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Zebra Technologies Corporation

ZBRA

Technology · 350.40 +1.8% today

Isolated · not yet confirmedMarket checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4

Market read

Zebra Technologies Corporation's current read is isolated; its market group is not confirming.

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

What changed
  • Revenue increased 14.3% versus the comparable filing period.
  • Operating margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
Company+1.8% todayVolume comparison unavailable
Market group0 of 1 activeRFID & Barcode Systems · unavailable
Disclosed network0 of 5 confirmingNo filing-linked name is confirming now
What would change this read
  • ZBRA's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Invalidation: The isolated read changes if ZBRA's group or a disclosed connection begins moving with it.

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Research brief

The story so far

Technology · Communication Equipment

The latest filing is mixed. 0 of 1 group members are active now; 0 filing-linked outsiders are moving with the group, and 0 of 5 directly disclosed connections are confirming.

Evidence that supports
  • Revenue increased 14.3% versus the comparable filing period.
Evidence that challenges
  • Operating margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
  • Net margin fell 1.4 percentage points.
What would clarify the read
  • ZBRA's market-adjusted activity becomes unusual and at least one connected name confirms.

Company research

Understand the business, not just the ticker

As of Sep 12, 2026
Business model and earnings drivers

Use the company’s filings to identify the few operating, demand, cost, capital and regulatory variables that determine its earnings power.

Key research questions
  • Which operating variable is changing?
  • Is that change durable, cyclical or one-off?
  • What evidence would disprove the current interpretation?
Annual periods9
Price observations602
Usable filing statements91
Verified relationships6
Evidence supporting the case
  • Latest annual revenue changed +8.3% year over year.
  • Operating cash flow covered net income at 2.19x in the latest annual period.
  • Foreign exchange has repeated favorable evidence across 4 filings.
  • Demand and volume has repeated favorable evidence across 3 filings.
Evidence challenging the case
  • Operating margin changed -1.9 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Net margin changed -2.8 percentage points in the latest annual period.
  • Tariffs and trade policy has repeated adverse evidence across 3 filings.
Questions before a position

No credible peer-relative valuation comparison is available yet.

Longer-term price context

Price as of Sep 11, 2026

350.40
6m+71.7%12m+14.4%24m+9.2%
Annual trajectory

Reported annual revenue and per-share history. This is accounting history, not a forecast.

PeriodRevenueYoYDiluted EPSShare change
2021-12-31$5.6B+26.5%$15.52-0.0%
2022-12-31$5.8B+2.7%$8.80-2.5%
2023-12-31$4.6B-20.7%$5.72-1.6%
2024-12-31$5.0B+8.7%$10.18+0.3%
2025-12-31$5.4B+8.3%$8.18-1.3%

What management says matters

Persistent and emerging business drivers

Foreign exchangepositive · 4 filings
This impact is calculated by translating the current period results at the currency exchange rates used in the comparable prior year period as well as removing realized cash flow hedge gains and losses from both the current and prior year periods.
10-Q · May 12, 2026
Demand and volumepositive · 3 filings
2025 compared to 2024 Total Net sales increased $415 million or 8.3% compared to the prior year reflecting growth in both our AVA and CF segments associated with improved demand trends that began in the middle of 2024, along with contributions from our recent…
10-K · Feb 12, 2026
Tariffs and trade policynegative · 3 filings
Gross margin decreased to 47.2% in the current year compared to 49.2% in the prior year primarily due to unfavorable impacts of tariffs, net of mitigating actions, and lower services and software margins, partly offset by volume leverage favorability.
10-K · Feb 12, 2026
Credit and interest ratesmixed · 2 filings
Total other expense, net, increased primarily due to non-recurring interest rate swap gains in the prior year and foreign exchange transaction losses in the current year, partly offset by lower net interest costs associated with the Company’s borrowings drive…
10-K · Feb 12, 2026

Valuation discipline

Peer-relative valuation withheld

Jodie found no industry-matched filing peers suitable for a valuation comparison. It will not substitute broader financial-sector names.

Scenario scaffold

Mechanical 2.0-year scenarios are available as editable assumptions, not consensus.

Price action

How the market is pricing the story

350.40+1.8% today

Jodie does not have enough daily observations to draw a useful short-term chart for this asset. The latest quoted price was checked 11 Sept, 15:55 GMT-4; this is a coverage limitation, not a flat-price conclusion.

Developments

No sourced recent-development timeline yet

Jodie has not returned a relevant primary source or news item for ZBRA. This is an evidence-coverage gap, not a conclusion that nothing material happened.

Business and financial condition

Reported financial figures are not available yet

Jodie has not returned structured SEC XBRL fundamentals for this asset. This is a coverage limitation, not an assessment of the business or its financial health.

Latest filing assessment · baseline

The latest filing presents a mixed picture

10-Q filed 2026-05-12 against the comparable filing from 2025-04-29.

mixed
OperationsmixedEvidence score 0
liquidityneutralEvidence score 0
valuationdiscount

What improved

  • Revenue increased 14.3% versus the comparable filing period.

What weakened

  • Operating margin fell 0.5 percentage points.
  • Net margin fell 1.4 percentage points.

Filing receipts

Total Other expense, net increased primarily due to realized losses associated with the sales of certain long-term investments in the first quarter, as well as lower interest income on cash equivalents.

2026 compared to 2025 The change in our cash and cash equivalents balance during the three months ended April 4, 2026 compared to the prior year was primarily due to the following: • $2 million decrease in net operating cash inflows primarily due to the timing of vendor payments and customer collections, largely offset by lower incentive compensation payments in the current year.

First quarter 2026 compared to first quarter 2025 Total Net sales for CF increased $141 million or 20.6% compared to the prior year, primarily due to the inclusion of Elo Touch, higher sales of mobile computers, and favorable impact of foreign currency.

Retrospective baseline calibration. It was generated after the filing date and is not part of Jodie's live track record.

Business ecosystem

The relationships behind ZBRA

Customers, suppliers, partners and competitors named in company filings—not inferred from headlines.

Depends on

AVYAvery Dennison CorporationcompetitorFeb 12, 2026

Competitors include: Avery Dennison, Entrust, Honeywell, Sato, Toshiba TEC, and TSC.

CGNXCognex CorporationcompetitorFeb 12, 2026

Competitors in our fixed industrial scanning and machine vision business include Cognex, Keyence, and SICK.

Depended on by

SCSCScanSource, Inc.supplierAug 21, 2025

Our key suppliers includ e AT&T, Avaya, Axis, Cisco, Comcast Business, Dell, Elo, Extreme, Five9, Fortinet, Hanwha, Honeywell, HP Poly, HPE/Aruba, Ingenico, Lumen, Microsoft, NiCE, RingCentral, Ubiquiti, Verifone, Verizon, Zebra Technologies and Zoom.

Filing peers

Companies whose filings use similar operating language.

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What is moving around it

Live connections

ZBRA is currently a Leader in the organic co-movement group RFID & Barcode Systems. This group is discovered from market behaviour rather than assigned from an industry taxonomy. 3 filing-linked names are in the relationship map; none is currently confirmed as moving with the group.

This group is retained as the last observed read for ZBRA; it is not active in the latest market snapshot.

Context history

Theme membership history

No durable theme membership has been observed for this name yet.