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How Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) makes money: Q2 2026 revenue breakdown
US GAAP · $M · vs Q2 2025 · quarter ended 07/04/2026 · reported 08/04/2026
Zebra Technologies Corporation (ZBR), commonly known as Zebra, is an American multinational technology conglomerate corporation, specializing in smart data capture systems. · Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, abridged
Key growth driver: Tangible products — the fastest-growing revenue line: $1,316, +25% y/y. · by the Q2 2026 report
How does Zebra Technologies make money?
Zebra Technologies brought in $1.56 billion of revenue in Q2 2026, up 20.4% year over year. The largest source was Tangible products: $1.32 billion, or 85% of the total, followed by Services and software ($241M, 15%). Net income for the quarter was $233 million, up 108% year over year.
Revenue by source, Q2 2026
- Tangible products$1.32B · 85% · +24.7%
- Services and software$241M · 15% · +1.3%
Shares of $1.56B total revenue; changes are year over year, as reported. ≈ marks lines derived from disclosed totals. The same flows are drawn in the Sankey chart below.
When is ZBRA’s next earnings date?
Tuesday, October 27, 2026estimated
Expected around Oct 27 — based on last year’s report on Oct 28, 2025. We have not yet seen the company's announcement of the date.
How we estimate
The estimate is the date of the same-quarter report a year ago, per the company’s SEC filing, moved forward 52 weeks (same weekday). Companies usually keep the same week; the date will be replaced once ZBRA announces it.
Same quarter a year ago (ended September 27, 2025): revenue $1.32B, EPS (GAAP) $1.97
How we calculate
Year-ago figures are GAAP, from the company's SEC filings (XBRL); EPS is diluted.
What time does ZBRA report? Usually before market open: the last 4 results releases reached the SEC at 7:38 am, 7:27 am, 7:48 am, 7:53 am ET.
Last report: Aug 4, 2026 (Q2 2026) — broken down in the Sankey chart below. Dates: company announcements; past dates and times — SEC 8-K filings. Who else reports this week →
All figures in $M.
Revenue
$1,557
+20.4%
Gross profit
$825
+33.9%
53.0% margin
Operating income
$321
+75.4%
20.6% margin
Net income
$233
+108%
$4.85/sh · 15.0% margin
Verdict: revenue grew 20.4% y/y to $1.56B, operating margin 20.6% vs 14.2%, net income $233M (+108.0% y/y).
Share repurchases were $268 million, and IEEPA tariff recoveries were $73 million.
Source and notation
Source: Zebra Technologies press release, 8-K EX-99.1 of 08/04/2026 (SEC EDGAR). Every figure was matched against the income statement in the release and checked against SEC XBRL.
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ZBRA earnings history: past report dates
| Aug 4, 2026 Tue | 7:38 ambefore market open | Jul 4, 2026 | $1.6B+20% y/y | $4.85+121% y/y |
| May 12, 2026 Tue | 7:27 ambefore market open | Apr 4, 2026 | $1.5B+14% y/y | $2.72+4% y/y |
| Feb 12, 2026 Thu | 7:48 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2025 | ≈$1.5B+11% y/y | ≈$1.40−55% y/y |
| Oct 28, 2025 Tue | 7:53 ambefore market open | Sep 27, 2025 | $1.3B+5% y/y | $1.97−25% y/y |
| Aug 5, 2025 Tue | 7:36 ambefore market open | Jun 28, 2025 | $1.3B+6% y/y | $2.19+1% y/y |
| Apr 29, 2025 Tue | 7:39 ambefore market open | Mar 29, 2025 | $1.3B+11% y/y | $2.62+17% y/y |
| Feb 13, 2025 Thu | 7:45 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2024 | ≈$1.3B+32% y/y | ≈$3.14+881% y/y |
| Oct 29, 2024 Tue | 7:40 ambefore market open | Sep 28, 2024 | $1.3B+31% y/y | $2.64 |
| Jul 30, 2024 Tue | 7:41 ambefore market open | Jun 29, 2024 | $1.2B+0% y/y | $2.17−22% y/y |
| Apr 30, 2024 Tue | 7:26 ambefore market open | Mar 30, 2024 | $1.2B−16% y/y | $2.23−23% y/y |
| Feb 15, 2024 Thu | 7:39 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2023 | ≈$1.0B−33% y/y | ≈$0.32−91% y/y |
| Oct 31, 2023 Tue | 7:34 ambefore market open | Sep 30, 2023 | $956M−31% y/y | −$0.28 |
| Aug 1, 2023 Tue | 7:33 ambefore market open | Jul 1, 2023 | $1.2B−17% y/y | $2.78 |
| May 2, 2023 Tue | 7:33 ambefore market open | Apr 1, 2023 | $1.4B−2% y/y | $2.90−24% y/y |
