Symbotic vs Zebra Technologies
SYM and ZBRA side by side, both in general industrial machinery and equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How SYM and ZBRA compare
Symbotic is the larger company, worth 1.4 times as much as Zebra Technologies ($22.4B against $15.5B).
On earnings, Zebra Technologies is cheaper: it trades at 30.0× trailing earnings, against 742× for Symbotic.
Symbotic grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (20.6% versus 12.7% for Zebra Technologies).
Zebra Technologies keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 9.2% compared with 0.31% at Symbotic.
Zebra Technologies scores higher on the StockData Score (12 against 10 for Symbotic), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | SYM | ZBRA |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $22.4B | $15.5B |
| Share price | $37.11 | $327.44 |
| Change, 1 year | −47.5% | 25.6% |
| Change, 5 years | 273% | −45.1% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.04 | 1.65 |
| Employees | 2,000 | 11K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 10 | 12 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 3 (better) |
| Growth score | 3 | 3 |
| Performance score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Health score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 742× | 30.0× (better) |
| P/S | 8.5× | 2.6× (better) |
| P/B | 31.7× | 4.5× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 546× | 16.9× (better) |
| P/FCF | – | 17.1× |
| FCF yield | – | 5.8% |
| Fair value | $6.09 | $336.42 |
| Margin of safety | −509% | 2.7% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 20.6% (better) | 12.7% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 89.4% (better) | 3.9% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | – | −1.6% |
| EPS growth (TTM) | – | 3.1% |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | – | −2.6% |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 21.3% | 49.6% (better) |
| Operating margin | −0.01% | 14.7% (better) |
| Net margin | 0.31% | 9.2% (better) |
| FCF margin | – | 15.5% |
| Return on equity | 1.8% | 15.3% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 11.9% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.00 | 0.81 (better) |
| Net debt / EBITDA | – | 2.44 |
| Current ratio | 1.33 (better) | 0.52 |
| Altman Z-score | 6.10 (better) | 3.44 |
| Piotroski F-score | 5 (better) | 4 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Buyback yield | −1.9% | 5.8% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | −1.9% | 5.8% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 19.2% | 104% |
| Held by insiders | 85.8% | 1.0% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$962M | −$2.3M (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 20.4% | 2.8% |
Go deeper
- SYM stock overview
- SYM income statement
- SYM valuation and score
- ZBRA stock overview
- ZBRA income statement
- ZBRA valuation and score
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