Emerson Electric vs Motorola Solutions
EMR and MSI side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How EMR and MSI compare
Emerson Electric and Motorola Solutions are about the same size, with market caps of $92.0B and $81.3B.
On earnings, Emerson Electric is cheaper: it trades at 36.1× trailing earnings, against 38.7× for Motorola Solutions.
Motorola Solutions grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (10.3% versus 4.8% for Emerson Electric).
Motorola Solutions keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 17.4% compared with 13.8% at Emerson Electric.
Both pay dividends: Emerson Electric yields 1.3% and Motorola Solutions 0.98%.
Motorola Solutions scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 11 for Emerson Electric), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | EMR | MSI |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $92.0B | $81.3B |
| Share price | $164.94 | $491.53 |
| Change, 1 year | 20.9% | 13.7% |
| Change, 5 years | 68.4% | 98.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 | 0.74 |
| Employees | 71K | 23K |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 11 | 18 (better) |
| Valuation score | 0 | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 4 (better) |
| Performance score | 3 | 6 (better) |
| Health score | 3 | 4 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 | 4 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 36.1× (better) | 38.7× |
| P/S | 4.9× (better) | 6.6× |
| P/B | 4.5× (better) | 30.4× |
| EV/EBITDA | 21.6× (better) | 24.9× |
| P/FCF | 26.6× (better) | 30.4× |
| PEG | – | 2.26 |
| FCF yield | 3.8% (better) | 3.3% |
| Fair value | $142.44 | $397.10 |
| Margin of safety | −15.8% (better) | −23.8% |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 4.8% | 10.3% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 1.4% | 9.5% (better) |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −2.8% | 0.85% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −1.7% | 2.2% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 4.5% | 18.5% (better) |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 53.2% (better) | 52.0% |
| Operating margin | – | 24.9% |
| Net margin | 13.8% | 17.4% (better) |
| FCF margin | 18.6% | 21.9% (better) |
| Return on equity | 12.8% | 92.0% (better) |
| Return on invested capital | – | 27.0% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 0.64 (better) | 3.38 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.29 (better) | 2.31 |
| Interest coverage | – | 6.9× |
| Current ratio | 0.90 | 1.10 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.32 | 4.33 (better) |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 6 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 1.3% (better) | 0.98% |
| Payout ratio | 47.8% | 35.9% |
| Years of dividend growth | 16 (better) | 15 |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 1.1% | 11.2% (better) |
| Buyback yield | 1.00% | 1.3% (better) |
| Shareholder yield | 2.3% (better) | 2.3% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 82.5% | 89.0% |
| Held by insiders | 0.30% | 0.37% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$7.9M (better) | −$101M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Short interest, % of float | 1.6% | 2.0% |
Go deeper
- EMR stock overview
- EMR income statement
- EMR valuation and score
- MSI stock overview
- MSI income statement
- MSI valuation and score
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