Zebra Technologies Corporation ZBRA

Revenue Intelligence Report • 66 quarters of SEC filing data • Updated 2026-03-15

Zebra Technologies Corporation has a forecasted full-year revenue of $6.1B, a +13.2% year-over-year change, based on 66 quarters of SEC filing data. Key revenue drivers include R&D (elasticity 0.67x) and SG&A (elasticity 1.07x). The ARDL model achieves strong accuracy at 3.8% MAPE.

Investment Thesis

The econometric model achieves strong accuracy (3.8% MAPE), suggesting Zebra Technologies Corporation's revenue trajectory is well-characterized by its spending patterns. R&D investment shows a 0.67x multiplier — each 1% increase in R&D spend is associated with a 0.67% revenue increase, signaling strong innovation-to-revenue conversion. Sales & marketing spend shows a 1.07x elasticity, suggesting effective go-to-market execution.

Next FY Revenue
$6.11B
+13.2% YoY
R&D Elasticity
0.67x
SG&A Elasticity
1.07x
Model Accuracy
3.8% MAPE
Holdout validation: The model predicted $1.4B vs the actual $1.5B — an error of 4.2%.

Revenue Forecast

ZBRA Revenue Forecast

Quarterly Detail

QuarterModel ForecastActual95% RangeYoY GrowthStatus
Q4 2025 $1.4B $1.5B $1.3B – $1.6B +5.9% ✓ In range
Q1 2026 $1.5B $1.3B – $1.7B +11.8%
Q2 2026 $1.5B $1.3B – $1.8B +16.5%
Q3 2026 $1.5B $1.3B – $1.9B +17.3%
Q4 2026 $1.6B $1.3B – $2.0B +7.7%

Seasonal Factors

Multiplicative seasonal adjustment: These factors capture Zebra Technologies Corporation's systematic quarterly revenue patterns relative to the trend model. A factor of 1.05 means that quarter typically runs 5% above the underlying trend; 0.95 means 5% below. Factors are computed as the median of (actual / fitted) across all available quarters.
Fiscal QuarterSeasonal Factorvs TrendInterpretationObs.
FQ1 (Sep–Nov) 1.0183 +1.8% In line with trend 17
FQ2 (Dec–Feb) 1.0343 +3.4% +3.4% above trend 16
FQ3 (Mar–May) 0.9904 -1.0% In line with trend 16
FQ4 (Jun–Aug) 0.9831 -1.7% In line with trend 16

How Spending Drives Revenue

ZBRA Spending Timing
Reading this chart: Each line shows the cumulative elasticity — how a 1% increase in spending translates to revenue growth over subsequent quarters. The effect builds over 4-5 quarters as investments compound.

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