General Industrial Machinery & Equipment · SIC 3560

ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP

ZBRA

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Latest revenue

$1.50B

as of 2026-04-04

Latest net income

$135.0M

as of 2026-04-04

Net margin

9.0%

as of 2026-04-04

Price · 5Y

-12.5% / yr 26.3 pts / yr vs S&P 500 48.6% total
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delayed ≤15 min
$255.55
5.49%
Market cap
$12.17B
Enterprise value
$13.34B
P/E (trailing)
29.1×
Forward P/E
P/B
3.25×
Dividend yield
0.0%
52-wk high
$352.66
52-wk low
$199.05
Beta
Shares out
47.6M

5-year trend

What this company does

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Zebra Technologies makes barcode scanners, mobile computers, RFID readers, and printers that businesses use to track inventory, packages, and assets across warehouses, stores, and hospitals. Hardware sales drive roughly 82% of revenue ($3.2B of $3.9B year-to-date), with maintenance, repair, and software subscriptions making up the rest. Sales grew 7.5% year-over-year as the company recovers from the 2023-2024 inventory destocking slump, though tariff-related cost pressures and a higher tax rate compressed Q3 net income.

Key risks

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  • Margin pressure: Q3 EPS fell to $1.97 from $2.64 YoY despite 5% revenue growth, as tax expense jumped to $58M from $12M.
  • Leverage: $2.17B long-term debt against $1.05B cash; interest paid surged to $79M YTD vs $3M prior year after swap roll-off.
  • Goodwill concentration: $3.93B goodwill plus $376M intangibles = 53% of $8.07B total assets, exposing book value to impairment risk.

Profitability

Gross margin

48.1%

0.8%

Operating margin

13.0%

12.9%

Net margin

7.8%

26.7%

Return on equity

11.7%

20.7%

Return on assets

4.9%

25.6%

Leverage

Debt / equity

1.37×

12.1%

Long-term debt / equity

0.66×

12.8%

Debt / assets

57.8%

5.1%

Earnings tracker

QuarterRevenueYoYNet incomeYoYNet margin

Q2 2026

2026-04-04

$1.50B+14.3%$135.0M-0.7%9.0%

Q4 2025

2025-12-31

$1.48B+10.6%$70.0M-57.1%4.7%

Q3 2025

2025-09-27

$1.32B+5.2%$101.0M-26.3%7.7%

Q2 2025

2025-06-28

$1.29B+6.2%$112.0M-0.9%8.7%

Q1 2025

2025-03-29

$1.31B+11.3%$136.0M+18.3%10.4%

Q4 2024

2024-12-31

$1.33B$163.0M12.2%

Q3 2024

2024-09-28

$1.25B+31.3%$137.0M+1013.3%10.9%

Q2 2024

2024-06-29

$1.22B+0.2%$113.0M-21.5%9.3%

Year-over-year change vs the same fiscal quarter one year prior. Revenue + net income sourced from SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings — no analyst-consensus dependency.

Industry trend

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Insider activity

Insider buying

$386.8K

Insider selling

$1.1M

Net activity

−$754.5K

Distinct insiders

5

Open-market trades over the last 365 days.

Recent transactions

DateInsiderTypeSharesPriceValue
2026-05-14

Janice M Roberts

Director

Sale3,000$249.54$748.6K
2026-03-12

Satish Dhanasekaran

Director

Purchase200$205.40$41.1K
2026-03-05

Cristen L Kogl

Chief Legal Officer

Sale145$235.71$34.2K
2026-03-05

Robert John Armstrong Jr

Chief Marketing Officer

Sale9$229.73$2.1K

Source: SEC Form 4 filings. Officers, directors, and 10%+ owners must disclose share transactions within two business days. RSU grants and tax-withholding rows are excluded by default — compensation activity is not a trading signal.

Who owns ZBRA

Institutional value

$5.63B

Total shares held

27.9M

Distinct holders

433

As of

2026-03-31

Filers with $100M+ AUM disclose holdings 45 days after quarter end.

Top institutional holders

#ManagerSharesValueQoQ changeAction
1BlackRock, Inc.4.2M$878.8MNew
2VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC3.2M$669.3MNew
3VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC2.8M$586.0MNew
4NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB2.0M$413.5MNew
5Invesco Ltd.1.5M$319.8MNew
6Boston Partners1.5M$307.5MNew
7JPMORGAN CHASE & CO960.7K$191.5MNew
8DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP686.3K$143.5MNew
9Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc.679.2K$142.0MNew
10UBS Group AG589.9K$123.3MNew
11UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC547.2K$114.4MNew
12Pictet Asset Management Holding SA513.5K$107.3MNew
13Swedbank AB417.9K$87.4MNew
14APG Asset Management N.V.448.3K$81.3MNew
15DEUTSCHE BANK AG\380.1K$79.5MNew
16NEW SOUTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC361.2K$75.5MNew
17VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO276.9K$57.9MNew
18WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN276.9K$57.9MNew
19Bank of New York Mellon Corp269.5K$56.3MNew
20Legal & General Group Plc230.8K$48.3MNew

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR. Positions aggregated across sub-managers within each firm. Options (puts/calls) excluded — common stock only.

Top questions investors are asking

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  1. 1

    Q3 net income fell to $101M from $137M YoY despite revenue growth—what drove the tax rate jump to 36% and is this the new run-rate?

  2. 2

    Operating cash flow dropped 21% to $560M with payables down $115M; are suppliers tightening terms or is this working capital reversal temporary?

  3. 3

    G&A rose 18% YTD to $324M and acquisition costs hit $17M—quantify Photoneo/other deal synergies and when does this stop diluting margins?