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The Screen · Technology · Communication Equipment
Zebra Technologies
ZBRA · a US exchange · USD · Market cap $16.3B · 10,700 employees
Zebra Technologies Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates in the automatic identification and data capture solutions industry worldwide.
Screened 2026-09-10 · the tape above runs as of 23:00 UTC · 19 Sep · two dates, stated on purpose · verdict and workings shown in full · never trimmed
The Label · The Season, Not the Day
This name holds its markdown label.
Zebra Technologies holds its Markdown at $344.01. The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 9 days.
As held on the ledger · 2026-09-10
Phase
Markdown · caution
Quantitative state
The statistical read favours the sellers, held for 9 days
Price at the screen
$344.01
Valuation
31.56 trailing · 15.51 forward price to earnings
Values screen
PASS· score 85.3
Beta
1.61
The Workings
Five Screens, Shown in Full
Full pass across all five screens. This security clears the Titan Ethical Standard: its business and its balance sheet both stay inside the lines.
Test
Figure
Limit
What it means
Status
Business activity
Permissible
Core business clean
Its core business isn't built on prohibited lines: no gambling, alcohol, tobacco, weapons, or interest-based lending.
Pass
Debt load
31.72%
Below 33%
Interest-bearing debt is just 31.7% of its assets, well under the one-third ceiling: it does not run on borrowed money.
Pass
Interest-bearing cash
0.00%
Below 33%
Cash held in interest-bearing accounts and securities is 0.0% of assets, under the one-third limit.
Pass
Receivables
10.89%
Below 49%
Money owed to the company is 10.9% of assets, under the 49% limit.
Pass
Revenue purity
0.00%
Below 5%
Only 0.0% of revenue comes from non-compliant sources, under the 5% line.
Pass
Five checks adapted from AAOIFI screening standards: business activity plus four balance-sheet ratios. All five must pass for ethical clearance. Every figure is arithmetic on public accounts, not judgement.
What the Numbers Say It Is Worth
The Fair Value Range
Our framework reads OPPORTUNITY: it trades at roughly a 32% discount to our $455.00 fair value, narrow competitive moat, 20.40% revenue growth.
Fair value range in USD, drawn from the 2026-09-10 screen. The gold marker is the market price at the same screen. A 32.3% margin of safety to the base estimate.
Third-party analyst targets: 16 covering, consensus Buy. The average target sits +20% from the screen price.
Reading the gap · Both our model and the analysts see meaningful upside from here.
Price History & Projections
Where it has been, where the models see it going. History from market close data; projection points are our fair-value estimates and third-party analyst targets, dated to the 2026-09-10 screen.
Fair value and rating are our own model estimates; the Street's range reflects third-party analyst estimates. Analysis, not advice.
The Business, in Plain Words
Zebra Scanners Power the Invisible Supply Chain
Every warehouse worker scanning a parcel or fleet manager tracking a container relies on Zebra's hardware to keep goods moving. The company sits at the centre of automatic data capture with 14% revenue growth, a 12.9x forward P/E and a 50% gap between the current $267 price and our $400 fair value. A narrow moat, 12% ROE and clean ethical screen support the case for steady compounding in a fragmented market.
Analysts see the same runway, with seventeen covering the name and a median target of $335. Profit margins sit at 7%, yet the business converts growth into cash without the heavy balance-sheet risks that often accompany hardware plays.
The main risks are execution in a competitive field and exposure to industrial cycles that can flatten orders quickly. Narrow moats offer less protection if larger rivals decide to bundle similar tools. Analysis, not advice.
The risks · The things to watch: it already moves more than the market on an average day.
Plain-English interpretation of our own screen data. Analysis, not advice.
Where & How to Trade
ZBRA trades on a US exchange. As a listed security it is accessible through almost any international broker offering its home market. New to this, or investing from abroad? Our guide to accessing global markets covers brokers, currencies and the practical steps.
The Dated Journal · Newest First, Never Edited
Every Entry, As Written
2026-09-18Markdown · changed$344.01-5.6%Entry 5
The framework has shifted from markup to markdown since the last review. Price is trending lower. Sellers are in control and the prior trend has reversed. Price has moved down 5.6% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 28%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%. The street (17 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $329.
2026-08-19Markup$364.24+56.9%Entry 4
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved up 56.9% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows modest positive risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 28%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%. The street (17 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $329.
2026-07-18Markup$232.11+0.0%Entry 3
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns. Our composite framework grades it C, carrying a low risk profile. Technically it is sitting below its long-term trend line with momentum reading bullish. Over the past year the shares are down 28%. Our forward projection puts the odds of a 10% gain over the next month near 20%. The street (17 analysts) rates it buy, with a mean price target of $329.
2026-07-03Markup$232.11+0.0%Entry 2
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Price has moved down 0.0% since our last review. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
2026-07-02Markup$232.11Entry 1
The framework reads markup. Price is trending higher with momentum. The crowd has caught on and buyers are in control. Ethical screening: PASS with strong ethical credentials. The risk-adjusted return profile shows negative risk-adjusted returns.
Each entry above was written on its date, before the outcome. A journal you can prune is not a journal.
