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Zscaler (ZS) is a Top-Ranked Momentum Stock: Should You Buy?

It doesn't matter your age or experience: taking full advantage of the stock market and investing with confidence are common goals for all investors.

Achieving those goals is made easier with the Zacks Style Scores, a unique set of guidelines that rates stocks based on popular investing methodologies, namely value, growth, and momentum. The Style Scores can help you narrow down which stocks are better for your portfolio and which ones can beat the market over the long-term.

Is This 1 Momentum Stock a Screaming Buy Right Now?

Different than value or growth investors, momentum-oriented investors live by the saying "the trend is your friend." This investing style is all about taking advantage of upward or downward trends in a stock's price or earnings outlook. Employing factors like one-week price change and the monthly percentage change in earnings estimates, the Momentum Style Score can indicate favorable times to build a position in high-momentum stocks.

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Zscaler (ZS)

Zscaler was founded in September 2007 as SafeChannel Inc., and the company’s name was changed to Zscaler in August 2008. The company is one of the world’s leading providers of cloud-based security solutions.

ZS boasts a Momentum Style Score of A and VGM Score of B, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Shares of Zscaler has seen some interesting price action recently; the stock is up 9.7% over the past one week and up 17.9% over the past four weeks. And in the last one-year period, ZS has lost 48.9%. As for the stock's trading volume, 2,700,335.75 shares on average were traded over the last 20 days.

A company's earnings performance is important for momentum investors as well. For fiscal 2023, three analysts revised their earnings estimate higher in the last 60 days for ZS, while the Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.02 to $1.24 per share. ZS also boasts an average earnings surprise of 27.3%.

ZS should be on investors' short list because of its impressive earnings fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and strong Momentum and VGM Style Scores.

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