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Zebra Technologies (Zebra Technologies) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 2.86% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Zebra Technologies's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $16,320 Mil. Zebra Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $467 Mil. Zebra Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 2.86%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Zebra Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

ZBRA' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.36   Med: 4.33   Max: 8.4
Current: 2.91

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Zebra Technologies was 8.40%. The lowest was -0.36%. And the median was 4.33%.

ZBRA's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked worse than
53.01% of 2475 companies
in the Hardware industry
Industry Median: 3.39 vs ZBRA: 2.91

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Zebra Technologies's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 10.56%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Zebra Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Zebra Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Zebra Technologies Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 4.53 2.92 2.98 6.12 2.86

Zebra Technologies Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 6.12 5.15 5.26 5.26 2.86

Competitive Comparison

For the Communication Equipment subindustry, Zebra Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Zebra Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Hardware industry and Technology sector, Zebra Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Zebra Technologies's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Zebra Technologies Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Zebra Technologiess Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=467/16320.394737
=2.86 %

Zebra Technologies's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $467 Mil.



Zebra Technologies  (NAS:ZBRA) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Zebra Technologies (Zebra Technologies) Business Description

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Address
3 Overlook Point, Lincolnshire, IL, USA, 60069
Zebra Technologies is a leading provider of automatic identification and data capture technology to enterprises. Its solutions include barcode printers and scanners, mobile computers, and workflow optimization software. The firm primarily serves the retail, transportation logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare markets, designing custom solutions to improve efficiency at its customers.
Executives
Bill Burns officer: SVP, Chief Product & Solutions C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 1 ZEBRA PLAZA, HOLTSVILLE NY 11742-1300
Nathan Andrew Winters officer: Acting Chief Financial Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Richard Edward Hudson officer: Chief Revenue Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Frank Blaise Modruson director C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Richard L Keyser director 100 GRAINGER PARKWAY, LAKE FOREST IL 60045
Anders Gustafsson director, officer: Chief Executive Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Satish Dhanasekaran director 1400 FOUNTAINGROVE PARKWAY, SANTA ROSA CA 95403
Armstrong Robert John Jr officer: Chief Marketing Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Joseph Ramsey White officer: Chief Product & Solutions C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Michael Cho officer: SVP, Corporate Development C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Tamara Dionne Froese officer: Chief Supply Chain Officer C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Stephen Edgar Williams officer: SVP, Global Supply Chain C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069
Nelda J Connors director BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION, 300 BOSTON SCIENTIFIC WAY, MARLBOROUGH MA 01752-1234
Janice M Roberts director 540 COWPER STREET, SUITE 200, PALO ALTO CA 94301
Michael A Smith director C/O ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, 3 OVERLOOK POINT, LINCOLNSHIRE IL 60069