Topic: Growth Stocks

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $48 – New York symbol MSI

MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $48 (New York symbol MSI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 286.3 million; Market cap: $13.7 billion; Priceto- sales ratio: 1.6; Dividend yield: 2.2%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.motorolasolutions.com) makes specialized equipment, such as bar-code scanners and radios for police and fire vehicles. It gets two-thirds of its revenue by selling its products to governments; the remaining third comes from businesses.

Earnings jumped 29.6% in the three months ended June 30, 2012, to $0.70 a share from $0.54 a year earlier. Revenue rose 8.3%, to $2.1 billion from $2.0 billion. Sales to government customers rose 13.6%. However, weak economic conditions in Europe cut sales to businesses by 1.6%.

It also raised its quarterly dividend by 18.2%, to $0.26 a share from $0.22. The new annual rate of $1.04 yields 2.2%.

Motorola Solutions is a buy.

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