Motorola, Inc. (MOT)

I don't care what Iccahan or who else owns this stock... this thing is a dog and will continue to be one until there are SERIOUS cost shake ups at the top and a management team that can actually do something right. I mean how can you have a prouct like a razor that everyone and their sister wants just because it matches their nail polish or the color pink and still find a way to screw up your margins with that much penetration and want for your phone not even worrying about the fact that it does not even work half the time!

Motorola (MOT), the name is associated with a pioneer in mobile radio and telephony. It is a diversified communications equipment and service company principally serving the wireless industry. MOT has a global market share of 22.5% making it the second largest player after Nokia. The company operates in three segments namely mobile devices, networks and enterprise, and connected home solutions.

The company’s expansion strategies include acquiring companies in order to use their assets and garner enhanced market share. Recently the company announced a new acquisition of Netopia, which would give a boost to its connected home solutions segment. Further, the Qualcomm-Motorola WCDMA deal will be beneficial for both the parties. This is in view of the fact that MOT having a market share of around 10-12% of the CDMA handset market would require UMTS chipsets and technology for its new generation phones.

The company has launched several phones during the fiscal and few more are expected to follow the suite. The company’s Razr family of phones have garnered a lot of fame and helped it in eating competitors’ market. Additionally, MOT has deep relationships with the various dispatch industries such as fire prevention, police, and ambulance, among others. It would be hard for rivals to displace MOT in this segment. The company is increasing its focus towards the developing Asian markets where there lies huge potential for the company’s product. This is because a lot of market is untapped and population growth is high. However, as general, the company faces huge amount of competition from other giants such as Nokia and Samsung and other small players operating in the region. Nevertheless, endorsing the company’s growth, it’s wiser to go with the stock now, rather than repenting later on.

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Stellar products with great design and performance.

Recent acquistion of Symbol will allow them to expand into handhelds like those used in warehouses. With the pressure on all firms to reduce inventory and maintain tighter supply line control, computerized inventory control systems are a great thing to have in your pocket. Logistics is a huge part of all companies' success, and Motorola just signed up to sell products to help them do it.

Having their pipeline filled with new products that have the potential to be trend-setters, such as the Ming, RIZR, KRZR, etc... plus its involvement in WiMAX, plus the MotoFone for which results should be coming in... Motorola is sure to outperform the S&P for the next quarters

As a previous employee I know they always drop the ball when things are looking up.

Once a market and innovation leader now an also-ran. Big overhead ... bigger egos ... this one will get worse before it'll get better. PE is way out too high right now ... NOK trading at 25 looks like a bargain compared to MOT.

Buy on dips.

New products, great form factors and solid top management

Although a big run up has happened, still should outperform S & P. Nanocrystals, MRam and other new technologies give this forward-thinking company a nice push through 2007 and beyond.

The Motorola Razor redefined "cool" phones and is becoming the ubiquitous hip accessory of choice for those not ready to invest in anything smarter but who want to look like blue-toothed borgs. Motorola has partnered well with carriers and produced prdocuts of reasonable quality with a high desirability. I like 'em. Now if they can just revive that old relationship with Apple and really get the synergy going...

Doing fine and getting better. What's not to love?

MOT is an underperforming company with some serious problems which won't be easily fixed. Their biggest customer is Sprint in the form of the old Nextel. Not only is this carrier shedding subscribers fast, but the Nextel technology is old and will be supersceded fairly soon. No upside for the next few years, even if they DO finally get a good successor to the RAZR phone.

Having worked for motorola,I know that they are capable of a home run. I am betting the new Android phones will be a game changer. And even If they do not live up to expectations,this company will survive and prosper. I do not see a lot of downside from here,and insiders have been picking up shares....

Everything you all say about current management is true. Greg Brown needs to get out as this idiot has no clue how to run a company. He's worse as MIke Z who ran Nortel into the ground. I used to work for MOT before Brown sold the automotive division. I met this slick talker. But that's all he is, a slick talker. No balls. He only knows how to chop chop chop but has no vision.

What they need to do is either spin off or totally shutdown the cell phone division, plain and simple. MOT cannot compete in consumer electronics. Why keep losing money? Get rid of the damn thing.

On the other hand, people don't realize that MOT totally and globally owns the walkie talkie business with something like 90% market share, their CANOPY wireless broadband is a hit, and their cable box business (General Instrument acquistion) is one hit away from stardom.

All the negativity has to do with the failure of the mobile devices devision. No amount of reorganization co-CEO, etc. is going to fix that. They need to jettison it. And once they do it, this thing will takeoff. You're looking at a triple bagger easily. But it's going to take an ouster of the board and this dumb ass CEO for it to happen.

It is cheap by any measure. Their phones are hot! You should own.

1. dominant in its sector
2. solid balance sheet
3. Ed Zander, excellent CEO
4. divested slower-growing divisions
5. technology innovators

Finally breaking out of a several year slump/great products going forward/now appearing on several recommended lists