Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) Stock Gets Downgrade from Wall Street Zen

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) was downgraded by equities researchers at Wall Street Zen from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a report released on Sunday, Wall Street Zen reports.

A number of other equities research analysts have also recently commented on the stock. Needham & Company LLC raised their price objective on shares of Zebra Technologies from $410.00 to $435.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 15th. TD Cowen boosted their target price on shares of Zebra Technologies from $400.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 5th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Zebra Technologies from $410.00 to $416.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, October 12th. Citigroup restated a “buy” rating on shares of Zebra Technologies in a research report on Monday, October 12th. Finally, Morgan Stanley set a $360.00 price objective on shares of Zebra Technologies in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $385.83.

Zebra Technologies Stock Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ ZBRA opened at $384.15 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.52, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $18.30 billion, a PE ratio of 24.11 and a beta of 1.58. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $366.33 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $277.38. Zebra Technologies has a 12-month low of $199.05 and a 12-month high of $392.78.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The industrial products company reported $6.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.36 by $1.99. The business had revenue of $1.56 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.50 billion. Zebra Technologies had a return on equity of 22.29% and a net margin of 9.22%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 20.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.61 earnings per share. Zebra Technologies has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.700-4.900 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 20.750-21.250 EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Zebra Technologies will post 18.07 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Zebra Technologies

In other news, Director Linda Connly sold 500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Monday, August 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $377.68, for a total value of $188,840.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 3,708 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,400,437.44. This represents a 11.88% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Michael Cho sold 3,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $375.20, for a total transaction of $1,313,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 5,170 shares in the company, valued at $1,939,784. The trade was a 40.37% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. 0.91% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Zebra Technologies

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP lifted its position in shares of Zebra Technologies by 37.0% during the 1st quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 686,335 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $143,473,000 after purchasing an additional 185,387 shares during the last quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 3.4% in the first quarter. Lazard Asset Management LLC now owns 623,965 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $130,459,000 after buying an additional 20,567 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its stake in Zebra Technologies by 111.6% in the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 500,628 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $104,671,000 after buying an additional 264,015 shares in the last quarter. Swedbank AB raised its stake in Zebra Technologies by 958.0% in the first quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 417,898 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $87,374,000 after buying an additional 378,400 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its stake in Zebra Technologies by 22.9% in the first quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 291,031 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $60,849,000 after buying an additional 54,222 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.03% of the company’s stock.

About Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: ZBRA) develops technologies that help businesses identify, track and manage assets, inventory and operational processes. Its solutions are used by organizations in retail, manufacturing, transportation and logistics, healthcare, government and other industries to improve visibility and productivity across their operations.

The company’s portfolio includes barcode and label printers, barcode scanners, mobile computers, radio-frequency identification (RFID) readers and tags, machine-vision systems, fixed industrial scanners and related software.