| Company name | Zebra Technologies Corp. |
| Stock ticker | ZBRA |
| Live stock price | [stckqut]ZBRA[/stckqut] |
| P/E compared to competitors | Fair |
MANAGEMENT EXECUTION
| Employee productivity | Good |
| Sales growth | Fair |
| EPS growth | Good |
| P/E growth | Good |
| EBIT growth | Good |
ANALYSIS
| Confident Investor Rating | Good |
| Target stock price (TWCA growth scenario) | $119.29 |
| Target stock price (averages with growth) | $127.62 |
| Target stock price (averages with no growth) | $87.18 |
| Target stock price (manual assumptions) | $95.14 |
The following company description is from Google Finance: http://www.google.com/finance?q=zbra
Zebra Technologies Corporation (Zebra) designs, manufactures and sells specialty printing devices that print variable information on demand at the point of issuance. These devices are used worldwide by manufacturers, service and retail organizations and governments for automatic identification, data collection and personal identification in applications. Its product range consists of direct thermal and thermal transfer label and receipt printers, passive radio frequency identification (RFID) printer/encoders and dye sublimation card printers. Zebra also sells a range of specialty supplies consisting of self-adhesive labels, thermal transfer ribbons, thermal print heads, batteries and other accessories. On March 18, 2011, Zebra disposed of Navis Holdings LLC (Navis). In July 2012, it acquired LaserBand LLC. In December 2013, Zebra acquired Hart Systems.
Confident Investor comments: At this price and at this time, I think that a Confident Investor can confidently invest in Zebra Technologies Corp.
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How was this analysis of Zebra Technologies Corp. calculated?
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In order to assist you in using the techniques of this book, the values that I used when calculating the Manual pricing above were:
- Stock price at the time of the calculation: $77.21
- Growth: 0.15
- Current EPS (TTM): $2.93
- P/E: 26
- Future EPS Calc: $5.89
- Future Stock Price Calc: $153.22
- Target stock price: $95.14
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