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 Friday, February 15th. Investors 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. View Motorola Solutions' Dividend History.

Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI) released its earnings results on Thursday, February, 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $2.63 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.41 by $0.22. The communications equipment provider earned $2.25 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.22 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 13.17% and a negative return on equity of 82.33%. Motorola Solutions's revenue for the quarter was up 15.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous 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 earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $7.55-7.70 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share 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.

13 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Motorola Solutions' shares. Their forecasts range from $28.50 to $170.00. On average, they expect Motorola Solutions' share price to reach $135.6250 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.4%. 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, 2 hold ratings and 10 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Motorola Solutions.

News headlines about MSI stock have trended very positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Motorola Solutions earned a coverage optimism score of 3.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the communications equipment provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

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Motorola Solutions' stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include PGGM Investments (0.17%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.09%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.07%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.06%), Eastern Bank (0.06%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.05%). 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, PGGM Investments, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Pensionfund Sabic, Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Pensionfund DSM Netherlands, DNB Asset Management AS and Ropes Wealth Advisors LLC. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Eastern Bank, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Pacer Advisors Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Sciencast Management LP, Meeder Asset Management Inc., We Are One Seven LLC and NuWave Investment Management LLC. 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 $143.36.

Motorola Solutions has a market capitalization of $23.49 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]