Before Buying Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE: MSI) Stock, Read This First

Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI) shares, rose in value on Friday, January 24, with the stock price up by 0.66% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $479.18.

Actively observing the price movement in the last trading, the stock closed the session at $476.05, falling within a range of $474.55 and $480.805. The value of beta (5-year monthly) was 0.979 whereas the PE ratio was 52.52 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $507.82, and the low was $314.84. On the whole, MSI has fluctuated by 1.97% over the past month.

With the market capitalization of Motorola Solutions Inc currently standing at about $80.08 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in February. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 4.03, with its dividend yield at 0.84%.

Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 10.82B, with a low estimate of 2.95B and a high estimate of 3.04B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 3B.

Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that MSI’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a Hold on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 100% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.

The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 5.24, with the price of MSI currently trading nearly 3.18% and 0.42% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 62.41, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 1.33% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 1.37%. Furthermore, Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI)’s beta value is 1.02, and its average true range (ATR) is 7.07.

A comparison of Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. MSI showed an intraday change of 0.66% in last session, and over the past year, it grew by 45.44%%.

Data on historical trading for Motorola Solutions Inc (NYSE:MSI) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 0.72 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 827.51K. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 166.90 million shares outstanding.

Nearly 0.39% of Motorola Solutions Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 86.22% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 2.29 million shares as on 2024-12-31, resulting in a short ratio of 2.32. According to the data, the short interest in Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) stood at 158.00 of shares outstanding as of 2024-12-31; the number of short shares registered in 2024-11-29 reached 1.48 million. The stock has risen by 3.67% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the MSI stock heading into the next quarter.

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