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Zebra Technologies ZBRA Return on invested capital

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$1.5B+14.3%
Gross profit$742.0M+15.0%
Operating income$215.0M+10.3%
Net income$135.0M-0.7%
EPS (diluted)$2.72+3.8%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$114.0M-87.0%
Total debt$2.8B+20.7%
Total equity$3.5B-4.3%
Total assets$8.3B+5.5%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$176.0M-1.1%
CapEx$13.0M-35.0%
Free cash flow$163.0M+3.2%

Valuation

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Market cap$11.24B-28.8%
Enterprise value$13.98B-18.3%
P/E26.9×-1.9×
P/S-1.1×

Profitability

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Gross margin48.2%-0.6pp
Operating margin12.9%-2.3pp
Net margin7.5%-3.2pp
FCF margin15%-4.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity11.8%-4.4pp
Debt / equity0.8×+0.2×
Current ratio-0.5×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Zebra Technologies’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Zebra Technologies’s 10-Q, filed May 12, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Zebra Technologies's return on invested capital?
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) reported return on invested capital of 9.5% in Q1 2026.
How has Zebra Technologies's return on invested capital changed year-over-year?
Zebra Technologies's return on invested capital decreased by 23.9% year-over-year, from 12.4% to 9.5%.
What is the long-term trend for Zebra Technologies's return on invested capital?
Over 5 years (2020 to 2025), Zebra Technologies's return on invested capital has grown at a -12.1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 17.8% to 9.3%.
What does return on invested capital mean?
The after-tax return the business earns on all the capital — debt and equity — invested in it.
How do you interpret return on invested capital?
The cleanest measure of business quality: ROIC sustained above the cost of capital creates value, below it destroys value. Compare against WACC, not against zero.
How does return on invested capital compare across companies?
Highly comparable across companies as a quality screen. Sector-sensitive definitions of invested capital mean banks/insurers are best excluded.