Janice Roberts Sells 3,000 Shares of Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) Stock

Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) Director Janice Roberts sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $249.54, for a total transaction of $748,620.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 6,183 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,542,905.82. This trade represents a 32.67% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink.

Zebra Technologies Stock Up 0.5%

ZBRA traded up $1.25 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $259.35. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 1,224,559 shares, compared to its average volume of 811,586. The firm has a market capitalization of $12.76 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.36 and a beta of 1.62. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.58 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. Zebra Technologies Corporation has a 1 year low of $199.05 and a 1 year high of $352.66. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $219.32 and its 200-day moving average is $240.19.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May 12th. The industrial products company reported $4.75 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.21 by $0.54. The firm had revenue of $1.50 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.48 billion. Zebra Technologies had a net margin of 7.49% and a return on equity of 18.91%. The business’s revenue was up 14.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $4.02 earnings per share. Zebra Technologies has set its FY 2026 guidance at 18.300-18.700 EPS and its Q2 2026 guidance at 4.200-4.500 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Zebra Technologies Corporation will post 15 EPS for the current year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Bank of New York Mellon Corp raised its holdings in shares of Zebra Technologies by 19.6% during the third quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 378,980 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $112,618,000 after purchasing an additional 62,046 shares during the last quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp increased its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 43,654.5% during the third quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 4,813 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,430,000 after buying an additional 4,802 shares during the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 3.8% during the third quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 251,378 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $74,700,000 after buying an additional 9,272 shares during the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. increased its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 1.3% during the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 6,513,454 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,935,538,000 after buying an additional 86,672 shares during the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC increased its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 399.5% during the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 64,907 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $15,761,000 after buying an additional 51,913 shares during the last quarter. 91.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Barclays upped their target price on shares of Zebra Technologies from $330.00 to $345.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Zebra Technologies from $274.00 to $284.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday. KeyCorp upgraded shares of Zebra Technologies from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $305.00 target price on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $345.00 target price on shares of Zebra Technologies in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Zebra Technologies from $256.00 to $267.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $319.00.

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.