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NYSE:MSI

Motorola Solutions - MSI Competitors

$271.68
+3.52 (+1.31%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$265.95
$271.94
50-Day Range
$252.24
$272.01
52-Week Range
$195.18
$275.16
Volume
613,255 shs
Average Volume
682,817 shs
Market Capitalization
$45.44 billion
P/E Ratio
34.26
Dividend Yield
1.30%
Price Target
$290.67

MSI vs. QCOM, NOK, ERIC, UI, STM, MCHP, ROP, MSCI, NXPI, and SNOW

Should you be buying Motorola Solutions stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Motorola Solutions include QUALCOMM (QCOM), Nokia Oyj (NOK), Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (ERIC), Ubiquiti (UI), STMicroelectronics (STM), Microchip Technology (MCHP), Roper Technologies (ROP), MSCI (MSCI), NXP Semiconductors (NXPI), and Snowflake (SNOW). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.

Motorola Solutions vs.

QUALCOMM (NASDAQ:QCOM) and Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) are both large-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the superior stock? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their valuation, community ranking, profitability, risk, earnings, institutional ownership, media sentiment, analyst recommendations and dividends.

QUALCOMM has a beta of 1.28, suggesting that its share price is 28% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Motorola Solutions has a beta of 0.92, suggesting that its share price is 8% less volatile than the S&P 500.

QUALCOMM received 1423 more outperform votes than Motorola Solutions when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 78.44% of users gave QUALCOMM an outperform vote while only 67.34% of users gave Motorola Solutions an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
QUALCOMMOutperform Votes
2190
78.44%
Underperform Votes
602
21.56%
Motorola SolutionsOutperform Votes
767
67.34%
Underperform Votes
372
32.66%

70.9% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 83.7% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by institutional investors. 0.1% of QUALCOMM shares are owned by insiders. Comparatively, 1.9% of Motorola Solutions shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

QUALCOMM pays an annual dividend of $3.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.4%. Motorola Solutions pays an annual dividend of $3.52 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. QUALCOMM pays out 28.9% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Motorola Solutions pays out 44.4% 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. QUALCOMM has increased its dividend for 20 consecutive years and Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend for 11 consecutive years. QUALCOMM is clearly the better dividend stock, given its higher yield and longer track record of dividend growth.

QUALCOMM has higher revenue and earnings than Motorola Solutions. QUALCOMM 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
QUALCOMM$44.20 billion3.15$12.94 billion$10.3812.02
Motorola Solutions$9.11 billion4.99$1.36 billion$7.9334.26

QUALCOMM has a net margin of 27.40% compared to Motorola Solutions' net margin of 14.96%. QUALCOMM's return on equity of 69.93% beat Motorola Solutions' return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
QUALCOMM 27.40% 69.93% 24.32%
Motorola Solutions 14.96% -663.73% 13.77%

QUALCOMM currently has a consensus price target of $156.48, indicating a potential upside of 25.43%. Motorola Solutions has a consensus price target of $290.67, indicating a potential upside of 6.99%. Given QUALCOMM's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe QUALCOMM is more favorable than Motorola Solutions.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
QUALCOMM
1 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
17 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.70
Motorola Solutions
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
3 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50

In the previous week, QUALCOMM had 1 more articles in the media than Motorola Solutions. MarketBeat recorded 14 mentions for QUALCOMM and 13 mentions for Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions' average media sentiment score of 1.07 beat QUALCOMM's score of 0.49 indicating that Motorola Solutions is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
QUALCOMM
6 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
1 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
Motorola Solutions
7 Very Positive mention(s)
4 Positive mention(s)
0 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Summary

QUALCOMM beats Motorola Solutions on 16 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding MSI and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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MSI vs. The Competition

MetricMotorola SolutionsRadio & t.v. communications equipment IndustryComputer SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$45.44B$7.61B$13.54B$14.09B
Dividend Yield1.30%2.23%4.20%3.85%
P/E Ratio34.2614.29365.3922.31
Price / Sales4.9911.35881.3610.36
Price / Cash21.8014.8325.2624.61
Price / Book348.3115.378.476.80
Net Income$1.36B$567.42M$536.07M$872.18M
7 Day Performance2.82%-0.35%0.78%0.73%
1 Month Performance3.77%-12.18%-3.75%-7.19%
1 Year Performance16.90%-17.71%-13.16%-15.32%

Motorola Solutions Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
QCOM
QUALCOMM
3.8208 of 5 stars
$121.97
-1.5%
$156.48
+28.3%
-21.3%$136.00B$44.20B11.7551,000Analyst Report
NOK
Nokia Oyj
2.9026 of 5 stars
$4.59
-1.3%
$5.88
+28.1%
-13.3%$25.85B$26.25B5.8886,900
ERIC
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
3.1169 of 5 stars
$5.32
-1.3%
$7.83
+47.2%
-40.7%$17.72B$271.55B9.67100,454Options Volume
News Coverage
Positive News
UI
Ubiquiti
2.3495 of 5 stars
$265.46
-2.1%
$320.50
+20.7%
-6.8%$16.04B$1.79B46.171,137
STM
STMicroelectronics
2.1588 of 5 stars
$49.31
-0.8%
$52.70
+6.9%
+10.9%$44.79B$16.13B11.7751,370
MCHP
Microchip Technology
3.0406 of 5 stars
$80.57
-2.1%
$90.58
+12.4%
+2.3%$44.14B$6.82B21.8321,000
ROP
Roper Technologies
2.9622 of 5 stars
$428.58
-0.4%
$497.10
+16.0%
-6.9%$45.53B$5.37B10.0715,800Analyst Upgrade
News Coverage
MSCI
MSCI
3.1639 of 5 stars
$547.18
-1.3%
$558.10
+2.0%
+9.6%$43.75B$2.25B51.044,759
NXPI
NXP Semiconductors
2.5906 of 5 stars
$176.62
-2.1%
$188.95
+7.0%
-7.6%$45.84B$13.21B16.7334,500Analyst Revision
SNOW
Snowflake
2.4956 of 5 stars
$135.63
-4.1%
$187.75
+38.4%
-40.0%$43.62B$2.07B-54.253,992Insider Selling
This page (NYSE:MSI) was last updated on 3/25/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff