Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Buys 264,015 Shares of Zebra Technologies Corporation $ZBRA

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its stake in Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) by 111.6% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 500,628 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after buying an additional 264,015 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership’s holdings in Zebra Technologies were worth $104,671,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in ZBRA. NewEdge Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Zebra Technologies by 39.9% in the 1st quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 1,318 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $372,000 after purchasing an additional 376 shares during the last quarter. Caxton Associates LLP acquired a new stake in shares of Zebra Technologies during the first quarter worth $317,000. Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in shares of Zebra Technologies by 7.2% during the first quarter. Empowered Funds LLC now owns 1,441 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $407,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the period. Brown Advisory Inc. raised its stake in Zebra Technologies by 2.1% during the second quarter. Brown Advisory Inc. now owns 1,787 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $551,000 after buying an additional 36 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Zebra Technologies by 19.4% during the second quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 2,504 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $772,000 after buying an additional 407 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 91.03% of the company’s stock.

Zebra Technologies Trading Up 1.2%

NASDAQ:ZBRA opened at $259.92 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 0.96, a quick ratio of 0.57 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.69. The stock has a market capitalization of $12.38 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.43 and a beta of 1.60. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $251.24 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $239.07. Zebra Technologies Corporation has a 12 month low of $199.05 and a 12 month high of $352.66.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, May 12th. The industrial products company reported $4.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.21 by $0.54. Zebra Technologies had a net margin of 7.49% and a return on equity of 18.91%. The firm had revenue of $1.50 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.48 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $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 expect that Zebra Technologies Corporation will post 15.2 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Zebra Technologies

In related news, insider Loizides Melissa Luff sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $253.95, for a total value of $126,975.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 3,702 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $940,122.90. The trade was a 11.90% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Janice M. Roberts sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at approximately $1,542,905.82. This trade represents a 32.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders own 0.91% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have commented on ZBRA. Zacks Research cut shares of Zebra Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, April 20th. KeyCorp raised Zebra Technologies from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $305.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, May 13th. Weiss Ratings raised Zebra Technologies from a “hold (c-)” rating to a “hold (c)” rating in a research note on Friday, July 17th. Truist Financial boosted their price objective on Zebra Technologies from $267.00 to $296.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 2nd. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating on shares of Zebra Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, July 1st. Eight analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Zebra Technologies has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $327.00.

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.