| Feb 16, 2023 Thu | 7:38 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2022 | ≈$1.5B+2% y/y | ≈$3.55+0% y/y |
| Nov 1, 2022 Tue | 7:25 ambefore market open | Oct 1, 2022 | $1.4B−4% y/y | $3.26−12% y/y |
| Aug 2, 2022 Tue | 7:34 ambefore market open | Jul 2, 2022 | $1.5B+7% y/y | −$1.87 |
| May 3, 2022 Tue | 7:28 ambefore market open | Apr 2, 2022 | $1.4B+6% y/y | $3.83−9% y/y |
| Feb 10, 2022 Thu | 8:13 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2021 | ≈$1.5B+12% y/y | ≈$3.54−4% y/y |
| Nov 2, 2021 Tue | 7:59 ambefore market open | Oct 2, 2021 | $1.4B+27% y/y | $3.69+71% y/y |
| May 4, 2021 Tue | 7:56 ambefore market open | Apr 3, 2021 | $1.3B+28% y/y | $4.22+156% y/y |
| Feb 11, 2021 Thu | 7:54 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2020 | $1.3B+10% y/y | $3.70+19% y/y |
| Nov 3, 2020 Tue | 7:59 ambefore market open | Sep 26, 2020 | $1.1B+0% y/y | $2.16−14% y/y |
| Jul 28, 2020 Tue | 7:26 ambefore market open | Jun 27, 2020 | $956M−13% y/y | $1.85−18% y/y |
| Apr 28, 2020 Tue | 7:35 ambefore market open | Mar 28, 2020 | $1.1B−1% y/y | $1.65−22% y/y |
| Feb 13, 2020 Thu | 7:30 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2019 | $1.2B+5% y/y | $3.10+47% y/y |
| Oct 29, 2019 Tue | 9:33 amduring market hours | Sep 28, 2019 | $1.1B+3% y/y | $2.50+7% y/y |
| Jul 30, 2019 Tue | 7:55 ambefore market open | Jun 29, 2019 | $1.1B+8% y/y | $2.26+75% y/y |
| Apr 30, 2019 Tue | 7:38 ambefore market open | Mar 30, 2019 | $1.1B+9% y/y | $2.12+5% y/y |
| Feb 14, 2019 Thu | 8:04 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2018 | $1.1B+11% y/y | $2.11 |
| Nov 6, 2018 Tue | 7:50 ambefore market open | Sep 29, 2018 | $1.1B+17% y/y | $2.34 |
| Aug 7, 2018 Tue | 7:41 ambefore market open | Jun 30, 2018 | $1.0B+13% y/y | $1.29+303% y/y |
| May 8, 2018 Tue | 7:35 ambefore market open | Mar 31, 2018 | $977M+13% y/y | $2.01 |
| Feb 22, 2018 Thu | 7:57 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2017 | $1.0B+9% y/y | $0.07−79% y/y |
| Nov 7, 2017 Tue | 8:11 ambefore market open | Sep 30, 2017 | $935M+3% y/y | −$0.23+86% y/y |
| Aug 8, 2017 Tue | 8:01 ambefore market open | Jul 1, 2017 | $896M+2% y/y | $0.32 |
| May 9, 2017 Tue | 8:29 ambefore market open | Apr 1, 2017 | $865M+2% y/y | $0.16 |
| Feb 23, 2017 Thu | 7:51 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2016 | $942M−1% y/y | $0.34 |
| Nov 1, 2016 Tue | 4:03 pmafter market close | Oct 1, 2016 | $904M−1% y/y | −$1.61−182% y/y |
| Aug 9, 2016 Tue | 6:30 ambefore market open | Jul 2, 2016 | $879M−1% y/y | −$0.88+41% y/y |
| May 10, 2016 Tue | 8:01 ambefore market open | Apr 2, 2016 | $849M−5% y/y | −$0.50+0% y/y |
| Feb 25, 2016 Thu | 7:02 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2015 | $951M+20% y/y | −$0.53+48% y/y |
| Nov 10, 2015 Tue | 7:01 ambefore market open | Oct 3, 2015 | $916M+201% y/y | −$0.57 |
| Aug 11, 2015 Tue | 7:02 ambefore market open | Jul 4, 2015 | $890M+209% y/y | −$1.50 |
| May 13, 2015 Wed | 7:30 ambefore market open | Apr 4, 2015 | $893M+210% y/y | −$0.50 |
| Nov 4, 2014 Tue | 8:31 ambefore market open | Sep 27, 2014 | $304M+15% y/y | $0.29−62% y/y |
| Aug 5, 2014 Tue | 6:08 ambefore market open | Jun 28, 2014 | $288M+14% y/y | $0.54−10% y/y |
| Apr 15, 2014 Tue | 6:32 ambefore market open | Mar 29, 2014 | $288M+22% y/y | $0.82+78% y/y |
| Feb 19, 2014 Wed | 6:06 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2013 | ≈$284M+12% y/y | ≈$0.82+21% y/y |
| Nov 5, 2013 Tue | 6:06 ambefore market open | Sep 28, 2013 | $264M+5% y/y | $0.76+46% y/y |
| Aug 6, 2013 Tue | 6:07 ambefore market open | Jun 29, 2013 | $253M+2% y/y | $0.60+2% y/y |
| May 2, 2013 Thu | 6:05 ambefore market open | Mar 30, 2013 | $237M−3% y/y | $0.46−21% y/y |
| Feb 12, 2013 Tue | 6:09 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2012 | $253M+2% y/y | $0.68+1% y/y |
| Nov 6, 2012 Tue | 6:13 ambefore market open | Sep 29, 2012 | $252M−1% y/y | $0.52−38% y/y |
| Jul 31, 2012 Tue | 8:50 ambefore market open | Jun 30, 2012 | $247M+1% y/y | $0.59−2% y/y |
| Apr 27, 2012 Fri | 9:38 amduring market hours | Mar 31, 2012 | $244M+3% y/y | $0.58−47% y/y |
