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Motorola Solutions, Inc. against its own record and its peers
Operating marginPeer median -7.1%25.6%Revenue, on the yearPeer median 4.4%8.0%Equity of assetsPeer median 24.6%12.4%Return on equityPeer median -1.2%89.6%Payout of profit33.7%Gold tick: the median of 9–11 peers with $50M+ revenue in radio & tv broadcasting & communications equipment
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Handed back now, or kept to compound
Of each dollar of profit33.7% paid out66.3% keptHanded back per share$4.48up 15 years runningGrowth its own profit can fund59.4%retained x return on equityRevenue growth it managed8.0%last year, for comparison

Gold is paid out to shareholders; navy is kept in the business. Retained profit times return on equity is the pace a company can fund from itself. Facts from the filings, not a recommendation.

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