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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-25-046567"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ZBRA"
cik: "0000877212"
company_name: "ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP"
filed_at: "2025-10-28T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T02:05:30.459017+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.8
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.8
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Zebra Q3 net sales +5.2% to $1.32B; non-GAAP EPS $3.88, up 11.2%

## Summary
- Net sales $1,320M (+5.2% YoY); GAAP net income $101M ($1.97 diluted EPS), down 25.4%.
- Non-GAAP diluted EPS $3.88 (+11.2% YoY); adjusted EBITDA $285M (21.6% margin), +6.3%.
- AIT segment organic sales +10.6% YoY; EVM +2.0%; total organic growth 4.8%.
- Q4 guidance: sales growth 8%-11% YoY, adjusted EBITDA margin ~22%, non-GAAP EPS $4.20-$4.40.
- Full-year free cash flow >$800M; committed to $500M share repurchases over next 12 months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-25-046567
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ZBRA
- cik: 0000877212
- company_name: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORP
- filed_at: 2025-10-28T23:59:59+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/877212/000162828025046567/0001628280-25-046567-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/877212/000162828025046567/zbra-20251028.htm

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