Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC Purchases Shares of 540 Zebra Technologies Corporation $ZBRA

Wellington Shields Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ:ZBRA) in the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 540 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $167,000.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Trust Co. of Toledo NA OH purchased a new position in Zebra Technologies in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Zions Bancorporation National Association UT purchased a new position in Zebra Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Cary Street Partners Investment Advisory LLC purchased a new position in Zebra Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $29,000. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. purchased a new position in Zebra Technologies in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $30,000. Finally, Brooklyn Investment Group boosted its position in Zebra Technologies by 101.9% in the 1st quarter. Brooklyn Investment Group now owns 107 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $30,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 91.03% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

ZBRA has been the subject of several recent research reports. BNP Paribas Exane raised shares of Zebra Technologies from a “neutral” rating to an “outperform” rating and set a $408.00 price target for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Zacks Research cut shares of Zebra Technologies from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 13th. BNP Paribas raised shares of Zebra Technologies from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 10th. Truist Financial decreased their price objective on shares of Zebra Technologies from $350.00 to $331.00 and set a “hold” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, October 29th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “hold (c)” rating on shares of Zebra Technologies in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, five have issued a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $354.00.

Zebra Technologies Price Performance

Zebra Technologies stock opened at $270.58 on Tuesday. The stock has a market cap of $13.76 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.28 and a beta of 1.75. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $302.86 and a 200-day simple moving average of $300.43. Zebra Technologies Corporation has a 12-month low of $205.73 and a 12-month high of $427.76. The company has a current ratio of 1.61, a quick ratio of 1.03 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.56.

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

Zebra Technologies announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase plan on Tuesday, August 5th that authorizes the company to repurchase $250.00 million in shares. This repurchase authorization authorizes the industrial products company to purchase up to 1.4% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication 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.