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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.

Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their profitability, earnings, risk, valuation, institutional ownership, media sentiment, dividends, analyst recommendations and community ranking.

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.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Cisco Systems$54.18B4.27$10.32B$2.2925.38
Motorola Solutions$10.82B6.78$1.58B$9.2247.65

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.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Cisco Systems16.96% 26.08% 9.65%
Motorola Solutions 14.58%197.59%15.81%

Cisco Systems received 1645 more outperform votes than Motorola Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 73.05% of users gave Cisco Systems an outperform vote while only 67.57% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Cisco SystemsOutperform Votes
2445
73.05%
Underperform Votes
902
26.95%
Motorola SolutionsOutperform Votes
800
67.57%
Underperform Votes
384
32.43%

Cisco Systems currently has a consensus price target of $65.05, suggesting a potential upside of 11.93%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus price target of $515.25, suggesting a potential upside of 17.29%. Given Motorola Solutions' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Cisco Systems.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Cisco Systems
0 Sell rating(s)
7 Hold rating(s)
14 Buy rating(s)
2 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.78
Motorola Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
1 Hold rating(s)
7 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.88

73.3% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.0% of Cisco Systems shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, hedge funds and large money managers believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Cisco Systems has a beta of 0.86, indicating that its stock price is 14% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.94, indicating that its stock price is 6% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, Cisco Systems had 12 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 47 mentions for Cisco Systems and 35 mentions for Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.45 beat Cisco Systems' score of 1.17 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Cisco Systems
32 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
11 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Motorola Solutions
27 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Cisco Systems pays an annual dividend of $1.64 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.8%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $4.36 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.0%. Cisco Systems pays out 71.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Motorola Solutions pays out 47.3% 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 increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years and Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend for 13 consecutive years.

Summary

Motorola Solutions beats Cisco Systems on 12 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

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MSI vs. The Competition

MetricMotorola SolutionsRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$73.35B$10.64B$23.45B$18.96B
Dividend Yield1.00%1.60%2.97%4.01%
P/E Ratio47.6512.3642.4132.88
Price / Sales6.784.991,950.1828.03
Price / Cash28.9012.3534.7517.52
Price / Book42.657.236.204.47
Net Income$1.58B$371.54M$737.97M$1.02B
7 Day Performance2.10%2.32%1.29%0.59%
1 Month Performance0.41%-2.07%1.66%-3.54%
1 Year Performance30.80%39.23%52,744.56%3.80%

Motorola Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
MSI
Motorola Solutions
4.6331 of 5 stars
$439.29
-0.2%
$515.25
+17.3%
+30.7%$73.35B$10.82B47.6520,000Earnings Report
Positive News
CSCO
Cisco Systems
4.8943 of 5 stars
$56.71
+0.0%
$65.05
+14.7%
+24.1%$225.75B$54.18B24.7883,300Positive News
QCOM
QUALCOMM
4.9588 of 5 stars
$146.98
-1.1%
$201.21
+36.9%
-17.6%$162.60B$40.70B15.7151,000Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Gap Down
PANW
Palo Alto Networks
3.9032 of 5 stars
$181.53
+1.4%
$203.06
+11.9%
+29.7%$120.16B$8.57B102.2412,600Positive News
FFIV
F5
3.6051 of 5 stars
$265.93
-1.5%
$289.67
+8.9%
+59.5%$15.36B$2.89B26.487,090Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
JNPR
Juniper Networks
3.7606 of 5 stars
$35.70
+0.3%
$39.80
+11.5%
+4.2%$11.93B$5.07B41.5110,900Positive News
CIEN
Ciena
4.1284 of 5 stars
$66.34
+0.6%
$77.62
+17.0%
+53.3%$9.44B$4.05B116.548,080Positive News
SATS
EchoStar
1.0111 of 5 stars
$22.63
+0.3%
$23.75
+4.9%
+42.8%$6.48B$15.83B-2.472,300Upcoming Earnings
Positive News
IDCC
InterDigital
1.937 of 5 stars
$194.61
+0.4%
$130.00
-33.2%
+106.5%$5.00B$868.52M16.16420Earnings Report
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Positive News
Gap Up
CALX
Calix
3.1601 of 5 stars
$39.83
+0.5%
$47.83
+20.1%
+48.2%$2.66B$825.45M-88.661,430Insider Trade
Positive News
EXTR
Extreme Networks
4.0365 of 5 stars
$13.03
+4.4%
$19.50
+49.6%
+20.6%$1.73B$1.02B-13.902,656Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
News Coverage

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