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ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP

ZBRANasdaq

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Financials

SEC XBRL · annual
 FY25FY24FY23FY22FY21FY20
Revenue$5.40B$4.98B$4.58B$5.78B$5.63B$4.45B
Operating income$700.0M$742.0M$481.0M$529.0M$979.0M$651.0M
Net income$419.0M$528.0M$296.0M$463.0M$837.0M$504.0M
Total assets$8.50B$7.97B$7.31B$7.53B$6.21B$5.38B
Total liabilities$4.91B$4.38B$4.27B$4.80B$3.23B$3.23B
Equity$3.59B$3.59B$3.04B$2.73B$2.98B$2.14B
EPS (diluted)$8.18$10.18$5.72$8.80$15.52$9.35
Shares out.51.4M51.4M51.4M53.1M53.5M54.0M

Reported figures from the company's SEC filings (XBRL). Blank where a line item isn't cleanly tagged — never estimated.

Key ratios

from filings · FY2025
Operating margin
13.0%
Net margin
7.8%
Return on equity
11.7%
Return on assets
4.9%
Return on capital (ROCE)
10.5%
Liabilities / assets
57.8%
Debt / equity
1.37×
Book value / share
$69.83
Revenue growth (YoY)
8.3%
Net income growth (YoY)
−20.6%

Computed from the company's own SEC figures — no market price, so these are facts, not a valuation. Book value per share is reported equity ÷ shares; it is not the stock price.

Financial health

forensic scores · FY2025
Altman Z″ (distress)
3.30safe
Accruals / assets
−5.9%clean
Beneish M-Score
-2.58normal
Piotroski F-Score
5/9mixed

Altman Z″is a textbook bankruptcy-distress score from book values only (>2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · <1.1 distress). Accruals = (net income − operating cash flow) ÷ assets; persistently high accruals are an earnings-quality red flag. Beneish M-Scoreis an eight-ratio screen comparing this year with last (M > −1.78 = elevated manipulation-risk screen, not proof). Piotroski F-Scorecounts how many of nine fundamental-health checks pass (shown as passed / applicable; we use operating margin and total liabilities as documented proxies where the exact input isn't XBRL-tagged). Computed from SEC filings — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Quality score

EDS Score
72
/ 100
Profitability 100Growth 50Catalyst 33Earnings quality 100Financial strength 75

Our own multi-factor score from free SEC data — profitability, growth, financial strength, earnings quality, and event/ownership catalysts. No market price and no licensed model: each axis is the share of source-backed checks it passes. Descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Signs

● 1 severe● 5 good
  • Filed a late-filing notice (Form NT) — missed an SEC deadline
  • Operating margin is positive
  • Revenue is growing year-over-year
  • Positive operating cash flow
  • Clean earnings (low accruals)
  • Altman Z″ in the safe zone

Derived from the company's own SEC figures (fundamentals, forensic scores, filing discipline) — descriptive factors, not advice or a forecast.

Risk flags

late SEC filings

A Form NT means the company notified the SEC it would file a periodic report late — often an accounting, audit or liquidity warning sign. Also search SEC enforcement actions for this company.

5%+ owners

SEC Schedule 13D / 13G · last 3 yrs

Holders who disclosed a 5%+ stake. 13D signals intent to influence or control; 13G is a passive holding. Latest filing per holder — open it for the exact stake.

Short interest

FINRA · bi-monthly
SettlementShares shortDays to coverΔ vs prior
May 15, 20264.1M3.9+31.6%
Apr 30, 20263.1M3.8+41.5%
Apr 15, 20262.2M3.1+2.5%
Mar 31, 20262.2M3.3-6.1%
Mar 13, 20262.3M2.9+13.6%

Shares sold short as reported to FINRA. Days-to-cover = short shares ÷ average daily volume — higher means more potential squeeze pressure.

Material events

SEC Form 8-K · most recent

Events the company reported on Form 8-K, labelled by the SEC item code it filed under — its own classification, not our interpretation.

Recent SEC filings

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