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Motorola Solutions

MSI
59
Communication Equipment · Technology
Price
$413.31
-0.88 (-0.21%)
Market Cap
$68.61B
Winston Score
59
Winston is curious
A decent business — some strong pillars, some weaker.

Share count falling — buybacks

3.2% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 173.6M (2021) → 168.1M (2025)

Motorola Solutions makes communication tools used by police, firefighters, and other public safety workers. Its core products include two-way radios, body cameras, video security systems, and software that helps emergency teams share information quickly. The company is one of the largest providers of mission-critical communications equipment in the world, meaning the kind of gear that first responders rely on when lives are on the line.

The company earns money through hardware sales, software subscriptions, and long-term service contracts with government agencies and large enterprises. It operates mainly in North America but also serves customers across Europe, the Middle East, and other regions, generating roughly $10 billion in annual revenue. Its moat comes from deep relationships with public safety agencies, proprietary radio networks, and high switching costs — once a city builds its emergency system around Motorola's technology, replacing it is expensive and disruptive. The key growth driver is the ongoing shift of existing customers toward cloud-based software and video security services.

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+12.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+6.6% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Slow EPS growth

R&D Spend

$971M/ year

Rising (+6% vs prior year)

8.3% of revenue

Below sector average (15%)

R&D investment increasing — building for the future

Insider Activity

0.5%ownership

Flat

Insiders holding steady — not selling despite ability to

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$1.2B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Growth + cash flow

Motorola Solutions is a rare growth stock that's already generating positive cash flow while growing at 12%. The Winston Score doesn't fully credit this transition from "burner" to "earner."

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Quality

Gross Margin
48.7%
Healthy — 48.7% gross margin
Operating Margin
26.0%
Excellent — 26.0% operating margin
ROCE
7.6%
Weak — 7.6% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY
+8.0%
Steady sales growth (8.0% YoY)
EPS YoY
+37.0%
Earnings growing fast (37.0% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion
132%
Turns 132% of profit into real cash
FCF Margin
22.0%
Converts sales into free cash efficiently (22.0%)

Free cash flow margin above 20%. Out of every $100 in sales, more than $20 is real cash they keep.

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Stability

Debt / Equity
3.80
Heavy debt load (3.80)
Interest Cover
8.04x
Comfortably covers interest (8.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)
32.0x
Pricey — P/E 32.0

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward
+7.0
GROWING
Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (32.0 → 24.9)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield
1.12%
Small dividend — 1.12% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth
+11.1%
Dividend growing fast (11.1% YoY)

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