ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
ZBRA on Nasdaq
Location
Lincolnshire, IL
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
12 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • ZBRA - ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 12%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-27%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 05 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-05) highlights Return On Equity 11.7%, Return On Assets 6.1%, and Operating Margin 15.1%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

51.4/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

12%

Metric score 21.7/100

Return On Assets

6.1%

Metric score 50.9/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
0.97x
Quick Ratio
0.52x
Debt to Equity
0.75x

Strengths

Current Ratio and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 12% -27%
Return On Assets 6.1% -26%
Operating Margin 15% -13%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 0.97x -32%
Quick Ratio 0.52x -47%
Debt-to-equity 0.75x -2.8%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 8.3%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -21%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 49,191,704 -4.3%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $1,000,000 0%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 50,820,589 -1.3%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 51,212,395 -1.3%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenue from Contract with Customer, Excluding Assessed Tax $5,396,000,000 +8.3%
Research and Development Expense $593,000,000 +5.3%
Selling and Marketing Expense $653,000,000 +8.8%
General and Administrative Expense $433,000,000 +14%
Operating Income (Loss) $700,000,000 -5.7%
Nonoperating Income (Expense) $140,000,000 -31%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $560,000,000 -12%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $141,000,000 +32%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 8.24 -20%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 8.18 -20%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $125,000,000 -86%
Accounts Receivable, after Allowance for Credit Loss, Current $801,000,000 +16%
Inventory, Net $729,000,000 +5.2%
Assets, Current $1,796,000,000 -26%
Deferred Income Tax Assets, Net $414,000,000 -19%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $353,000,000 +16%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $166,000,000 -0.6%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $809,000,000 +92%
Goodwill $4,727,000,000 +21%
Other Assets, Noncurrent $237,000,000 +2.6%
Assets $8,502,000,000 +6.7%
Accounts Payable, Current $695,000,000 +9.8%
Employee-related Liabilities, Current $75,000,000 -1.3%
Accrued Liabilities, Current $558,000,000 +11%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Current $446,000,000 -1.5%
Liabilities, Current $1,852,000,000 +8.7%
Contract with Customer, Liability, Noncurrent $396,000,000 +30%
Deferred Income Tax Liabilities, Net $32,000,000 -44%
Operating Lease, Liability, Noncurrent $157,000,000 +1.3%
Other Liabilities, Noncurrent $116,000,000 +66%
Liabilities $4,914,000,000 +12%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $18,000,000 +59%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $5,279,000,000 +8.6%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $3,588,000,000 +0.06%
Liabilities and Equity $8,502,000,000 +6.7%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 150,000,000 0%
Common Stock, Shares, Issued 72,151,857 0%
Common Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $125,000,000 -86%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $383,000,000 -5.2%
Operating Lease, Liability $195,000,000 +2.1%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $445,000,000 -17%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $234,000,000 +0.43%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross $859,000,000 +10%
Operating Lease, Liability, Current $38,000,000 +5.6%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $41,000,000 +2.5%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $49,000,000 +6.5%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.06 0%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $39,000,000 -7.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $38,000,000 +15%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $380,000,000 -5%
Preferred Stock, Shares Issued 0
Preferred Stock, Shares Authorized 10,000,000 0%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $43,000,000 +43%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $32,000,000 +6.7%
Additional Paid in Capital $814,000,000 +22%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $114,000,000 +9.6%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $581,000,000 -1%
Preferred Stock, Par or Stated Value Per Share 0.01 0%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY