Zebra Technologies - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Zebra Technologies M&A Summary

Zebra Technologies has acquired 22 companies, including 8 in the last 5 years. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Zebra Technologies’ largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business for $3.5B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2011, when it sold Navis to Cargotec for $190M. Zebra Technologies has acquired in 10 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (40%) and software (25%).

Zebra Technologies Business Overview

Where is Zebra Technologies headquartered?

Zebra Technologies is headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois.

What is Zebra Technologies’ revenue?

Zebra Technologies disclosed revenue of 4,584M USD for 2023 and 5,781M USD for 2022.

How many employees does Zebra Technologies have?

Zebra Technologies has 9,750 employees.

What sector is Zebra Technologies in?

Zebra Technologies is a technology hardware company.

When was Zebra Technologies founded?

Zebra Technologies was founded in 1969.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity22
    • M&A Buy Activity20
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 8

Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies Corp.

3 Overlook Point,
Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069
United States,
(847) 634-6700
www.zebra.com

Zebra Technologies is a manufacturer of thermal bar code label and receipt printers, RFID smart label printer/encoders, card and kiosk printers. Zebra Technologies was founded in 1969 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 15 1 3 1 - - 20
vol $4.0B $4.0B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $245M $245M
  22

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Adaptive Vision Sp. z o.o. 2021-05-18 - Add-on Acquisition
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Reflexis Systems, Inc. 2020-07-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Dedham, Massachusetts · www.reflexisinc.com
Profitect, Inc. 2019-05-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Burlington, Massachusetts · www.profitect.com
Temptime Corp. 2019-01-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Morris Plains, New Jersey · www.temptimecorp.com
Xplore Technologies Corp. 2018-07-05 90M USD Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.xploretech.com
Zebra Technologies Corp. - Wireless LAN Business 2016-09-14 55M USD Divestiture
Lincolnshire, Illinois
Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business 2014-04-15 3.5B USD Divestiture
, Illinois
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware 8 (40%) 321M (8%) 1 (50%) 55M (22%)
Software 5 (25%) 147M (4%) 1 (50%) 190M (78%)
Information Technology 3 (15%) 3.5B (86%) - -
Business Services 2 (10%) 94M (2%) - -
Medical Products 2 (10%) - - -
Total 20 $4.0B 2 $245M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 16 4.0B 2 245M
  California 4 271M 1 190M
  Texas 2 90M - -
  Rhode Island 2 90M - -
  Massachusetts 2 - - -
  Illinois 1 3.5B 1 55M
  Pennsylvania 1 2M - -
  New York 1 94M - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Missouri 1 - - -
  Maryland 1 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
Germany 1 15M - -
Poland 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 16 (80%) 4.0B (100%) 2 (100%) 245M (100%)
Cross-border 4 (20%) 15M (< 1%) - -
Total 20 $4.0B 2 $245M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
PJT Partners, Inc.
1
UBS Investment Bank
1
Moelis & Co.
1
Legal Deals
Kirkland & Ellis
4
Vedder Price P.C.
1
Jenner & Block
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $3.5B
$100M to $1B 2 $271M
< $100M 5 $291M
TOTAL $4.0B
Largest Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business
$3.5B (2014-04-15)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $190M
< $100M 1 $55M
TOTAL $245M
Largest Navis LLC
$190M (2011-03-21)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
4 (20%)
Strategic(s)
5%
1 (5%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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