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Zscaler (ZS) Operating Margin (2017 - 2026)

Zscaler has reported Operating Margin over the past 10 years, most recently at 6.35% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 15.0% to 6.35% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 4.86% through Jan 2026, down 70.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 4.81% for FY2025, 80.0% up from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 6.35% for Q1 2026 at Zscaler, down from 4.61% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, Operating Margin peaked at 0.54% in Q2 2024 and troughed at 32.84% in Q1 2022.
  • The 5-year median for Operating Margin is 8.66% (2024), against an average of 11.86%.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Margin tumbled -534bps in 2022 and then skyrocketed 1688bps in 2023.
  • A 5-year view of Operating Margin shows it stood at 19.43% in 2022, then soared by 52bps to 9.27% in 2023, then soared by 47bps to 4.88% in 2024, then increased by 6bps to 4.61% in 2025, then tumbled by -38bps to 6.35% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for ZS's Operating Margin are 6.35% (Q1 2026), 4.61% (Q4 2025), and 4.48% (Q3 2025).