Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC Makes New Investment in Zebra Technologies Corporation $ZBRA

Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor purchased 4,099 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $995,000.

Other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Mariner LLC grew its holdings in shares of Zebra Technologies by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. Mariner LLC now owns 15,233 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $3,705,000 after buying an additional 794 shares in the last quarter. Focus Partners Wealth grew its holdings in shares of Zebra Technologies by 2,635.4% during the fourth quarter. Focus Partners Wealth now owns 543,473 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $132,575,000 after buying an additional 523,605 shares in the last quarter. Entropy Technologies LP bought a new position in shares of Zebra Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $464,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its holdings in shares of Zebra Technologies by 17.0% during the fourth quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 236,613 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $57,454,000 after buying an additional 34,300 shares in the last quarter. Finally, FORA Capital LLC bought a new position in shares of Zebra Technologies during the fourth quarter worth about $2,511,000. 91.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Zebra Technologies

In related news, insider Loizides Melissa Luff sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.95, for a total transaction of $126,975.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 3,702 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $940,122.90. This represents a 11.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Janice M. Roberts sold 3,000 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $249.54, for a total value of $748,620.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,183 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,542,905.82. This trade represents a 32.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Corporate insiders own 0.91% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts recently issued reports on ZBRA shares. Wolfe Research decreased their price objective on Zebra Technologies from $309.00 to $281.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, April 8th. Wall Street Zen upgraded Zebra Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 16th. Citigroup increased their price objective on Zebra Technologies from $274.00 to $284.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Zacks Research downgraded Zebra Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Monday, April 20th. Finally, KeyCorp upgraded Zebra Technologies from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $305.00 price objective for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Zebra Technologies presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $319.00.

Zebra Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ ZBRA opened at $228.42 on Monday. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $233.79 and a 200 day moving average price of $238.54. Zebra Technologies Corporation has a 52 week low of $199.05 and a 52 week high of $352.66. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a current ratio of 0.96. The stock has a market capitalization of $10.88 billion, a PE ratio of 27.62 and a beta of 1.63.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 12th. The industrial products company reported $4.75 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.21 by $0.54. Zebra Technologies had a return on equity of 18.91% and a net margin of 7.49%.The firm had revenue of $1.50 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.48 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $4.02 earnings per share. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 14.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Analysts predict that Zebra Technologies Corporation will post 15.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Zebra Technologies Profile

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.