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ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP ZBRA
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP (ZBRA) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It does not currently pay a dividend. FY2025 revenue was $5.4B at a 7.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.57 — low (below −2.22 — no manipulation red flag) . A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | TD Cowen | Buy (main) |
| 2026-08-05 | Citigroup | Neutral (main) |
| 2026-08-05 | Truist Securities | Hold (main) |
| 2026-08-05 | BNP Paribas | Outperform (reit) |
| 2026-08-05 | Keybanc | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-08-05 | Barclays | Overweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Manufacturing · percentile among 1957 companies
Percentile vs other Manufacturing companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.007 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.621 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.082 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.73 |
Sector peers · similar-size Manufacturing companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZBRA | ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP | 5/9 | 3.3 | 27 | +8.3% |
| GTES | Gates Industrial Corp plc | 7/9 | 3.91 | 29.1 | +1% |
| IR | Ingersoll Rand Inc. | 5/9 | 3.06 | 54.8 | +5.7% |
| ZWS | Zurn Elkay Water Solutions Corp | 8/9 | 2.24 | 41.8 | +8.3% |
| TWIN | TWIN DISC INC | 3/9 | 4.47 | — | +15.5% |
| GHM | GRAHAM CORP | 3/9 | 2.19 | 113.8 | +16.9% |
| GTEC | Greenland Technologies Holding Corp. | 6/9 | 5.7 | 2.9 | +8% |
About ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP
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.
FAQ
Is ZBRA financially healthy?
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does ZBRA pay a dividend?
No, ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP does not currently pay a dividend.
How profitable is ZBRA?
In FY2025, ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP had a net margin of 7.8% and a return on equity of 11.7%.
Is ZBRA overvalued or undervalued?
ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP trades at about 46.3× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 22.4×–384.9×, median 38.5×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for ZBRA?
The average Wall-Street price target for ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP is $399.00, about 5.5% above the recent price, from 16 analysts (consensus: buy).
Is ZBRA a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 27.0×. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.