Zscaler reported rapid growth in its data security business, with Data Security ARR above US$500 million, up more than 30% year over year, including a large seven-figure expansion from a global asset manager. The company is linking its Zero Trust and AI security initiatives to actual customer spending and integrating with NVIDIA's OpenShell architecture as enterprises look to secure autonomous AI agents and higher-risk data flows. The article examines how this NVIDIA-aligned AI security strategy could shape the longer-term investment narrative around ARR growth. Analyst models assume revenue grows 16.7% per year over the next three years, with earnings moving from a loss of US$63.2 million today to US$178.3 million by 2029, and margins from a 1.9% loss to a 3.3% profit. The consensus price target of US$233.38 sits only about 2% above the current share price of US$228.66, implying a 293.1x P/E on 2029 earnings versus 30.6x for the wider US software peer group.
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