| Feb 14, 2012 Tue | 9:24 ambefore market open | Dec 31, 2011 | $247M | $0.67 |
| Nov 8, 2011 Tue | 10:03 amduring market hours | Oct 1, 2011 | $253M | $0.84 |
| Aug 4, 2011 Thu | 7:06 ambefore market open | Jul 2, 2011 | $246M | $0.60 |
| May 4, 2011 Wed | 8:16 ambefore market open | Apr 2, 2011 | $237M | $1.10 |
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How we count
Report date and time — when the company filed its results press release with the SEC (Form 8-K, Item 2.02); the regular session runs 9:30 am – 4:00 pm ET. Companies that file the 8-K late in the evening publish the release the next morning: the date is that morning, before market open, and the evening filing time is not shown. Revenue and diluted EPS — the company’s XBRL filings, EPS adjusted for stock splits; ≈ — fourth quarter derived as full year minus three quarters. Source: SEC EDGAR.
Zebra Technologies: 15-year financials
| 2025 | 5,396 | 700 | 419 | 831 |
| 2024 | 4,981 | 742 | 528 | 954 |
| 2023 | 4,584 | 481 | 296 | −91 |
| 2022 | 5,781 | 529 | 463 | 413 |
| 2021 | 5,627 | 979 | 837 | 1,010 |
| 2020 | 4,448 | 651 | 504 | 895 |
| 2019 | 4,485 | 692 | 544 | 624 |
| 2018 | 4,218 | 610 | 421 | 721 |
| 2017 | 3,722 | 322 | 17 | 428 |
| 2016 | 3,574 | 80 | −137 | 303 |
| 2015 | 3,650 | 37 | −158 | 0 |
| 2014 | 1,671 | 89 | 32 | 209 |
| 2013 | 1,038 | 160 | 134 | 175 |
| 2012 | 996 | 164 | 123 | 161 |
| 2011 | 984 | 182 | 175 | 51.4 |
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$ millions, annual 10-K reports on SEC EDGAR (US GAAP)*.
How we calculate
Figures are annual report lines; if a year was later restated (discontinued operations, mergers), we use the latest filing that shows it. Free cash flow is operating cash flow minus capital expenditures; dividends are cash paid to common shareholders during the year. “—” means the line isn’t in the filing. The table starts in 2011; where the listed issuer changed (holding reorganization, redomicile), earlier years come from the predecessor’s filings.
Shareholders’ equity at Jul 4, 2026: $3.4B (40% of total assets). Compare with other S&P 500 companies →
Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) earnings: FAQ
How does Zebra Technologies make money?
Zebra Technologies brought in $1.56 billion of revenue in Q2 2026, up 20.4% year over year. The largest source was Tangible products: $1.32 billion, or 85% of the total, followed by Services and software ($241M, 15%). Net income for the quarter was $233 million, up 108% year over year.
When is ZBRA's next earnings date?
We have not yet seen an announcement of the date from Zebra Technologies (ZBRA). Based on last year's report on Oct 28, 2025, the next report is expected around Oct 27, 2026.
What time does ZBRA report earnings?
Zebra Technologies usually reports before market open: its latest results release was filed with the SEC at 7:38 am ET on Aug 4, 2026.
When did ZBRA last report earnings?
Zebra Technologies reported Q2 2026 results on Aug 4, 2026.
Where can I find Zebra Technologies's financial statements?
On SEC EDGAR: quarterly reports (10-Q), the annual report (10-K) and earnings releases (8-K). The “Verified” badge next to the chart links to ZBRA's filings; this page breaks the latest report down in a Sankey chart.
What was ZBRA's net income in Q2 2026?
Zebra Technologies reported net income of $233M for Q2 2026 (+108% year over year), under US GAAP.
How has Zebra Technologies's revenue changed since 2011?
Per its 10-K filings, revenue grew 5.5x: $984M in 2011 and $5,396M in 2025. The peak was $5,781M in 2022. Year-by-year figures are in the table above.
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How this page was made: the figures come from the company's own report on SEC EDGAR; the summary and nuances were drafted by our model from that report — two independent automated readings of the release had to match, and every number in the text was checked against it. Figures checked against the filing on 10/16/2026. How we make the breakdowns · Report an error
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