Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA) Stock Analysis & Winston Score

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, which produce labels, wristbands, tickets, receipts, and plastic cards; dye-sublimination thermal card printers, which produce images which are used for per

Winston Score History

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+14.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+1.5% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

Insider Activity

1.0%ownership

→ Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$114M cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Zebra Technologies Corporation is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 14%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

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Quality

Gross Margin

49.6%

Healthy — 49.6% gross margin

Operating Margin

14.4%

Healthy — 14.4% operating margin

ROCE

3.4%

Weak — 3.4% return on capital

ROIC between 0% and 5%. They earn a few cents back per dollar invested in the business.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+9.2%

Steady sales growth (9.2% YoY)

EPS YoY

-22.4%

Earnings shrinking (-22.4% YoY)

Earnings per share down more than 10%. Either a bad year, or a real decline.

EPS Consistency

4/8 quarters

Earnings inconsistent quarter-to-quarter

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

219%

Turns 219% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

15.0%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (15.0%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.81

Moderate — manageable debt (0.81)

Interest Cover

3.68x

Tight — interest eats into profit (3.7x)

Interest coverage between 3 and 8. Profits cover interest several times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

31.5x

no trend

Pricey — P/E 31.5

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+19.1

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (31.5 → 12.4)

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Dividends

Not applicable for this business.

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