Advisory Alpha LLC Has $369,000 Holdings in Zebra Technologies Corporation $ZBRA

Advisory Alpha LLC increased its stake in shares of Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) by 64.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 1,197 shares of the industrial products company’s stock after purchasing an additional 469 shares during the period. Advisory Alpha LLC’s holdings in Zebra Technologies were worth $369,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Guinness Asset Management LTD lifted its holdings in Zebra Technologies by 18.3% during the second quarter. Guinness Asset Management LTD now owns 1,376 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $424,000 after acquiring an additional 213 shares in the last quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Zebra Technologies by 16.9% in the second quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 242,106 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $74,656,000 after acquiring an additional 34,957 shares during the last quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Zebra Technologies by 3.7% in the second quarter. Nisa Investment Advisors LLC now owns 25,455 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $7,849,000 after acquiring an additional 908 shares during the last quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Zebra Technologies by 1.8% in the second quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 3,535 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $1,090,000 after acquiring an additional 62 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Brighton Jones LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Zebra Technologies in the second quarter valued at about $328,000. 91.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Barclays lowered their price target on Zebra Technologies from $375.00 to $360.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley boosted their price target on Zebra Technologies from $280.00 to $300.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 6th. Truist Financial cut their target price on Zebra Technologies from $350.00 to $331.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday. Robert W. Baird upped their target price on Zebra Technologies from $320.00 to $367.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, July 14th. Finally, Zacks Research cut Zebra Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Monday, October 13th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $354.00.

Zebra Technologies Stock Performance

Shares of Zebra Technologies stock opened at $270.77 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56. The business has a 50-day moving average price of $305.86 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $299.10. Zebra Technologies Corporation has a 1-year low of $205.73 and a 1-year high of $427.76. The company has a market cap of $13.77 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.30 and a beta of 1.75.

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ:ZBRA) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 28th. The industrial products company reported $3.88 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.75 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $1.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.32 billion. Zebra Technologies had a net margin of 9.74% and a return on equity of 18.08%. The business’s revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $3.49 EPS. Zebra Technologies has set its Q4 2025 guidance at 4.200-4.400 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 15.800-15.800 EPS. As a group, analysts anticipate that Zebra Technologies Corporation will post 13.71 EPS for the current year.

Zebra Technologies declared that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Tuesday, August 5th that authorizes the company to buyback $250.00 million in outstanding shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the industrial products company to reacquire up to 1.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often a sign that the company’s board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Zebra Technologies Company Profile

Zebra Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides enterprise asset intelligence solutions in the automatic identification and data capture solutions industry worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Intelligence & Tracking, and Enterprise Visibility & Mobility. The company designs, manufactures, and sells printers that produce labels, wristbands, tickets, receipts, and plastic cards; dye-sublimination thermal card printers that produce images, which are used for personal identification, access control, and financial transactions; radio frequency identification device (RFID) printers that encode data into passive RFID transponders; accessories and options for printers, including carrying cases, vehicle mounts, and battery chargers; stock and customized thermal labels, receipts, ribbons, plastic cards, and RFID tags for printers; and temperature-monitoring labels primarily used in vaccine distribution.