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 declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 16th. Stockholders of record on Friday, June 15th will be given a dividend of $0.52 per share on Friday, July 13th. This represents a $2.08 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.69%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 14th. View Motorola Solutions' Dividend History.

Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI) released its earnings results on Thursday, August, 2nd. The communications equipment provider reported $1.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.37 by $0.09. The communications equipment provider earned $1.76 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.72 billion. Motorola Solutions had a negative return on equity of 70.84% and a negative net margin of 0.97%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 17.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.12 earnings per share. View Motorola Solutions' Earnings History.

Motorola Solutions is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November, 1st 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Motorola Solutions.

Motorola Solutions updated its FY18 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 2nd. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $6.79-6.89 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $6.83. Motorola Solutions also updated its Q3 guidance to $1.67-1.72 EPS.

13 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Motorola Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $115.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect Motorola Solutions' share price to reach $128.5833 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Motorola Solutions.

13 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Motorola Solutions in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 11 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Motorola Solutions.

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Press coverage about MSI stock has been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Motorola Solutions earned a news and rumor sentiment score of 0.02 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the communications equipment provider an impact score of 46.23 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View Recent Headlines for Motorola Solutions.

Motorola Solutions' stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (10.94%), Parnassus Investments CA (3.41%), OppenheimerFunds Inc. (2.61%), Voya Investment Management LLC (1.55%), Wells Fargo & Company MN (1.46%) and Artisan Partners Limited Partnership (1.26%). Company insiders that own Motorola Solutions stock include Bruce W Brda, Eduardo F Conrado, Gino A Bonanotte, Gregory Q Brown, John K Wozniak, Mark S Hacker and Motorola Solutions, Inc. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Motorola Solutions.

MSI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Renaissance Technologies LLC, Millennium Management LLC, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Victory Capital Management Inc., LSV Asset Management, Scharf Investments LLC and River Road Asset Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Motorola Solutions company stock in the last year include Bruce W Brda, Eduardo F Conrado, Gregory Q Brown, John K Wozniak, Mark S Hacker and Motorola Solutions, Inc. View Insider Buying and Selling for Motorola Solutions.

MSI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Voya Investment Management LLC, Unigestion Holding SA, OppenheimerFunds Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Raymond James Financial Services Advisors Inc., TD Asset Management Inc. and First Trust Advisors LP. 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 $122.99.

Motorola Solutions has a market capitalization of $19.64 billion and generates $6.38 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $-155,000,000.00 in net income (profit) each year or $5.20 on an earnings per share basis. Motorola Solutions employs 15,000 workers across the globe.

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]