Zebra Technologies (ZBRA)

Technology · Communication Equipment · S&P 500
$385.78 +2.69% on the day Market cap $18.4B 52-week range $199.05 to $390.80 Prices as of Oct 7, 2026

What the price implies

A reverse DCF: instead of guessing a fair value, it asks what growth today's price already assumes. How it works.

Free cash flow growth the price needs
6% a year for 10 years

At a market value of $18.4B, Zebra Technologies's free cash flow of $831M (fiscal 2025) would need to grow about 6% a year for the stock to be worth today's price. That is slower than the company has grown its free cash flow over the last 9 years.

Assumes a 9% discount rate and 3% growth after year 10, on free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capital spending) from Zebra Technologies's SEC filings. Change any assumption, or model revenue and margins instead, in the Modeling tab, or try your own numbers in the reverse DCF calculator.

Implied by the price6.3% a year
Free cash flow, last 9 years11.9% a year
Revenue, same period4.7% a year
Price to free cash flow22.1x

Fundamental grade

C

Five factors scored 1 to 9 from ZBRA's latest numbers, weighted into one grade. It describes the business, not whether the stock is a buy.

Valuation4
Profitability6
Growth8
Financial health2
Cash efficiency7

Key numbers

P/E (trailing)46.7x
P/E (forward)21.7x
Price / free cash flow22.2x
EV / EBITDA23.5x
Price / sales3.15x
Price / book5.57x
Revenue growth+20.4%
Operating margin14.7%
Net margin9.2%
Return on equity15.7%
Dividend yield—
Debt / equity1.51x

Results from SEC filings

Fiscal years, from Zebra Technologies's 10-K filings. The deep dive has 15+ years, quarters and every line.

Fiscal year20212022202320242025
Revenue$5.6B$5.8B$4.6B$5.0B$5.4B
Net income$837M$463M$296M$528M$419M
Free cash flow$1.0B$413M-$91M$954M$831M
EPS (diluted)$15.52$8.80$5.72$10.18$8.18
Operating margin17.4%9.2%10.5%14.9%13.0%

Where the revenue comes from

Revenue by segments, fiscal 2025.

CF$3.0B55%
AVA$2.4B45%

Superinvestors who own ZBRA

From each investor's latest 13F filing (what a 13F shows). 5 of the investors we track hold it.

InvestorLast quarterValue% of portfolioQuarter
John Rogers
Ariel Investments
Added $243M2.4%Q2 2026
Cliff Asness
AQR Capital Management
Added $37M0.01%Q2 2026
Joel Greenblatt
Gotham Asset Management
Added $11M0.03%Q2 2026
Charles Brandes
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
New position $3M0.02%Q2 2026
Richard Pzena
Pzena Investment Management
New position $357,7700.00%Q2 2026

Insider buying

Open-market purchases by Zebra Technologies's executives and directors in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings. What insider buying tells you.

DateInsiderSharesPriceValue
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$235.83—
Feb 24, 2026 Ro Khanna
0$235.83—
Nov 18, 2025 Satish Dhanasekaran
1,000$233.12$233,120

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In the full deep dive

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Yearly return (IRR) at today's price
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Questions

What growth does Zebra Technologies's stock price imply?

At a market value of $18.4B, Zebra Technologies would need its free cash flow to grow about 6% a year for 10 years (discounted at 9%, 3% growth after that) to be worth today's price. Over the last 9 years its free cash flow grew 12% a year.

Are Zebra Technologies insiders buying the stock?

3 open-market insider purchases of ZBRA in the last 12 months, from SEC Form 4 filings.

Which superinvestors own Zebra Technologies?

5 of the superinvestors Investingly tracks hold ZBRA in their latest 13F, including John Rogers, Cliff Asness, Joel Greenblatt.

Prices and ratios as of Oct 7, 2026; statements from SEC filings. Information only, not investment advice. Superinvestor holdings come from 13F filings, which are filed up to 45 days after each quarter ends.