Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA)Technology | Communication Equipment | Lincolnshire, United States | NasdaqGS
234.43 USD
+1.39
(0.596%)
⇧
(April 17, 2026, 4 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 235.04 +0.61 (0.260%) ⇧ (April 17, 2026, 7:42 p.m. EDT) Short-term: ★★★☆☆ | Long-term: ★★★★☆ | Dividends: ★★☆☆☆ |
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 10:09 p.m. EDT
ZBRA presents a classic 'mean-reversion' contrarian setup. Fundamentally, the stock is severely rotationally distorted (16% below 200-day MA) with a very cheap forward P/E (11.7x vs 28.6x trailing), suggesting significant headroom if growth resumes. However, the market is currently pricing in a 'flattish' outcome next month (-0.98% forecast), and options data confirms a major incentive-selling floor around current prices while speculators are worried enough to load on downside protection. The bullish thesis relies entirely on the statistical outlier status of the current valuation versus the long-term growth runway, rather than immediate momentum. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoTheta ✓ | 0.080914 |
| AutoETS | 0.081885 |
| MSTL | 0.084872 |
| AutoARIMA | 0.112715 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 50% |
| H-stat | 3.87 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.325 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.81 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Sector | Technology |
| Debt to Equity Ratio | 75.167 |
| Revenue per Share | 106.177 |
| Market Cap | 11,532,010,496 |
| Trailing P/E | 28.66 |
| Forward P/E | 11.67 |
| Beta | 1.66 |
| Profit Margins | 7.76% |
| Website | https://www.zebra.com |
As of April 18, 2026, 10:09 p.m. EDT: Options activity reveals a distinct bearish put bias. Put Open Interest (OI) notably exceeds Call OI at the money (246 vs 192 at expiry 2026-05-15) and deep levels, suggesting significant downside protection seeking by speculators. While ATM Calls maintain a high Volume:OI ratio (1:1.88) indicating active hedging or momentum betting, the lack of Volume at extreme Call strikes (300+) compared to the relatively healthy flow at Put strikes implies consensus expectation of continued volatility with a directional downside or range-bound floor focus. IV is elevated generally, but specific spikes are concentrated in lower strikes, reinforcing protection buying.
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| 52 Week Change | 0.05575323 |
| Address1 | 3 Overlook Point |
| All Time High | 615.0 |
| All Time Low | 3.222222 |
| Ask | 234.79 |
| Ask Size | 1 |
| Audit Risk | 1 |
| Average Analyst Rating | 1.8 - Buy |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 812,000 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 792,020 |
| Average Volume | 792,020 |
| Average Volume10Days | 812,000 |
| Beta | 1.655 |
| Bid | 234.13 |
| Bid Size | 1 |
| Board Risk | 8 |
| Book Value | 72.349 |
| City | Lincolnshire |
| Compensation As Of Epoch Date | 1,767,139,200 |
| Compensation Risk | 4 |
| Country | United States |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Current Price | 234.43 |
| Current Ratio | 0.97 |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Date Short Interest | 1,774,915,200 |
| Day High | 240.83 |
| Day Low | 232.62 |
| Debt To Equity | 75.167 |
| Display Name | Zebra |
| Earnings Call Timestamp End | 1,778,589,000 |
| Earnings Call Timestamp Start | 1,778,589,000 |
| Earnings Growth | -0.558 |
| Earnings Quarterly Growth | -0.571 |
| Earnings Timestamp | 1,778,589,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp End | 1,778,589,000 |
| Earnings Timestamp Start | 1,778,589,000 |
| Ebitda | 985,000,000 |
| Ebitda Margins | 0.18254 |
| Enterprise To Ebitda | 14.319 |
| Enterprise To Revenue | 2.614 |
| Enterprise Value | 14,104,010,752 |
| Eps Current Year | 18.00323 |
| Eps Forward | 20.09457 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 8.18 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | NMS |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 225.5602 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 8.869797 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.039323412 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 5.575323 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 352.66 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -118.23001 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.3352521 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 199.05 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 35.37999 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.17774422 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 199.05 - 352.66 |
