Motorola Solutions Stock Forecast, Price & News

Motorola Solutions' stock was trading at $161.21 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MSI shares have increased by 7.8% and is now trading at $173.72.
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16 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Motorola Solutions in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings and 13 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Motorola Solutions stock.
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439 employees have rated Motorola Solutions CEO Gregory Q. Brown on Glassdoor.com. Gregory Q. Brown has an approval rating of 88% among Motorola Solutions' employees.

Motorola Solutions is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, February 4th 2021.
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Motorola Solutions will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, February 4th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October, 29th. The communications equipment provider reported $1.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.78 by $0.17. The communications equipment provider had revenue of $1.87 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.83 billion. Motorola Solutions had a negative trailing twelve-month return on equity of 158.99% and a net margin of 10.39%. Motorola Solutions's revenue was down 6.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.04 earnings per share.
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Motorola Solutions declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, November 19th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, December 15th will be given a dividend of $0.71 per share on Friday, January 15th. This represents a $2.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.63%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 14th. This is a positive change from Motorola Solutions's previous quarterly dividend of $0.64.
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Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $2.84 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.63%. Motorola Solutions does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Motorola Solutions is 38.17%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Motorola Solutions will have a dividend payout ratio of 35.15% next year. This indicates that Motorola Solutions will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Motorola Solutions updated its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Thursday, October, 29th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.71-2.76 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.84. The company issued revenue guidance of $2.23-2.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $2.25 billion.

16 brokers have issued 12 month price targets for Motorola Solutions' stock. Their forecasts range from $28.00 to $225.00. On average, they expect Motorola Solutions' share price to reach $152.57 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 12.2%.
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Motorola Solutions saw a drop in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,340,000 shares, a drop of 15.5% from the December 15th total of 2,770,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 938,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.5 days.
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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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Pendal Group Limited (0.27%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%), Eastern Bank (0.06%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.05%), Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co. (0.05%) and DNB Asset Management AS (0.04%). Company insiders that own Motorola Solutions stock include Cynthia Yazdi, Daniel G Pekofske, Gino A Bonanotte, Gregory Q Brown, John P Molloy, Kelly S Mark, Lake (Offshore) Aiv Gp Silver, Mark S Hacker and Rajan Naik.
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MSI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, New York State Teachers Retirement System, DNB Asset Management AS, Stock Yards Bank & Trust Co., Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Avantax Advisory Services Inc., and Pacer Advisors Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Motorola Solutions company stock in the last year include Cynthia Yazdi, Daniel G Pekofske, Gregory Q Brown, John P Molloy, Mark S Hacker, and Rajan Naik.
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MSI stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Pendal Group Limited, Kestra Advisory Services LLC, Candriam Luxembourg S.C.A., Tuttle Tactical Management, Investment House LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, and International Assets Investment Management LLC.
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Shares of MSI 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.

One share of MSI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $173.72.

Motorola Solutions has a market capitalization of $29.45 billion and generates $7.89 billion in revenue each year. The communications equipment provider earns $868 million in net income (profit) each year or $7.44 on an earnings per share basis. Motorola Solutions employs 17,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Motorola Solutions is www.motorolasolutions.com.

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