Motorola Solutions Reports Third-Quarter 2012 Financial Results

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MSI) announced today its third-quarter 2012 results highlighted by sales of $2.2 billion, up 3 percent from the third quarter of 2011 and driven by strong demand in its Government segment. These results include an unfavorable currency exchange rate impact to revenues of $42 million, or approximately 2 percent.

“We had strong revenue and earnings growth, including record performance in our Government segment,” said Greg Brown, chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions. “We expanded operating margins, managed our costs and grew earnings per share 27 percent driven by our operating performance and continued return of capital to shareholders.”

Government segment sales were $1.5 billion, up 12 percent from the year-ago quarter, driven by double-digit growth in North America and solid performance in EMEA and Latin America. GAAP operating earnings were $273 million or 17.9 percent of sales compared to $186 million or 13.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. Non-GAAP operating earnings were $310 million or 20.4 percent of sales compared to $224 million or 16.5 percent in the year-ago quarter.

The company expects fourth-quarter sales to grow approximately 6 to 7 percent compared with the fourth quarter of 2011, with EPS from continuing operations of $0.98 to $1.03. The company is increasing its full-year 2012 outlook for sales growth to 6 to 6.5 percent to reflect revenues for Psion, which Motorola Solutions acquired on Oct. 1, 2012. Our EPS outlook excludes share-based compensation expense, intangible assets amortization expense and charges associated with items of the variety typically highlighted by the company in its quarterly earnings releases.

Source: Motorola Solutions