Motorola Solutions, Inc.: dividend
Price
$531.20
November 13, 2026Market cap $88.0B
What Ploutos Investor adds for Motorola Solutions
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- The full history: 17 fiscal years, from 2009
- The estimated fair value, with its range and its certainty
- The full analysis, 18 a month
- More questions to the chat on its filings
- Excel with every year
- An email when it reports, changes its dividend or an officer buys
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Yield
0.91%
$4.84 per share over the last 12 months, at a price of $531.20.
Forward yield0.91%($1.21 a quarter)
- FCF coverThe year's free cash flow was 3.2 times the dividend it paid.
- 3.2x
- Payout39% of the last 12 months' earnings went to the dividend.
- 39%
- No cutYears in a row without a cut, in 16 years of figures.
- 14
- 5-year growthAverage yearly growth over the last five years.
- +11.2%
- Debt / EBITDAMoney that goes to interest does not go to the dividend.
- 2.7x
The dividend year by year
What it paid per share each fiscal year, how much that changed, and the yield it gave at the price at year end.
- 2025Dividend per share$4.48
- 2024Dividend per share$4.03
- 2023Dividend per share$3.62
| Year | Dividend per share | Change | Price | Yield then | As % of earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $4.48 | +11.2% | $383.32 | 1.17% | 35% |
| 2024 | $4.03 | +11.3% | $462.23 | 0.87% | 44% |
| 2023 | $3.62 | – | $313.09 | 1.16% | 36% |
Each fiscal year's dividend as the company states it in its filings, adjusted for stock splits. Special dividends count in the year they were paid.
The dividend year by year
MSI's dividend per share each fiscal year, from 2009 to 2022, 14 more fiscal years
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Everything it returns to shareholders
The dividend is one way. The other is buybacks, which reduce the number of shares.
Dividend yield
0.91%
$9.10 a year per $1,000 of shares
Buybacks
1.31%
$13.10 a year per $1,000 of shares
The share count fell by 0.8% over the year.
Total returned
2.22%
$22.20 a year per $1,000 of shares
dividend 41%buybacks 59%
MSI beside the other dividend payers
Where it stands among this week's 968 dividend payers, and in the Technology sector. The dot is the company, the white line the median.
Above 21% of the payers · median 2.03%
In Technology: above 45%, median 1.01%.
Above 44% of the payers · median 3.6x
In Technology: above 31%, median 4.2x.
Above 81% of the payers · median +6.3%
In Technology: above 71%, median +7.8%.
Above 55% of the payers · median 35%
In Technology: above 71%, median 28%.
The full analysis
What do Motorola Solutions's filings show?
The dividend is one part of Motorola Solutions's picture. The full Ploutos AI analysis reads everything the company has filed and shows what stands behind it, with a source for every figure.
- A fair value range built from the filings
- Earnings quality, debt and red flags
- Insider and institutional moves
- The case for and the case against
What is MSI's dividend yield?
Motorola Solutions paid $4.84 per share over the last 12 months. At a price of $531.20, that is a yield of 0.91%.
Does MSI cover its dividend with the cash it makes?
Yes, over the last year. Motorola Solutions's free cash flow was 3.2 times the dividend it paid.
Has MSI ever cut its dividend?
Motorola Solutions has not cut its dividend for 14 years, in the 16 years of figures we hold.
How much has MSI's dividend grown?
Motorola Solutions's dividend per share changed by +11.2% a year on average over the last five years.
Related pages
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The figures come from the company's SEC filings and the share price, and describe what it has reported. They are not a score or a fair value.