Lumentum Holdings Inc vs Motorola Solutions Inc

Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE) is overvalued and Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI) is undervalued.

Against our estimates of intrinsic value, MSI trades at the wider discount: a margin of safety of +24%, against -1899% for LITE.

Values as of the 22 Sept 2026 close.

Lumentum Holdings Inc (LITE)

Discounting its cash flows at 11.8% (average of 2 methods) values the shares at $47.31; the price of $945.67 is 1899% above that value.

Leak Score 41/100 on 8 of 12 signals

Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI)

A 8.8x revenue multiple, adjusted for growth and margin, values the shares at $602.32; the price of $456.70 is 24% below that value.

Leak Score 90/100 on 9 of 12 signals

MetricLITEMSI
VerdictOvervaluedUndervalued
Price$945.67$456.70
Intrinsic value$47.31$602.32
Margin of safety-1899%+24%
Leak Score41/100 (8/12)90/100 (9/12)
Market cap$84.8B$75.6B
Revenue growth, 5 years11.6%9.5%
Operating margin17.9%25.3%
Net margin-230.1%17.4%
Return on equity-240.0%92.0%
Debt to equity0.363.60
P/E36.0x
Forward P/E27.9x23.8x
P/B18.0x28.3x
Dividend yield1.0%

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