Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBRA) earnings on May 12, 2026
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Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
The stock soared over 19% during the day, closing with an 11.44% gain. This strong rise surprised many who had expected a price drop.
ZBRA price around the earnings
241.92
Change: +11.5%
2026-05-12, 23:56 UTC
Start of the measured window
End of the measured window
216.96
230.94
244.91
258.89
216.96
May 12, 2026
May 12, 2026
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Prior thesis
Prior outlook: Pessimistic Outcome: Missed
High analyst upside, but weak relative strength.
Pre-release: large analyst upside (+49.9%) conflicts with weak relative strength and crowded retail optimistic sentiment.
Context analyzed before publication
- Summary
- INCOMPLETE_DATA: consensus unavailable
- Reasoning
- INCOMPLETE_DATA: consensus unavailable
Analysts
Evidence
- Analyst consensus
- Buy
- Consensus average (1-5)
- 1.78
- Analysts covering the stock
- 16
- Average price target
- 325.31
- Lowest price target
- 256
- Highest price target
- 400
- Upside to price target
- 49.9%
- Quarterly earnings growth
- -57.1%
- Revenue growth
- 10.6%
- Forward EPS
- 20.05
- Trailing EPS
- 8.19
- Analyst moves in the last 60 days
- 3
- Strong buy: 4
- Buy: 9
- Hold: 5
- Sell: 0
- Strong sell: 0
- Strong buy
- 4
- Buy
- 9
- Hold
- 5
- Sell
- 0
- Strong sell
- 0
- April 20, 2026 · Truist Securities: Maintains rating (Hold → Hold)
- April 13, 2026 · Citigroup: Maintains rating (Neutral → Neutral)
- March 30, 2026 · Baird: Maintains rating (Outperform → Outperform)
News and sentiment
Evidence
Sentiment
- Sentiment
- Constructive
- Mention volume
- Low
- Normalized volume
- 33%
News
Sources (5)
- Zebra Ventures Invests In Apera AI; Terms Not Disclosed — Benzinga
- Zebra Ventures Invests In Apera AI; Terms Undisclosed — Benzinga
- Truist Securities Maintains Hold on Zebra Technologies, Lowers Price Target to $256 — Benzinga
- 'Skild AI Acquires Zebra Technologies' Robotics Automation Business' - Bloomberg — Benzinga
- Citigroup Maintains Neutral on Zebra Technologies, Lowers Price Target to $274 — Benzinga
Technicals
Evidence
- Average true range (ATR)
- 3.3%
- Distance to 52-week high
- -38.5%
- 14-day change (14d)
- -6.2%
- 30-day change
- +8.8%
- 30-day relative strength
- -7.8%
- Benchmark change
- +16.6%
- Nearest support
- 199.18
- Nearest resistance
- 243.53
- Volume accumulation ratio
- 0.96
Trends
Evidence
- Average earnings surprise
- +5.6%
- February 12, 2026: actual EPS 4.33 vs estimate 4.33 (surprise -0.1%)
- October 28, 2025: actual EPS 3.88 vs estimate 3.75 (surprise +3.4%)
- August 5, 2025: actual EPS 3.61 vs estimate 3.33 (surprise +8.4%)
- April 29, 2025: actual EPS 4.02 vs estimate 3.63 (surprise +10.8%)
Expected move
There is no implied-move data available for this event.
Reactions over its last 19 earnings
- Median move
- 7.9%
- 75th percentile move
- 11.4%
- 90th percentile move
- 12.9%
- Up / down moves
- 8 / 11
- Average up move
- +6.3%
- Average down move
- -8.8%
Monitoring and close
What Zebra Technologies Corporation reported
There is no monitoring data available for this event.
Pre-market second reading after the results
There is no second reading available for this event.
How the stock reacted
- Outcome
- Missed
- Consolidated
- +11.4%
- Max favorable move (MFE)
- 0%
- Max adverse move (MAE)
- 19.2%