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

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, May 18th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be given a dividend of 1.21 per share by the communications equipment provider on Wednesday, July 15th. This represents a c) dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th.

Motorola Solutions has increased its dividend by an average of 0.1%per year over the last three years and has increased its dividend every year for the last 13 years. Motorola Solutions has a dividend payout ratio of 30.4% indicating that its dividend is sufficiently covered by earnings. Analysts expect Motorola Solutions to earn $16.61 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 29.1%.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

MSI opened at $408.17 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $67.75 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.89, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 0.93. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $439.21 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $414.55. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions has a 12-month low of $359.36 and a 12-month high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The company’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.18 EPS. Motorola Solutions has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.820-3.880 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.870-16.990 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions will post 15.25 earnings per share for the current year.

About Motorola Solutions

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.