Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) to Issue $1.21 Quarterly Dividend

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 19th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be given a dividend of 1.21 per share by the communications equipment provider on Thursday, October 15th. This represents a c) annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 16th.

Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1%annually over the last three years and has raised its dividend annually for the last 13 consecutive years. Motorola Solutions has a dividend payout ratio of 30.4% meaning its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Motorola Solutions to earn $17.03 per share next year, which means the company should continue to be able to cover its $4.84 annual dividend with an expected future payout ratio of 28.4%.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $480.49 on Thursday. Motorola Solutions has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $493.57. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $425.90 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $432.37. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13. The stock has a market cap of $79.52 billion, a P/E ratio of 37.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.80 and a beta of 0.87.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.56. The company had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 98.22% and a net margin of 17.44%.Motorola Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.57 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Motorola Solutions will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Company Profile

Motorola Solutions, Inc is a provider of mission-critical communications and analytics solutions for public safety and commercial customers. The company designs, manufactures and supports a range of communications equipment and software aimed at enabling first responders, government agencies and enterprises to coordinate and operate reliably in high-pressure environments. Its offerings emphasize secure, resilient connectivity and situational awareness for organizations that require dependable voice, data and video communications.

Product lines include land mobile radio (LMR) systems and handheld and vehicle-mounted radios used by police, fire and emergency medical services; broadband push-to-talk and LTE-based solutions; command-and-control center software for incident management and records; and video security and analytics systems.