Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026)

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) posted Operating Margin of 14.38% for Q2 2026, up 52.61% on a QoQ basis from 9.42% in Q4 2025, and down 53.0% year-over-year from 30.6% in Q2 2025.

Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) Operating Margin (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

Zebra Technologies' Operating Margin history runs 18 years deep, the most recent figure standing at 14.38% for Q2 2026.

  • Quarterly Operating Margin fell 53.0% year-over-year to 14.38% in Q2 2026, while the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 was 12.9% (down 232.0% YoY) and the FY2025 annual result came in at 12.97%, down 192.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin was 14.38% for Q2 2026 at Zebra Technologies, up from 9.42% in the prior quarter.
  • Across five years, Operating Margin topped out at 17.3% in Q4 2022 and bottomed at 9.88% in Q3 2022.
  • A 5-year average of 11.83% and a median of 14.38% in 2026 frame the typical range for Operating Margin.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin sank 2781 bps — and 2023, when it surged 2586 bps.
  • Zebra Technologies' Operating Margin stood at 17.3% in 2022, then slumped by 58 bps to 7.33% in 2023, then jumped by 130 bps to 16.87% in 2024, then tumbled by 44 bps to 9.42% in 2025, then soared by 53 bps to 14.38% in 2026.
  • Business Quant data shows ZBRA's Operating Margin at 14.38% in Q2 2026, 9.42% in Q4 2025, and 13.86% in Q3 2025.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 444.27 Bn 427.63 Bn 10.08 Bn 25.00%
2 Motorola Solutions 68.42 Bn 67.56 Bn 1.36 Bn 19.34%
3 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 63.57 Bn 58.72 Bn 9.10 Bn 5.05%
4 Lumentum Holdings 59.61 Bn 56.43 Bn 357.00 Mn 21.59%
5 Ciena 57.62 Bn 56.33 Bn 625.52 Mn 13.27%
6 Nokia 52.70 Bn 45.22 Bn 9.86 Bn -2,316.67%
7 Ubiquiti 32.00 Bn 31.63 Bn 370.71 Mn 36.90%
8 AST SpaceMobile 17.20 Bn 17.78 Bn 3.67 Mn -1,089.07%
9 Zebra Technologies 12.59 Bn 12.48 Bn 742.00 Mn 14.38%
10 Viasat 10.14 Bn 8.46 Bn 615.36 Mn -3.90%

Historic Data

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DateValue
Apr 4, 2026 14.38%
Dec 31, 2025 9.42%
Sep 27, 2025 13.86%
Jun 28, 2025 14.15%
Mar 29, 2025 14.91%
Dec 31, 2024 16.87%
Sep 28, 2024 15.22%
Jun 29, 2024 13.72%
Mar 30, 2024 13.53%
Dec 31, 2023 7.33%
Sep 30, 2023 -1.26%
Jul 1, 2023 15.98%
Apr 1, 2023 16.01%
Dec 31, 2022 17.30%
Oct 1, 2022 14.66%
Jul 2, 2022 -9.88%
Apr 2, 2022 14.80%
Dec 31, 2021 15.20%
Oct 2, 2021 16.50%
Jul 3, 2021 17.94%