ZBRA — what changed in the latest 10-Q
A section-by-section comparison of ZBRA's newest periodic SEC filing (10-K/10-Q) against the prior same-form filing: paragraphs added and removed per section, with verbatim excerpts. Purely a deterministic text diff — no similarity scores, no directional read, not investment advice.
Comparing 10-Q · 2026-08-04 vs the prior 10-Q · 2026-05-12
| Section | Outcome | Added | Removed | Minor | Unchanged |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MD&A | Text added/removed | +28 | −14 | ~15 | 37 |
| Market risk (Item 3) | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
| Controls & procedures | Text added/removed | +3 | −3 | ~1 | 0 |
| Risk factors | No material changes reported (points to the 10-K) | — | — | — | — |
| Other information | Text added/removed | 0 | 0 | ~1 | 0 |
Counts are paragraphs; added/removed means text added or removed vs the prior filing — no direction or judgement implied.
Not shown (absent or not faithfully extractable): Legal proceedings
Representative excerpts
Up to 5 excerpts of about 300 characters per section, quoted verbatim from the two SEC filings.
MD&A
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-04
•We recognized a $73 million pretax benefit from the expected refund of previously paid import tariffs, with $14 million of cash received in the second quarter.
•We repurchased $568 million of common shares year to date, including $268 million in the second quarter.
On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated certain import tariffs enacted in 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). The Company is in the process of seeking the refund of its approximately $73 million of previously paid import tariffs in accordance with t…
See Note 12, Accrued Liabilities, Commitments and Contingencies in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information related to this matter.
In the second quarter, we substantially completed our actions under the previously announced 2025 Productivity Plan and recorded an additional $8 million in severance and related costs. Cumulative one-time charges under this plan, which was initiated last year, were $37 million. We expect these acti…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-12
•We repurchased $300 million of common shares in the first quarter, followed by an additional $200 million thus far in the second quarter.
In the first quarter, we completed the sale of our robotics automation solutions business to Skild AI, following our intention to exit this business to better align resources and invest in other strategic priorities. In exchange, we received cash and non-cash consideration totaling $20 million, resu…
We also advanced our cost-efficiency goals in the first quarter by recognizing $8 million in severance and related costs under our 2025 Productivity Plan. This plan, initiated last year, is estimated to result in charges of approximately $35 to $40 million, with $29 million in charges recorded to da…
As a result of these actions, we expect to achieve net annualized pre-tax cost savings of approximately $35 million. See Note 7, Exit and Restructuring Activities in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information related to the Company’s exit and restructuring actions.
On February 20, 2026, the U.S. Supreme Court invalidated certain import tariffs enacted in 2025 under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (“IEEPA”). The Company previously paid approximately $75 million in IEEPA-related import tariffs and intends to seek refunds in accordance with the pr…
Controls & procedures
Text added vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-08-04
including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Our management assessed the effectiveness of our disclosure controls as of July 4, 2026. Based on this assessment and those criteria, our management beli…
During the quarter ended July 4, 2026, there have been no changes in our internal controls that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reaso…
Text removed vs the prior filing · source: 10-Q · 2026-05-12
During the quarter ended April 4, 2026, there have been no changes in our internal controls that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reaso…
circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is based in part on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will s…
How to read Risk Factors (Item 1A) in a 10-Q
A 10-Q risk-factor section usually takes one of three forms; this page classifies it as one of:
- Pointer — the filer states there have been no material changes and points back to the annual 10-K risk factors; there is no own risk text to compare this quarter.
- Partial update — the filer carves out specific updated risks ("except as set forth below"); the excerpts show exactly what is new this quarter.
- Restated in full — the quarter carries the complete risk-factor text. When the prior quarter was only a pointer there is no prior full text to diff against, so the page flags the section as restated instead.
This describes the filing structure only — it is never a judgement on whether risk went up or down.
Source: text-level diff of the two SEC EDGAR filings · deterministic (no AI-generated content) · for reference only · not investment advice