{"id":48585,"date":"2023-08-15T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/markets\/whats-happening-with-motorola-solutions-stock\/"},"modified":"2023-08-15T08:16:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-15T12:16:11","slug":"whats-happening-with-motorola-solutions-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=48585","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Happening With Motorola Solutions Stock?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.trefis.com\/data\/companies\/MSI\">Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI)<\/strong> &#8211; one of the largest suppliers of land-mobile-radio solutions &#8211; has seen its stock rise 11% year-to-date, underperforming the broader S&amp;P 500 which remains up by about 17% over the same period. The company recently posted a stronger-than-expected set of Q2 2023 results, with revenue rising by about 12% year-over-year to $2.4 billion, while adjusted earnings stood at $2.65 per share, led by stronger sales of land mobile radio and video security and access control hardware, particularly in North America. The company\u2019s software and services relating to LMR, Command Center, and video also saw some gains. Motorola also upped its guidance for the full year, projecting revenue of $9.89 billion at the mid-point, up from a previous guidance of $9.75 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, MSI stock had a Sharpe Ratio of 0.8 since early 2017, which is higher than the figure of 0.6 for the S&amp;P 500 Index over the same period. Compare this with the <strong>Sharpe of 1.2<\/strong> for the Trefis Reinforced Value portfolio. Sharpe is a measure of return per unit of risk, and high-performance portfolios can provide the best of both worlds.<\/p>\n<p>So is MSI stock still a buy at current levels of around $286 per share? MSI stock currently trades at about 25x forward earnings. Although this is a relatively high multiple in the current market environment, there are a couple of reasons to consider the stock. MSI\u2019s core LMR product is a cash cow of sorts, given that customers are generally locked in once they buy into the system. Moreover, governments don\u2019t meaningfully scale down public safety-related budgets, even during economic downturns. The company\u2019s growing cash generation has helped it to raise its dividend at an average rate of over 10% over the last five years to above $3.50 per share. Motorola\u2019s revenue visibility is also improving. The company ended the quarter with a Q2 backlog of a record $14.3 billion, up 6% from the year-ago quarter. MSI has also been investing its cash flows from its LMR business into strategic acquisitions in the public security space. Over the last few years, the company expanded into areas including video security and command center software. Late last year, Motorola acquired incident management company Rave Mobile Safety. We value MSI stock at about $302 per share, which is 5% ahead of the current market price. See our analysis <strong data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/www.trefis.com\/data\/companies\/MSI\/no-login-required\/0NMI9BXH\/Motorola-MSI-Valuation-Is-MSI-Stock-Expensive-Or-Cheap-?fromforbesandarticle=trefis230815\">Motorola Valuation<\/strong>: <strong>Is MSI Stock Expensive Or Cheap?<\/strong> for more details.<\/p>\n<p><fbs-ad position=\"inread\" progressive=\"\" ad-id=\"article-0-inread\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\"><\/fbs-ad><\/p>\n<p>Invest with <strong>Trefis <\/strong><strong data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/dashboards.trefis.com\/data\/companies\/PORTFOLIOS\/no-login-required\/M7MacZNG?fromforbes\">Market Beating Portfolios<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>See all <strong>Trefis <\/strong><strong data-ga-track=\"ExternalLink:https:\/\/dashboards.trefis.com\/data\/price-estimates?fromforbes\">Price Estimates<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/greatspeculations\/2023\/08\/15\/whats-happening-with-motorola-solutions-stock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) &#8211; one of the largest suppliers of land-mobile-radio solutions &#8211; has seen its stock rise 11% year-to-date, underperforming the broader S&amp;P 500 which remains up by about 17% over the same period. The company recently posted a stronger-than-expected set of Q2 2023 results, with revenue rising by about 12% year-over-year to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":48586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[241],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-48585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-markets","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What\u2019s Happening With Motorola Solutions Stock? | iFintechWorld<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) - one of the largest suppliers of land-mobile-radio solutions - has seen its stock rise 11% year-to-date, underperforming\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=48585\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What\u2019s Happening With Motorola Solutions Stock? 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