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

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

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

Zebra Technologies has reported Operating Margin for 18 years, with the latest figure at 14.38% in Q2 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q2 2026, Operating Margin fell 53.0% year-over-year to 14.38%; the trailing twelve-month figure through Apr 2026 stood at 12.9% (down 232.0% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was 12.97%, down 192.0% from the prior year.
  • Operating Margin for Q2 2026 stood at 14.38%, up from 9.42% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Margin was 17.3% in Q4 2022, with the low at 9.88% in Q3 2022.
  • Historically, Operating Margin has averaged 11.83% across 5 years, with a median of 14.38% in 2026.
  • Annual changes were most pronounced in 2022 — Operating Margin slumped 2781 bps — and 2023, when it surged 2586 bps.
  • Zebra Technologies' Operating Margin stood at 17.3% in 2022, then plunged by 58 bps to 7.33% in 2023, then surged by 130 bps to 16.87% in 2024, then sank by 44 bps to 9.42% in 2025, then jumped by 53 bps to 14.38% in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Margin figures came in at 14.38% (Q2 2026), 9.42% (Q4 2025), and 13.86% (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Operating Margin (Qtr)
1 Cisco Systems 480.96 Bn 464.32 Bn 10.08 Bn 25.00%
2 Ciena 69.17 Bn 67.87 Bn 625.52 Mn 13.27%
3 Motorola Solutions 68.03 Bn 67.17 Bn 1.36 Bn 19.34%
4 Hewlett Packard Enterprise 65.63 Bn 60.79 Bn 8.25 Bn 5.05%
5 Lumentum Holdings 61.32 Bn 58.15 Bn 357.00 Mn 21.59%
6 Ubiquiti 34.34 Bn 33.97 Bn 370.71 Mn 36.90%
7 AST SpaceMobile 27.21 Bn 27.79 Bn -69.36 Mn -1,584.72%
8 Applied Optoelectronics 13.45 Bn 13.01 Bn 43.92 Mn -8.60%
9 Zebra Technologies 11.38 Bn 11.26 Bn 742.00 Mn 14.38%
10 Viavi Solutions 10.76 Bn 10.75 Bn 234.10 Mn 6.10%

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%