Zscaler (ZS) FCF Margin (2017 - 2026)

Zscaler (ZS) reported FCF Margin of 22.91% for Q1 2026, down 155.0% year-over-year from 41.65% in Q1 2025, and down 58.07% quarter-over-quarter from 54.64% in Q4 2025.

Zscaler (ZS) FCF Margin (2017 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Zscaler (ZS) has 10 years of FCF Margin data on file, last reported at 22.91% in Q1 2026.

  • FCF Margin for Q1 2026 came in at 22.91%, down 155.0% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Jan 2026 was 31.93% (up 58.0% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was 30.23%, up 93.0% from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin declined to 22.91% in Q1 2026 per ZS's latest filing, from 54.64% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 54.64% in Q4 2025 and troughed at 13.41% in Q1 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 28.27% and a median of 24.9% in 2024 frame the typical range for FCF Margin.
  • The sharpest annual moves came in 2022 and 2023: FCF Margin tumbled 1589 bps in 2022, then soared 2197 bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 29.04% in 2022, then soared by 76 bps to 51.01% in 2023, then slipped by 4 bps to 49.19% in 2024, then increased by 11 bps to 54.64% in 2025, then tumbled by 58 bps to 22.91% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ZS's FCF Margin at 22.91% in Q1 2026, 54.64% in Q4 2025, and 26.49% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) FCF Margin (Qtr)
1 Microsoft 2,819.83 Bn 2,741.56 Bn 56.06 Bn 19.07%
2 Alarum Technologies 1,056.91 Bn 1,042.76 Bn 7.23 Mn -
3 Oracle 530.68 Bn 492.11 Bn 15.14 Bn 55.23%
4 Palantir Technologies 306.85 Bn 298.93 Bn 1.42 Bn 54.62%
5 Palo Alto Networks 199.03 Bn 194.49 Bn 1.91 Bn 14.80%
6 CrowdStrike Holdings 170.56 Bn 167.51 Bn 993.68 Mn 30.29%
7 Fortinet 106.91 Bn 103.62 Bn 1.49 Bn 55.21%
8 Synopsys 86.43 Bn 86.31 Bn 1.77 Bn 34.10%
9 Cloudflare 79.42 Bn 78.48 Bn 455.60 Mn 14.55%
10 Zscaler 19.87 Bn 16.35 Bn 624.49 Mn 22.91%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Jan 31, 2026 22.91%
Oct 31, 2025 54.64%
Jul 31, 2025 26.49%
Apr 30, 2025 22.17%
Jan 31, 2025 24.46%
Oct 31, 2024 49.19%
Jul 31, 2024 26.00%
Apr 30, 2024 24.90%
Jan 31, 2024 17.13%
Oct 31, 2023 51.01%
Jul 31, 2023 38.36%
Apr 30, 2023 19.63%
Jan 31, 2023 18.27%
Oct 31, 2022 29.04%
Jul 31, 2022 25.75%
Apr 30, 2022 17.31%
Jan 31, 2022 13.41%
Oct 31, 2021 37.66%
Jul 31, 2021 34.92%
Apr 30, 2021 33.19%