MSI vs. CSCO, QCOM, PANW, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, SATS, IDCC, CALX, and EXTR
Should you be buying Motorola Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Motorola Solutions include Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), F5 (FFIV), Juniper Networks (JNPR), Ciena (CIEN), EchoStar (SATS), InterDigital (IDCC), Calix (CALX), and Extreme Networks (EXTR). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Motorola Solutions vs.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) and Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, earnings, community ranking, media sentiment, risk, dividends and valuation.
Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Motorola Solutions pays out 36.4% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Cisco Systems pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Cisco Systems has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Cisco Systems has higher revenue and earnings than Motorola Solutions. Cisco Systems is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Motorola Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.98, meaning that its stock price is 2% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.89, meaning that its stock price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cisco Systems received 1651 more outperform votes than Motorola Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.01% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote while only 67.45% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.
84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. 1.4% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, endowments and large money managers believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
Motorola Solutions currently has a consensus target price of $513.25, indicating a potential upside of 20.30%. Cisco Systems has a consensus target price of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 7.59%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Cisco Systems.
In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 57 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 100 mentions for Cisco Systems and 43 mentions for Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.55 beat Cisco Systems' score of 1.05 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the media.
Cisco Systems has a net margin of 16.96% compared to Motorola Solutions' net margin of 14.58%. Motorola Solutions' return on equity of 197.59% beat Cisco Systems' return on equity.
Summary
Motorola Solutions beats Cisco Systems on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MSI) was last updated on 5/22/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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