NYSE:MSI - Motorola Solutions Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Motorola Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.57 per share on Monday, April 15th. This represents a $2.28 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. View Motorola Solutions' Dividend History.

Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI) released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $2.63 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.22. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $2.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.22 billion. Motorola Solutions had a negative return on equity of 82.33% and a net margin of 13.17%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $2.10 EPS. View Motorola Solutions' Earnings History.

Motorola Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, May 2nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Motorola Solutions.

Motorola Solutions updated its FY19 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 7th. The company provided EPS guidance of $7.55-7.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $7.46. The company issued revenue guidance of $7.78-7.86 billion (+6-7%), compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $7.65 billion.Motorola Solutions also updated its FY 2019 guidance to $7.55-7.70 EPS.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Motorola Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $28.50 to $150.00. On average, they anticipate Motorola Solutions' stock price to reach $129.3182 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 8.0%. View Analyst Price Targets for Motorola Solutions.

12 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Motorola Solutions in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 9 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Motorola Solutions.

Media headlines about MSI stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Motorola Solutions earned a news sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

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Motorola Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (11.40%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (2.68%), Parnassus Investments CA (2.61%), APG Asset Management N.V. (1.70%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.50%) and Northern Trust Corp (1.45%). Company insiders that own Motorola Solutions stock include Bruce W Brda, Cynthia Yazdi, Daniel G Pekofske, Eduardo F Conrado, Gino A Bonanotte, Gregory Q Brown, John K Wozniak, John P Molloy, Kelly S Mark, Mark S Hacker, Motorola Solutions, Inc and Rajan Naik. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Motorola Solutions.

MSI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Millennium Management LLC, LSV Asset Management, Scharf Investments LLC, Coatue Management LLC, Barometer Capital Management Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC and Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Alberta as represented by Alberta Investment Management Corp. Company insiders that have sold Motorola Solutions company stock in the last year include Cynthia Yazdi, Daniel G Pekofske, Gino A Bonanotte, Gregory Q Brown, John P Molloy, Kelly S Mark, Mark S Hacker and Rajan Naik. View Insider Buying and Selling for Motorola Solutions.

MSI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, FMR LLC, Ceredex Value Advisors LLC, Hexavest Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Bessemer Group Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Motorola Solutions.

Shares of MSI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $140.57.

Motorola Solutions has a market capitalization of $23.04 billion and generates $7.34 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $966 million in net income (profit) each year or $6.83 on an earnings per share basis. Motorola Solutions employs 16,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Motorola Solutions is http://www.motorolasolutions.com.

Motorola Solutions' mailing address is 500 W. MONROE ST., CHICAGO IL, 60661. The communications equipment provider can be reached via phone at 847-576-5000 or via email at [email protected]