Zscaler (ZS) Deferred Taxes (2019 - 2026)
Zscaler's (ZS) quarterly Deferred Taxes came in at -$2.1 million in Q1 2026, down 112.23% year-over-year from $17.5 million in Q1 2025, and down 158.0% quarter-over-quarter from $3.7 million in Q4 2025.
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Zscaler (ZS) Deferred Taxes (2019 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
Zscaler (ZS) has reported Deferred Taxes for 8 consecutive years, with -$2.1 million the latest figure, recorded in Q1 2026.
- On a quarterly basis, Deferred Taxes fell 112.23% year-over-year to -$2.1 million in Q1 2026; TTM through Jan 2026 was -$1.5 million, a 106.75% decrease from a year earlier, with the FY2026 full-year figure at $20.4 million, up 42.06% from the prior year.
- Deferred Taxes was -$2.1 million for Q1 2026 at Zscaler, down from $3.7 million in the prior quarter.
- Over five years, Deferred Taxes peaked at $17.5 million in Q1 2025 and troughed at -$3.5 million in Q3 2025.
- A 5-year average of $1.3 million and a median of $41000.0 in 2022 frame the typical range for Deferred Taxes.
- Across the five-year window, Deferred Taxes soared 3007.38% in 2024 and tumbled 2466.18% in 2025, its largest moves.
- Over 5 years, Deferred Taxes stood at -$65000.0 in 2022, then surged by 166.15% to $43000.0 in 2023, then tumbled by 532.56% to -$186000.0 in 2024, then surged by 2088.17% to $3.7 million in 2025, then slumped by 158.0% to -$2.1 million in 2026.
- The last three Deferred Taxes figures came in at -$2.1 million (Q1 2026), $3.7 million (Q4 2025), and -$3.5 million (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | Deferred Taxes (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palo Alto Networks | 320.54 Bn | 317.47 Bn | 2.30 Bn | -57.00 Mn |
| 2 | CrowdStrike Holdings | 268.77 Bn | 263.80 Bn | 1.10 Bn | 3.77 Mn |
| 3 | Fortinet | 131.12 Bn | 127.05 Bn | 1.64 Bn | 14.60 Mn |
| 4 | Snowflake | 118.02 Bn | 115.67 Bn | 1.04 Bn | -1.93 Mn |
| 5 | Datadog | 90.27 Bn | 85.29 Bn | 881.34 Mn | - |
| 6 | Axon Enterprise | 36.61 Bn | 35.93 Bn | 546.45 Mn | -6.56 Mn |
| 7 | Zscaler | 34.97 Bn | 31.49 Bn | - | - |
| 8 | MongoDB | 34.51 Bn | 32.10 Bn | 569.77 Mn | -30,000.00 |
| 9 | Okta | 34.32 Bn | 32.02 Bn | 641.00 Mn | 1.00 Mn |
| 10 | Baidu | 30.55 Bn | 8.15 Bn | 1.76 Mn | - |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2026 | -2.15 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2025 | 3.70 Mn |
| Jul 31, 2025 | -3.49 Mn |
| Apr 30, 2025 | 482,000.00 |
| Jan 31, 2025 | 17.55 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2024 | -186,000.00 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | -136,000.00 |
| Apr 30, 2024 | 4.33 Mn |
| Jan 31, 2024 | 1.39 Mn |
| Oct 31, 2023 | 43,000.00 |
| Jul 31, 2023 | -194,000.00 |
| Apr 30, 2023 | -149,000.00 |
| Jan 31, 2023 | 56,000.00 |
| Oct 31, 2022 | -65,000.00 |
| Jul 31, 2022 | 41,000.00 |
| Apr 30, 2022 | -138,000.00 |
| Jan 31, 2022 | 436,000.00 |
| Oct 31, 2021 | 223,000.00 |
| Jul 31, 2021 | 904,000.00 |
| Apr 30, 2021 | 521,000.00 |
API Access
Zscaler Deferred Taxes API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=deferred-taxes&ticker=ZS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "deferred-taxes", "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=deferred-taxes&ticker=ZS&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();