MSI vs. CLFD, IDCC, VSAT, WDAY, ANET, UI, CSCO, QCOM, PANW, and FFIV
Should you be buying Motorola Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Motorola Solutions include Clearfield (CLFD), InterDigital (IDCC), Viasat (VSAT), Workday (WDAY), Arista Networks (ANET), Ubiquiti (UI), Cisco Systems (CSCO), QUALCOMM (QCOM), Palo Alto Networks (PANW), and F5 (FFIV). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
Motorola Solutions vs. Its Competitors
Clearfield (NASDAQ:CLFD) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both computer and technology companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, dividends, earnings, risk and media sentiment.
Clearfield currently has a consensus price target of $46.75, suggesting a potential upside of 7.77%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus price target of $513.25, suggesting a potential upside of 23.05%. Given Motorola Solutions' higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Motorola Solutions is more favorable than Clearfield.
Clearfield has a beta of 1.71, suggesting that its stock price is 71% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.95, suggesting that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
Motorola Solutions has a net margin of 18.67% compared to Clearfield's net margin of -1.04%. Motorola Solutions' return on equity of 160.93% beat Clearfield's return on equity.
Motorola Solutions has higher revenue and earnings than Clearfield. Clearfield is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Motorola Solutions, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
88.7% of Clearfield shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 84.2% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 17.8% of Clearfield shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.4% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.
In the previous week, Motorola Solutions had 22 more articles in the media than Clearfield. MarketBeat recorded 31 mentions for Motorola Solutions and 9 mentions for Clearfield. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.43 beat Clearfield's score of 0.11 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
Summary
Motorola Solutions beats Clearfield on 12 of the 16 factors compared between the two stocks.
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This page (NYSE:MSI) was last updated on 7/8/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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