Motorola Shares Rise In After-Trade On Q1 Outlook In Line Or Above Street View

(RTTNews) - Telecommunications company Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) on Thursday, while reporting improved fourth-quarter results, issued guidance for the next quarter and full year 2025. Shares of the company rose 2.3% on Thursday's after-hours trading as the first-quarter outlook is in line or ahead of Street expectations.

For the first quarter, the company expects adjusted earnings per share in the range of $2.98 to $3.03 per share. Motorola also expects revenue growth between 5.0% and 5.5% from last year's quarter.

The Wall Street analysts on average expect the company to report earnings of $2.98 per share. Analysts' estimates typically exclude special items.

For the year ahead, the company projects revenue growth of nearly 5.5 percent and adjusted earnings per share in the range of $14.64 to $14.74.

The analysts expect the company to post earnings of $14.79 per share for the year.

For the fourth quarter, the company's earnings totalled $611 million, or $3.56 per share, compared with $595 million, or $3.47 per share, last year.

Adjusted earnings were $693 million or $4.04 per share for the period.

The company's revenue for the period rose 5.7 percent to $3.010 billion from $2.848 billion last year.

On Thursday's after-market activity, MSI was trading at $476.80, up 2.3% on the NYSE.