Motorola Solutions - MSI Stock Forecast, Price & News

6 Wall Street 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 research analysts is that investors should "buy" MSI shares.
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6 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Motorola Solutions' stock. Their MSI share price forecasts range from $260.00 to $311.00. On average, they predict the company's stock price to reach $290.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.5% 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 5.9% and is now trading at $272.88.
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Motorola Solutions saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 15th, there was short interest totaling 1,250,000 shares, an increase of 35.7% from the February 28th total of 921,200 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 644,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.9 days. Approximately 0.8% 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, May 11th 2023.
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Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 9th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.60 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.43 by $0.17. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.53 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 14.96% and a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 663.73%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 16.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $2.66 earnings per share.
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Motorola Solutions announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, February 24th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.88 per share on Friday, April 14th. This represents a $3.52 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.29%. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, March 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 Dynamic Networking ETF (PXQ), Natixis Vaughan Nelson Select ETF (VNSE), American Customer Satisfaction ETF (ACSI), Invesco Focused Discovery Growth ETF (IVDG), Invesco Dynamic Market ETF (PWC), iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF (IYZ) and SPDR S&P Telecom ETF (XTL).

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.30%. 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 44.39%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSI will have a dividend payout ratio of 31.57% 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 first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, February, 9th. The company provided EPS guidance of $2.02-$2.07 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.97. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.12 billion-$2.14 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.02 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 institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Alliancebernstein L.P. (2.10%), Geode Capital Management LLC (2.04%), Macquarie Group Ltd. (1.86%), Neuberger Berman Group LLC (1.34%), Amundi (1.22%) and Deutsche Bank AG (1.09%). 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 $272.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) has a market capitalization of $45.64 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 $7.93 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.