Motorola Solutions (MSI) Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Motorola Solutions in the last year. There are currently 3 hold ratings and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MSI shares.
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6 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Motorola Solutions' stock. Their MSI share price forecasts range from $270.00 to $335.00. On average, they expect the company's stock price to reach $309.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% 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 8.3% and is now trading at $279.2150.
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Motorola Solutions saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 830,000 shares, a drop of 27.2% from the August 15th total of 1,140,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 768,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.1 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company's stock are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 2nd 2023.
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Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 3rd. The communications equipment provider reported $2.65 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.51 by $0.14. The communications equipment provider earned $2.40 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.36 billion. Motorola Solutions had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 2,157.02% and a net margin of 15.72%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 12.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $1.87 earnings per share.
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Motorola Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Thursday, August 31st. Shareholders of record on Friday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.88 per share on Friday, October 13th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.26%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, September 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 Next Gen Connectivity ETF (PXQ), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ), Invesco Focused Discovery Growth ETF (IVDG), SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Mid Cap ETF (VNMC) and Nuveen Dividend Growth ETF (NDVG).

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.23%. 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 39.91%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Motorola Solutions updated its third quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 3rd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $2.99-$3.04 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $3.00. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.52 billion-$2.52 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.49 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 investors include BlackRock Inc. (8.78%), Capital World Investors (7.44%), State Street Corp (4.20%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.00%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.93%) and Raymond James & Associates (1.19%). 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 $279.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) has a market capitalization of $46.63 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 $8.82 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.