Zscaler’s stock sees record drop after investors are blindsided by a disappointing outlook
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Zscaler cratered 31%+ after a shockingly weak revenue outlook blindsided investors, marking its worst single-day drop ever. The contagion is already spreading to sector peers OKTA, PANW, and CRWD, creating a setup where the question is whether this is ZS-specific guidance risk or a broader enterprise cyber spending signal.
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Wrong ifIf ZS's guidance signals macro-driven enterprise IT budget freezes, CRWD and PANW also face multiple compression and the long legs bleed further; any ZS dead-cat on a guidance-revision-wasn't-that-bad narrative would also hurt the short leg.
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