MSI vs. CSCO, QCOM, PANW, FFIV, JNPR, CIEN, IDCC, SATS, 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), InterDigital (IDCC), EchoStar (SATS), Calix (CALX), and Extreme Networks (EXTR). These companies are all part of the "communications equipment" industry.
Motorola Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, profitability, institutional ownership, earnings, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, risk and analyst recommendations.
Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.88, suggesting that its share price is 12% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.96, suggesting that its share price is 4% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Cisco Systems received 1650 more outperform votes than Motorola Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.01% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote while only 67.48% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.
In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 59 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 80 mentions for Cisco Systems and 21 mentions for Motorola Solutions. Cisco Systems' average media sentiment score of 1.17 beat Motorola Solutions' score of 0.74 indicating that Cisco Systems is being referred to more favorably in the media.
73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are held by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Motorola Solutions shares are held by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.
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.
Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.6%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Cisco Systems pays out 66.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Motorola Solutions pays out 36.4% 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. Cisco Systems has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Motorola Solutions has raised its dividend for 13 consecutive years.
Cisco Systems currently has a consensus target price of $68.00, indicating a potential upside of 5.97%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus target price of $513.25, indicating a potential upside of 25.63%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Cisco Systems.
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.
Summary
Motorola Solutions beats Cisco Systems on 11 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.
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Media Sentiment Over Time
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This page (NYSE:MSI) was last updated on 6/11/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
