Zebra Technologies (ZBRA) Tops Q4 EPS by 17c, Q1 EPS Guidance Tops Consensus

Zebra Technologies (NASDAQ: ZBRA) reported Q4 EPS of $3.10, $0.17 better than the analyst estimate of $2.93. Revenue for the quarter came in at $1.14 billion versus the consensus estimate of $1.12 billion.

GUIDANCE:

Zebra Technologies sees Q1 2019 EPS of $2.75-$2.95, versus the consensus of $2.69.

The company expects first-quarter 2019 net sales to increase approximately 6% to 9% from the first quarter of 2018.

Full Year 2019

The company expects full-year 2019 net sales to increase approximately 4% to 7% from 2018. This expectation includes an approximately 1 percentage point positive impact from the acquisition of Xplore Technologies, and an approximately 50 basis point negative impact from foreign currency translation.

Adjusted EBITDA margin is expected to be slightly higher than 21% for the full-year 2019, favorable to 2018.

For the full-year 2019, the company expects to generate free cash flow of at least $625 million.

The outlook amounts provided above do not include any projected results from the proposed acquisition of Temptime Corporation, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019.

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