| Financial Currency | USD |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 682,263,000,000 |
| Float Shares | 48,730,286 |
| Forward Eps | 20.09457 |
| Forward P E | 11.666335 |
| Free Cashflow | 658,499,968 |
| Full Exchange Name | NasdaqGS |
| Full Time Employees | 10,700 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Governance Epoch Date | 1,775,001,600 |
| Gross Margins | 0.48054 |
| Gross Profits | 2,592,999,936 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Held Percent Insiders | 0.00825 |
| Held Percent Institutions | 1.00219 |
| Implied Shares Outstanding | 49,191,705 |
| Industry | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Disp | Communication Equipment |
| Industry Key | communication-equipment |
| Ir Website | http://www.zebra.com/id/zebra/na/en/index/about_zebra/investor_relations.html |
| Is Earnings Date Estimate | 0 |
| Language | en-US |
| Last Fiscal Year End | 1,767,139,200 |
| Last Split Date | 1,093,478,400 |
| Last Split Factor | 3:2 |
| Long Business Summary | 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. |
| Long Name | Zebra Technologies Corporation |
| Market | us_market |
| Market Cap | 11,532,010,496 |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_393488 |
| Most Recent Quarter | 1,767,139,200 |
| Net Income To Common | 419,000,000 |
| Next Fiscal Year End | 1,798,675,200 |
| Non Diluted Market Cap | 11,338,129,819 |
| Number Of Analyst Opinions | 16 |
| Open | 237.46 |
| Operating Cashflow | 917,000,000 |
| Operating Margins | 0.15051 |
| Overall Risk | 6 |
| Payout Ratio | 0.0 |
| Peg Ratio | 0.5 |
| Phone | 847 634 6700 |
| Post Market Change | 0.6100006 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 0.26020586 |
| Post Market Price | 235.04 |
| Post Market Time | 1,776,469,339 |
| Previous Close | 233.04 |
| Price Eps Current Year | 13.021552 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Price To Book | 3.2402658 |
| Price To Sales Trailing12 Months | 2.1371408 |
| Profit Margins | 0.077649996 |
| Quick Ratio | 0.517 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | EQUITY |
| Recommendation Key | buy |
| Recommendation Mean | 1.77778 |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | 1.39 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | 0.596464 |
| Regular Market Day High | 240.83 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 232.62 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 232.62 - 240.83 |
| Regular Market Open | 237.46 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 233.04 |
| Regular Market Price | 234.43 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,776,456,000 |
| Regular Market Volume | 1,069,833 |
| Return On Assets | 0.06072 |
| Return On Equity | 0.116809994 |
| Revenue Growth | 0.106 |
| Revenue Per Share | 106.177 |
| Sand P52 Week Change | 0.38150132 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Sector Disp | Technology |
| Sector Key | technology |
| Share Holder Rights Risk | 8 |
| Shares Outstanding | 48,362,608 |
| Shares Percent Shares Out | 0.0446 |
| Shares Short | 2,157,476 |
| Shares Short Previous Month Date | 1,772,150,400 |
| Shares Short Prior Month | 2,022,332 |
| Short Name | Zebra Technologies Corporation |
| Short Percent Of Float | 0.0521 |
| Short Ratio | 3.1 |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| State | IL |
| Symbol | ZBRA |
| Target High Price | 400.0 |
| Target Low Price | 274.0 |
| Target Mean Price | 328.93875 |
| Target Median Price | 330.0 |
| Total Cash | 125,000,000 |
| Total Cash Per Share | 2.541 |
| Total Debt | 2,696,999,936 |
| Total Revenue | 5,395,999,744 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing Eps | 8.18 |
| Trailing P E | 28.658922 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | 0.4993 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 271.10345 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | -36.673462 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | -0.13527478 |
| Type Disp | Equity |
| Volume | 1,069,833 |
| Website | https://www.zebra.com |
| Zip | 60,069 |