 52.67.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow or its related term are showing as below:

ZS' s Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 41.92   Med: 218.3   Max: 1842
Current: 52.71

During the past 9 years, Zscaler's highest Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio was 1842.00. The lowest was 41.92. And the median was 218.30.

ZS's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow is ranked worse than
75.98% of 1474 companies
in the Software industry
Industry Median: 23.485 vs ZS: 52.71

Zscaler's Free Cash Flow per Share for the three months ended in Jan. 2024 was $0.68. Its Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in was $3.40.

During the past 12 months, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate of Zscaler was 75.70% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 121.10% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 127.60% per year.

During the past 9 years, Zscaler's highest 3-Year average Free Cash Flow per Share Growth Rate was 217.90% per year. The lowest was 93.70% per year. And the median was 121.10% per year.


Zscaler Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow can be seen below:

* 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.

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Zscaler Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Chart

Zscaler Annual Data
Trend Jul15 Jul16 Jul17 Jul18 Jul19 Jul20 Jul21 Jul22 Jul23
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only 372.88 609.62 222.56 94.43 69.67

Zscaler Quarterly Data
Apr19 Jul19 Oct19 Jan20 Apr20 Jul20 Oct20 Jan21 Apr21 Jul21 Oct21 Jan22 Apr22 Jul22 Oct22 Jan23 Apr23 Jul23 Oct23 Jan24
Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 64.17 42.22 69.67 50.27 69.34

Competitive Comparison of Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow

For the Software - Infrastructure subindustry, Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, along with its competitors' market caps and Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow 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 Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Distribution in the Software Industry

For the Software industry and Technology sector, Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow falls into.



Zscaler Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Calculation

Zscaler's Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow ratio for today is calculated as

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Share Price/ Free Cash Flow per Share (TTM)
=179.04/3.399
=52.67

Zscaler's Share Price of today is $179.04.
Zscaler's Free Cash Flow per Share for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jan. 2024 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $3.40.

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Ratio=Market Cap/Free Cash Flow

Zscaler  (NAS:ZS) Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow Explanation

Free Cash Flow is considered more important than earnings by value investors. The reason is because, in principle, only the net cash that can be taken from the business belongs to shareholders. This Free Cash Flow can be used to grow the business, reduce debt or return to shareholders in dividends or share buybacks.

In a DCF Calculation Free Cash Flow is used to determine the intrinsic value of companies.


Be Aware

In real business, Free Cash Flow can be affected by the change in accounts receivable, accounts payable, management's decision on expansion, etc. Therefore, investors should look at the Free Cash Flow over the longer term. Long-term average of Free Cash Flow is a more reliable indicator for real free cash flow.


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Zscaler (Zscaler) Business Description

Industry
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