---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000877212-21-000188"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZBRA"
cik: "0000877212"
company_name: "ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-28T15:28:45.067087+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zebra Technologies Q3 2021: net sales up 26.9% to $1.44B, non-GAAP EPS $4.55, raises FY FCF outlook to $950M

## Summary
- Net sales $1,436M (+26.9% YoY); net income $199M (+71.6%); diluted EPS $3.69 (+70.8%).
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS $4.55 (+39.1%); adjusted EBITDA $312M (+35.7%), margin 21.7%.
- EVM segment sales $1,050M (+32% YoY); AIT segment $386M (+14% YoY); organic growth 23.2%.
- Q4 outlook: adjusted net sales growth 8-12% YoY; non-GAAP EPS $4.20-$4.50.
- FY2021 free cash flow outlook raised to at least $950M; strong order backlog.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000877212-21-000188
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZBRA
- cik: 0000877212
- company_name: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2021-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.8
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721221000188/0000877212-21-000188-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721221000188/zbra-20211102.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877212-21-000188
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877212-21-000188.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000877212-21-000188.txt

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.