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<ul><li>Zscaler managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street in Q4, achieving significant growth with a 43% increase in revenue and 38% growth in billings, reflecting balanced expansion across various verticals, customer segments, and geographic regions.</li><li>The full-year results were equally impressive, with revenue reaching 48%, totalling $1.6 billion, and billings rising by 37% to over $2 billion.</li><li>Notably, several records were set, including the addition of the highest number of $1 million ARR customers, record new pipeline generation, and a record operating profit margin.</li></ul>

Zscaler managed to surpass the revenue expectations as well as the earnings expectations of Wall Street in Q4, achieving significant growth with a 43% increase in revenue and 38% growth in billings, reflecting balanced expansion across various verticals, customer segments, and geographic regions.The full-year results were equally impressive, with revenue reaching 48%, totalling $1.6 billion, and billings rising by 37% to over $2 billion.Notably, several records were set, including the addition of the highest number of $1 million ARR customers, record new pipeline generation, and a record operating profit margin.

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<ul><li>Zscaler managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.</li><li>The company's disciplined approach, high gross retention rates, and high operating income contributed to its success.</li><li>We give Zscaler a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.</li></ul>

Zscaler managed to exceed analyst expectations in terms of revenue as well as earnings.The company's disciplined approach, high gross retention rates, and high operating income contributed to its success.We give Zscaler a 'Hold' rating with a revised target price.

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<ul><li>Tech Heavyweights Shouldering the Load- Caution Flags Waving Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.</li><li>As of last Friday’s close, the S&amp;P 500 is up about 2% YTD. However, without the contribution of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) it would be flat YTD.</li><li>Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.</li></ul>

Tech Heavyweights Shouldering the Load- Caution Flags Waving Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.As of last Friday’s close, the S&amp;P 500 is up about 2% YTD. However, without the contribution of chip maker Nvidia (NVDA) it would be flat YTD.Since the end of 2022, few and fewer big cap tech names are now carrying the overall S&amp;P 500 index performance.

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“Obex” is Latin for Barriers to Entry. Obex Capital Management’s investment philosophy is driven by an intense focus on which business model’s Barriers to Entry are able to withstand the ever increasing competitive disruption in the TMT and Consumer Sectors.

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<li>Huge operating margin and FCF beat as PANW is maintaining efficiency with slower headcount growth and supply chain issues abating supporting gross margins. </li>
<li>Deal sizes continue to grow dramatically: $1M deals grew 20% YoY, and  transactions size grew nearly 60%. $5M+ deals grew 84% YoY and $10M+ deals grew 140%.</li>
<li>Prisma' Access' SASE product continues to be the catalyst driving 2.5x revenue lift vs. legacy firewalls.</li>
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Huge operating margin and FCF beat as PANW is maintaining efficiency with slower headcount growth and supply chain issues abating supporting gross margins. 
Deal sizes continue to grow dramatically: $1M deals grew 20% YoY, and  transactions size grew nearly 60%. $5M+ deals grew 84% YoY and $10M+ deals grew 140%.
Prisma' Access' SASE product continues to be the catalyst driving 2.5x revenue lift vs. legacy firewalls.


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<ul><li>Zscaler delivered good results in the last quarter surpassing Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.</li><li>Consumers are buying Zscaler for users, its complete platform for user protection, including ZDX, ZPA, and ZIA bundled together.</li><li>We provide the stock of Zscaler a ‘Buy’ rating and a revision in the target price.</li></ul>

Zscaler delivered good results in the last quarter surpassing Wall Street expectations in terms of revenues as well as earnings.Consumers are buying Zscaler for users, its complete platform for user protection, including ZDX, ZPA, and ZIA bundled together.We provide the stock of Zscaler a ‘Buy’ rating and a revision in the target price.

Zscaler Inc: Zero Configuration Data Protection & Other Developments

United States

Zscaler, Inc. operates as a security software company. The Company offers cloud-based platform that provides web and mobile security, threat protection, cloud application visibility, and networking solutions. Zscaler serves clients worldwide.

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