Motorola Solutions - MSI Stock Forecast, Price & News

8 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Motorola Solutions in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 6 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MSI shares.
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8 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Motorola Solutions' shares. Their MSI share price forecasts range from $260.00 to $311.00. On average, they anticipate the company's share price to reach $289.33 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 29.2% from the stock's current price.
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Motorola Solutions' stock was trading at $271.70 at the beginning of 2022. Since then, MSI shares have decreased by 17.6% and is now trading at $223.97.
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Motorola Solutions saw a increase in short interest in September. As of September 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,530,000 shares, an increase of 28.6% from the August 31st total of 1,190,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 680,900 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.2 days. Currently, 0.9% 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 3rd 2022.
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Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, August, 4th. The communications equipment provider reported $1.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.66 by $0.21. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $2.14 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.06 billion. Motorola Solutions had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 571.78% and a net margin of 14.22%. The company's revenue was up 8.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $1.94 earnings per share.
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Motorola Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, August 29th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, September 15th will be given a dividend of $0.79 per share on Friday, October 14th. This represents a $3.16 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, September 14th.
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Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) pays an annual dividend of $3.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.41%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 10 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 45.60%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.51% 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 third quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 25th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.85-$2.90 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.75. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.32 billion-$2.32 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.26 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."

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One share of MSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $223.97.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) has a market capitalization of $37.47 billion and generates $8.17 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $1.25 billion in net income (profit) each year or $6.93 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 18,700 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.