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Zebra Technologies Corporation

$ZBRA·$14B·Communication Equipment·Technology
$356.45-1.3%YTD+49.7%1Y+10.7%
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2026-08-21: 5 posts2026-08-22: 1 posts2026-08-23: 6 posts32-7%
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ZBZBRA
$ZBRAZebra Technologies Corporation
$356.45-1.29%32 posts-7%
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AI verdict & sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Top X posts

Today's AI verdict on what's driving $ZBRA, plus how loud the X conversation is and which way it's leaning.

AI analysis

TickerTalks’ read on the fundamentals and what’s driving the move.

Driven by hypeAcceleratingAI verdict · as of 2026-08-31

The move is getting stronger, with heavier trading behind it.

Zebra Technologies — Q2 EPS $6.35 beat 45.6%, revenue +20.4% YoY, FY26 EPS guide raised to $20.75-21.25 vs $18.56 est, stock ripped 20-22%, Trump disclosed buy up to $1M.

Zebra Technologies is the dominant provider of enterprise mobile-computing hardware, barcode scanners, RFID, and machine-vision systems for retail, logistics, and manufacturing — the specific play is enterprise digital-transformation in physical operations. The equity is in a hot-momentum acceleration.

  • Q2 2026 EPS $6.35 beat $4.36 consensus by 45.6% on revenue $1.56B — the beat cadence is dramatically improving (+45.6%, +12.8%, -0.2%, +3.5%), and Q2 revenue grew 20.4% YoY (with adjusted EPS $4.85 up 121.5% YoY, EBITDA $378M vs $320M est per X posts).
  • Management substantially raised FY26 EPS guide to $20.75-21.25 vs $18.56 consensus — that's a 12-15% upward guidance revision, meaningful for a large-cap enterprise-tech name, and drove the specific 20-22% intraday tape reaction.
  • Fundamentals are quality-growth: P/E 28.0, P/S 1.98, ROIC 8.7%, ROE 11.6%, gross margin 47%, op margin 14.4%, EV/EBITDA 13.5, FCF yield 7.6%, debt/equity 0.81, beta 1.58 — analyst FY26 EPS $18.57 vs FY27 $20.59 and FY28 $22.31 models the specific ramp.
  • The Trump disclosed purchase up to $1M is the specific political-signal-buy: X posts note this as a validation tell, similar to the Salazar (CB) and Peter Thiel (FE) patterns.
  • Insider tape is small: Connly sold 500 at $377.68, Cho 3,500 at $375.20, Luff Loizides F-InKind at $291.64 — routine, not a cluster.
  • Stock at 84% of 52-week range, 17% above 50-day, 40% above 200-day — the Aug 7 gurufocus 'GF Score of 81' and Zacks '#1 Strong Buy' confirm rating-agency validation.

What extends the run is Q3 EPS topping $4.88 plus specific enterprise-digital-transformation customer wins in retail/logistics — both ratify the enterprise-mobility-cycle-acceleration thesis. What breaks it is a specific retail-capex slowdown or a competitor (Honeywell) contract win, either of which resets the momentum premium the multiple reflects.

Agrees with X sentimentThe uniformly bullish X take — Q2 revenue $1.56B (+20.4% YoY beat), EPS $4.85 (+121.5% YoY beat), EBITDA $378M vs $320M est, substantially raised FY26 EPS guide to $20.75-21.25 vs $18.56 est, stock ripping 20-22% intraday, Trump's recent disclosed purchase up to $1M as validation tell — captures the enterprise-mobility-acceleration-with-guide-raise setup exactly.

What to watch: Q3 EPS above $4.88 plus specific enterprise-digital-transformation customer wins extends the run; a retail-capex slowdown or a Honeywell contract win resets the momentum premium.

On the calendar: 2026-11-03 — Q3 2026 earnings

X sentiment

What the X crowd is saying right now — descriptive, summarised from the day’s posts.

