Zebra Technologies Corporation $ZBRA Shares Purchased by Vanguard Group Inc.

Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 6,513,454 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 86,672 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. owned 12.81% of Zebra Technologies worth $1,935,538,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of ZBRA. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 1,826.5% during the third quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 997,495 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $292,705,000 after acquiring an additional 945,718 shares during the period. Alliancebernstein L.P. grew its stake in shares of Zebra Technologies by 1,310.3% in the 2nd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 779,680 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $240,422,000 after purchasing an additional 724,396 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Zebra Technologies in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $166,750,000. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. lifted its stake in Zebra Technologies by 469.4% during the second quarter. Balyasny Asset Management L.P. now owns 401,839 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $123,911,000 after purchasing an additional 331,263 shares during the last quarter. Finally, AQR Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 119.5% during the second quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 442,656 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $136,498,000 after buying an additional 241,004 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.03% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities research analysts have recently commented on the company. Truist Financial cut their price objective on Zebra Technologies from $331.00 to $291.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 18th. 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, January 21st. Morgan Stanley set a $323.00 target price on shares of Zebra Technologies in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $335.00 price target on shares of Zebra Technologies in a report on Friday, February 13th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $339.25.

Zebra Technologies Stock Performance

ZBRA stock opened at $251.74 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $250.81 and a 200 day simple moving average of $276.76. Zebra Technologies Corporation has a 52 week low of $205.73 and a 52 week high of $352.66. The stock has a market cap of $12.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 30.81 and a beta of 1.69. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a current ratio of 0.97.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) last released its earnings results on Thursday, February 12th. The industrial products company reported $4.33 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.34 by ($0.01). Zebra Technologies had a return on equity of 18.09% and a net margin of 7.76%.The company had revenue of $1.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.47 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $4.00 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 10.6% compared to the same quarter last year. Zebra Technologies has set its Q1 2026 guidance at 4.050-4.350 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.700-18.300 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Zebra Technologies Corporation will post 13.71 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies Corporation is a global technology company specializing in marking, tracking and computer printing solutions. The company produces a wide range of hardware and software products designed to enable real-time visibility of assets, inventory and personnel across diverse industries. Its offerings help businesses automate data capture and streamline operations in environments such as retail, healthcare, manufacturing, transportation and logistics.

The company’s product portfolio includes barcode and RFID printers, mobile computing devices, barcode scanners, RFID readers and related supplies such as labels and tags.