Motorola Solutions vs Vistance Networks
MSI and VISN side by side, both in communications equipment. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How MSI and VISN compare
Motorola Solutions is the larger company, worth 90 times as much as Vistance Networks ($87.9B against $978M).
On earnings, Vistance Networks is cheaper: it trades at 0.1× trailing earnings, against 42.8× for Motorola Solutions.
Motorola Solutions grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (11.4% versus 10.9% for Vistance Networks).
Vistance Networks keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 504% compared with 16.5% at Motorola Solutions.
Both pay dividends: Motorola Solutions yields 0.91% and Vistance Networks 389%.
Motorola Solutions scores higher on the StockData Score (18 against 16 for Vistance Networks), 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 | MSI | VISN |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $87.9B | $978M |
| Share price | $531.20 | $4.24 |
| Change, 1 year | 35.5% | −76.1% |
| Change, 5 years | 110% | −56.2% |
| Beta (5Y) | 0.73 | 1.73 |
| Employees | 23K | 4,500 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 18 (better) | 16 |
| Valuation score | 0 | 5 (better) |
| Growth score | 4 (better) | 1 |
| Performance score | 6 (better) | 2 |
| Health score | 4 | 5 (better) |
| Dividend score | 4 (better) | 3 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/E | 42.8× | 0.1× (better) |
| P/S | 7.0× | 0.6× (better) |
| P/B | 28.6× | 0.4× (better) |
| EV/EBITDA | 26.7× | 1.7× (better) |
| P/FCF | 34.7× | – |
| PEG | 2.49 | – |
| FCF yield | 2.9% (better) | −10.8% |
| Fair value | $353.32 | $18.72 |
| Margin of safety | −50.3% | 77.3% (better) |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 11.4% (better) | 10.9% |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 9.5% (better) | −25.5% |
| Net income growth (TTM) | −1.5% | 780% (better) |
| EPS growth (TTM) | −0.32% | 956% (better) |
| EPS growth, 5Y average | 18.5% | – |
| Profitability | ||
| Gross margin | 52.2% (better) | 42.6% |
| Operating margin | 24.2% (better) | 2.1% |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 504% (better) |
| FCF margin | 20.1% (better) | −6.5% |
| Return on equity | 77.2% | – |
| Return on invested capital | 20.2% (better) | 1.2% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 3.29 (better) | 0.00 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 2.57 (better) | −4.05 |
| Interest coverage | 6.7× | – |
| Current ratio | 1.10 | 4.00 (better) |
| Altman Z-score | 4.22 (better) | 2.20 |
| Piotroski F-score | 6 | 7 (better) |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Dividend yield | 0.91% | 389% (better) |
| Payout ratio | 37.6% | – |
| Years of dividend growth | 15 | – |
| Dividend growth, 5Y average | 11.2% | – |
| Buyback yield | 1.1% | – |
| Shareholder yield | 2.0% | 389% (better) |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 89.0% | 100% |
| Held by insiders | 0.31% | 26.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$213M | −$202K (better) |
| Superinvestors holding | 2 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 2.2% | 23.1% |
Go deeper
- MSI stock overview
- MSI income statement
- MSI valuation and score
- VISN stock overview
- VISN income statement
- VISN valuation and score
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