Bullish sentiment40 posts analyzed · as of 2026-08-11

Zebra Technologies posters celebrate a blowout Q2 — revenue $1.56B (+20.4% YoY, beat), EPS $4.85 (+121.5% YoY, beat), EBITDA $378M vs $320M est — and a substantially raised FY26 EPS guide to $20.75-21.25 vs $18.56 est. Stock ripped 20-22% intraday. Users note Trump's recent disclosed purchase up to $1M as a validation tell. Sentiment is uniformly bullish.

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

Makes barcode scanners, RFID systems, and mobile computers for warehouse, retail, and logistics operations.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Communication Equipment sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $ZBRA.

Communication Equipment · Technology

AI networking — the Ethernet and InfiniBand infrastructure connecting GPU clusters — is the high-growth demand driver; CSCO's AI backlog and Arista's data center wins confirm the cycle. Traditional enterprise networking refresh is slower; AI infrastructure is where the incremental spending is.

What this means for $ZBRA

Partial — REIT cash flows tied to occupancy, rent growth, and cap rate environment; Zebra Technologies Corporation, alongside its affiliated entities, delivers ente.

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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
28.0How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
8.7%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
14.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
7.6%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.0Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
11.6%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
47.5%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
0.8Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Aug 4, 2026$6.35$4.36+45.6%
Q1 2026May 12, 2026$4.75$4.21+12.8%
Q4 2025Feb 12, 2026$4.33$4.34-0.2%
Q3 2025Oct 28, 2025$3.88$3.75+3.5%
Next earningsTue, Nov 3·consensus EPS $4.88

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q1 FY26$1.5B+14.3%49.6%14.4%$2.68$163.0M
Q4 FY25$1.5B+10.6%44.6%15.1%$1.39$327.0M
Q3 FY25$1.3B+5.2%48.0%13.9%$1.99$216.0M
Q2 FY25$1.3B+6.2%47.6%14.2%$2.20$130.0M

Forward consensus

4-year forecast · up to 12 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$6.1B$6.1B – $6.1B$18.57$18.35 – $18.7512
FY27$6.4B$6.3B – $6.4B$20.59$19.82 – $21.1812
FY28$6.7B$6.4B – $7.0B$22.31$17.03 – $26.0810
FY29$7.3B$7.1B – $7.4B$29.40$28.81 – $30.065

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.0.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.84%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.+17.4%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.+40.0%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatLow float · 47.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.2% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β1.585-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 10Linda ConnlyDirector500 sh$189KSellAug 7Michael ChoChief Strategy Officer3.5K sh$1.3MSellMay 26Luff Loizides MelissaChief People Officer500 sh$127KSellMay 14Janice M RobertsDirector3.0K sh$749KBuyMar 12Satish DhanasekaranDirector200 sh$41KSellMar 5Armstrong Robert John JrChief Marketing Officer9 sh$2KSellMar 5Cristen L KoglChief Legal Officer145 sh$34K
+ 44 other (29 inkinds · 10 awards · 5 exempts) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KOfficer or director changeMay 268-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
AI summary

At Zebra Technologies' 2026 Annual Meeting (May 19, 2026), stockholders approved the 2026 Long-Term Incentive Plan authorizing 2,430,000 shares (net of post-2025 awards under the 2018 LTIP), allowing grants of options, SARs, RSUs, performance awards, and other stock instruments. Class III directors were also elected to three-year terms through 2029. This is an administrative compensation governance update with modest dilution potential.

+ 13 other (4 13Gs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 proxys) in window

Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

This Top Industrial Products Stock is a #1 (Strong Buy): Why It Should Be on Your Radarzacks.com·14d agoCan Zebra (ZBRA) Run Higher on Rising Earnings Estimates?zacks.com·19d agoHere's Why Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) is a Strong Momentum Stockzacks.com·20d agoZebra Technologies Corporation $ZBRA Shares Purchased by Bank of America Corp DEdefenseworld.net·20d agoZebra Technologies Corp (ZBRA) Shares Surge 3.4% -- What GF Score of 81 Tells Investorsgurufocus.com·24d ago

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