Motorola Solutions (MSI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

5 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Motorola Solutions in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "hold" MSI shares. A hold rating indicates that analysts believe investors should maintain any existing positions they have in MSI, but not buy additional shares or sell existing shares.
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5 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Motorola Solutions' shares. Their MSI share price forecasts range from $260.00 to $335.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $301.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price.
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Motorola Solutions' stock was trading at $257.71 on January 1st, 2023. Since then, MSI shares have increased by 10.4% and is now trading at $284.57.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, August 3rd 2023.
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Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May, 4th. The communications equipment provider reported $2.22 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.05 by $0.17. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $2.17 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.12 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 14.63% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 1,549.95%. Motorola Solutions's quarterly revenue was up 14.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $1.53 EPS.
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Motorola Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, May 16th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.88 per share on Friday, July 14th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 14th.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) stock in their portfolio include iShares North American Tech-Multimedia Networking ETF (IGN), Invesco Dynamic Networking ETF (PXQ), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), Kovitz Core Equity ETF (EQTY), Invesco Focused Discovery Growth ETF (IVDG), Invesco Dynamic Market ETF (PWC), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL) and iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ).

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.24%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 44.00%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 32.18% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Motorola Solutions issued an update on its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, May, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.49-$2.54 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.35 billion-$2.38 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.30 billion.

439 employees have rated Motorola Solutions Chief Executive Officer Gregory Q. Brown on Glassdoor.com. Gregory Q. Brown has an approval rating of 88% among the company's employees.

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Motorola Solutions trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MSI."

Motorola Solutions' stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (9.15%), State Street Corp (4.14%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.11%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.79%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.36%) and Raymond James & Associates (1.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Cynthia Yazdi, Daniel G Pekofske, Gregory Q Brown, Gregory Q Brown, John P Molloy, John P Molloy, Katherine A Maher, Kenneth D Denman, Mark S Hacker and Rajan Naik.
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Shares of MSI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $284.57.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) has a market capitalization of $47.72 billion and generates $9.11 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $1.36 billion in net income (profit) each year or $8.00 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,000 workers across the globe.

Motorola Solutions' mailing address is 500 W. MONROE STREET, CHICAGO IL, 60661. The official website for the company is www.motorolasolutions.com. The communications equipment provider can be reached via phone at (847) 576-5000, via email at investors@motorolasolutions.com, or via fax at 847-576-5372.