Zscaler (ZS) Cash from Investing Activities (2017 - 2026)
Zscaler's (ZS) quarterly Cash from Investing Activities came in at -$360.9 million in Q1 2026, down 69774.32% year-over-year from N/an in Q1 2025, and up 75.97% quarter-over-quarter from -$1.5 billion in Q4 2025.
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Zscaler (ZS) Cash from Investing Activities (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Zscaler (ZS) has reported Cash from Investing Activities for 10 consecutive years, with -$360.9 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Cash from Investing Activities fell 69774.32% year-over-year to -$360.9 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was -$2.1 billion, a 228.68% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at -$2.7 billion, down 521.22% from the prior year.
- Cash from Investing Activities was -$360.9 million for Q1 2026 at Zscaler, up from -$1.5 billion in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Cash from Investing Activities peaked at $291.5 million in Q3 2022 and troughed at -$1.5 billion in Q4 2025.
- A 5-year average of -$168.1 million and a median of -$86.2 million in 2024 frame the typical range for Cash from Investing Activities.
- Across the five-year window, Cash from Investing Activities plunged 86022.39% in 2022 and surged 393.44% in 2023, its largest moves.
- Over 5 years, Cash from Investing Activities stood at -$57.7 million in 2022, then sank by 181.7% to -$162.5 million in 2023, then retreated by 24.06% to -$201.7 million in 2024, then plunged by 644.92% to -$1.5 billion in 2025, then jumped by 75.97% to -$360.9 million in 2026.
- The last three Cash from Investing Activities figures came in at -$360.9 million (Q1 2026), -$1.5 billion (Q4 2025), and -$247.6 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Cash from Investing (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 320.54 Bn | 317.47 Bn | 2.30 Bn | -1.01 Bn |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 268.77 Bn | 263.80 Bn | 1.10 Bn | -151.55 Mn |
| 3 | Fortinet | 131.12 Bn | 127.05 Bn | 1.64 Bn | -184.60 Mn |
| 4 | Snowflake | 118.02 Bn | 115.67 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -349.44 Mn |
| 5 | Datadog | 90.27 Bn | 85.29 Bn | 881.34 Mn | -349.88 Mn |
| 6 | Axon Enterprise | 36.61 Bn | 35.93 Bn | 546.45 Mn | 151.18 Mn |
| 7 | Zscaler | 34.97 Bn | 31.49 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | MongoDB | 34.51 Bn | 32.10 Bn | 569.77 Mn | -36.71 Mn |
| 9 | Okta | 34.32 Bn | 32.02 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 271.00 Mn |
| 10 | Baidu | 30.55 Bn | 8.15 Bn | 1.76 Mn | -3.90 Bn |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | -360.91 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | -1.50 Bn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -247.58 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 21.70 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 518,000.00 |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -201.66 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -74.19 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2024 | -360.24 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | -86.21 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | -162.55 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -180.42 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -91.27 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 70.05 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -57.70 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 291.49 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2022 | 106.52 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2022 | -23.87 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2021 | -67,000.00 |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 103.12 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2021 | -64.79 Mn |
API Access
Zscaler Cash from Investing Activities API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-investing-activities&ticker=ZS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "cash-from-investing-activities", "ticker": "ZS", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=cash-from-investing-activities&ticker=ZS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();