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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000877212-22-000038"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZBRA"
cik: "0000877212"
company_name: "ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-26T01:47:48.119187+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.78
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zebra Q1 sales up 6.3% to $1.43B; EPS falls to $3.83; cuts FY22 EBITDA margin guide to 22-23%

## Summary
- Net sales $1,432M (+6.3% YoY); GAAP diluted EPS $3.83 vs $4.22; Non-GAAP EPS $4.01 vs $4.79.
- EVM segment sales $1,038M (+11.6% organic); AIT segment $394M (-8.1% organic).
- Adjusted EBITDA margin 19.9% (down 540bps); Q2 guide: margin ~20-21%, Non-GAAP EPS $4.05-$4.35.
- FY2022 adjusted net sales growth reaffirmed 3-7%; EBITDA margin cut to 22-23%; $200M premium supply chain costs expected.
- Acquisition of Matrox Imaging (machine vision) expected to close mid-2022; excluded from guidance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000877212-22-000038
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZBRA
- cik: 0000877212
- company_name: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2022-05-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.78
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.78
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721222000038/0000877212-22-000038-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000087721222000038/zbra-20220503.htm

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