Motorola’s 30% gain is just the start

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MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. $189 is a buy. The stock (New York symbol MSI; Conservative Growth Portfolio, Manufacturing & Industry sector; Shares outstanding: 169.5 million; Market cap: $32.0 billion; Price-to-sales ratio: 4.3; Dividend yield: 1.5%; TSINetwork Rating: Average; www.motorolasolutions.com) has jumped 30% in the past year. That gain is largely due to strong demand for the company’s video products, such as surveillance cameras and police body cams. Investors should expect sales of these products to top $1 billion this year. Motorola’s growing orders also cuts your risk. The company ended 2020 with a record backlog of $11.43 billion (73% for software and services; and 27% for radios, video products and other hardware). That’s equal to 1.5 times the 2020 revenue of $7.41 billion. The company will probably earn $8.61 a share in 2021, and the stock trades at an acceptable 22.0 times that forecast. The $2.84 dividend yields 1.5%. Motorola Solutions is a buy. buy. …