Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Trims Stock Holdings in Zebra Technologies Corporation $ZBRA

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH lowered its position in shares of Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) by 4.9% in the 2nd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 33,424 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after selling 1,738 shares during the period. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH’s holdings in Zebra Technologies were worth $10,307,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of ZBRA. Alyeska Investment Group L.P. bought a new position in shares of Zebra Technologies in the 1st quarter worth about $99,995,000. Pacer Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in Zebra Technologies by 5,704.9% during the first quarter. Pacer Advisors Inc. now owns 259,363 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $73,286,000 after acquiring an additional 254,895 shares in the last quarter. Boston Partners grew its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 18.0% in the second quarter. Boston Partners now owns 1,125,153 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $346,927,000 after purchasing an additional 171,669 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Zebra Technologies during the first quarter valued at approximately $46,633,000. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Zebra Technologies by 381.6% during the first quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 201,652 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $55,892,000 after purchasing an additional 159,781 shares in the last quarter. 91.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of analysts have recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Zebra Technologies from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, August 6th. Zacks Research cut Zebra Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, November 11th. KeyCorp reissued a “sector weight” rating on shares of Zebra Technologies in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Zebra Technologies in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their price target on shares of Zebra Technologies from $350.00 to $331.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, October 29th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have assigned a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Zebra Technologies presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $354.00.

Zebra Technologies Stock Up 0.0%

Zebra Technologies stock opened at $230.93 on Thursday. Zebra Technologies Corporation has a 12 month low of $205.73 and a 12 month high of $427.76. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $287.35 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $300.68. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The firm has a market cap of $11.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.28 and a beta of 1.80.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The industrial products company reported $3.88 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.75 by $0.13. Zebra Technologies had a return on equity of 18.08% and a net margin of 9.74%.The company had revenue of $1.32 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.32 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.49 EPS. Zebra Technologies’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. Zebra Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 4.200-4.400 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 15.800-15.800 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Zebra Technologies Corporation will post 13.71 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Zebra Technologies declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Tuesday, August 5th that authorizes the company to buyback $250.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the industrial products company to buy up to 1.4% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

About Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise asset intelligence solutions in the automatic identification and data capture solutions industry worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Intelligence & Tracking, and Enterprise Visibility & Mobility. 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 temperature-monitoring labels primarily used in vaccine distribution.