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Zebra Technologies Corporation
Communication Equipment · United States
USD 387.413.1% daily changeQuote 2026-10-06 · USD
- Market cap (USD)
- US$18.33B
- Trailing P/E
- 35.51x
- Forward P/E
- 17.45x
- Quarterly revenue growth
- 20.4%
- Trailing net margin
- 9.2%
- Indicated dividend yield
- —
Snapshot 2026-10-06 · Latest financial period 2026-07-04 · Yahoo Finance. Quotes may be delayed; reporting periods can differ.
Next earnings: 2026-11-03 (provider estimate, not issuer-confirmed).
Company background
Zebra Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the automatic identification and data capture solutions industry worldwide. It operates in two segments, Connected Frontline, and Asset Visibility and Automation. The company designs, manufactures, and sells printers that produce labels, wristbands, tickets, receipts, and plastic cards; dye-sublimination thermal card printers that produce images, which are used for personal identification, access control, and financial transactions; radio frequency identification device (RFID) printers that encode data into passive RFID transponders; accessories and options for printers, including carrying cases, vehicle mounts, and battery chargers; stock and customized thermal labels, receipts, ribbons, plastic cards, and RFID tags for printers; and electronic sensors and temperature-monitoring labels. It also provides various maintenance, technical support, repair, and managed and professional services; fixed readers, RFID enabled mobile computers, and RFID sleds; tags, sensors, exciters, middleware software, and application software; and physical inventory management solutions; rugged and enterprise-grade mobile computing products and accessories, as well as real-time location systems and services. In addition, the company offers barcode scanners and imagers, RFID readers, industrial machine vision cameras, and fixed industrial scanners; point-of-sale solutions, self-serve kiosks, and interactive touchscreen displays; workflow optimization solutions, such as workforce management, workflow execution and task management, and prescriptive analytics, and communications and collaboration solutions; and cloud-based software. The company serves retail and e-commerce, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare, public sector, and other industries through direct sales force and network of channel partners. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.
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ZBRA peer comparison
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| Metric | ZBRAZebra Technologies CorporationSnapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-07-04 | ERICTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | VSATViasat, Inc.Snapshot 2026-10-06Financial period: 2026-06-30 | Peer medianSimilar-size peers only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market capMarket value, converted to USD | US$18.33B | US$30.45B | US$10.06B | US$20.26Bn=2 |
| Forward P/EProvider forward earnings estimate | 17.45x | 15.28x | 438.37x | 226.82xn=2 |
| EV / EBITDAEnterprise value / trailing EBITDA | 17.38x | — | 10.69x | — |
| Revenue growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 20.4% | -6.1% | -1.2% | -3.6%n=2 |
| Operating marginLatest reported quarter | 21.3% | 0.0% | 4.4% | 2.2%n=2 |
| Free cash flow yieldTrailing cash flow / market cap | 3.1% | — | 2.5% | — |
| Net debt / EBITDANet debt / trailing EBITDA | 2.37x | — | 3.73x | — |
| Debt / equityTotal debt / positive book equity | 0.86x | 0.38x | 1.47x | 0.92xn=2 |
| Trailing P/ETrailing twelve-month earnings | 35.51x | 11.85x | — | — |
| Price / bookPrice / positive book equity per share | 5.34x | 0.30x | 2.17x | 1.24xn=2 |
| EV / salesEnterprise value / trailing revenue | 3.52x | — | 3.22x | — |
| Earnings growthLatest quarter vs prior-year quarter | 121.5% | -10.9% | — | — |
| Gross marginTrailing twelve months | 49.6% | 48.1% | 33.2% | 40.7%n=2 |
| Net marginTrailing twelve months | 9.2% | 10.8% | -0.6% | 5.1%n=2 |
| Return on equityProvider trailing return; positive equity only | 15.3% | 26.1% | 0.2% | 13.1%n=2 |
| Free cash flow marginTrailing free cash flow / revenue | 9.9% | — | 5.4% | — |
| Dividend yieldIndicated annual dividend / price | — | 3.4% | — | — |
| Earnings payoutProvider trailing dividend payout | 0.0% | 41.4% | 0.0% | 20.7%n=2 |
| Current ratioCurrent assets / current liabilities | 0.52x | 1.12x | 1.68x | 1.40xn=2 |
| BetaProvider historical market sensitivity | 1.58 | 0.51 | 1.76 | 1.14n=2 |
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THE RESEARCH RECORD
Research history for ZBRA
Q2 20262026-08-04
Zebra (ZBRA): Stock EXPLODES 23% — But 80% Of The Raise Is Old News. Is ZBRA Stock a Buy?
Presentation · 2026-08-04 · YouTube
Q1 20262026-05-12
ZBRA Stock: EPS Beats by 10% — Q1 2026 Earnings Analysis
Presentation · 2026-05-12 · YouTube