Nokia and Motorola - Case Study Example

The Nokia Company has emerged a market leader in the industry. The two companies are quoted in the London stock exchange and using the financial ratios and historical dividends paid we will be in a position to determine which is the best investment option. Nokia has a larger global market size than Motorola, in the second quarter of 2008 Nokia had a 40% global market share and this was a 2% increase in market share from the 2nd quarter of 2007. Motorola on the other had has a 9% market share today which is a decline from the market share in 2007 which was 18%.

Therefore from the market share size it is evident that Motorola is loosing out and Nokia is expanding its market size, it is also clear that Nokia has a larger market share than Motorola and for this reason it is better to invest in the Nokia company due to the growth in the market share of the company which signify an increase in the profit levels in the near future. Nokia employs over 100,000 employees worldwide and over 30,000 of these employees are in research and development, therefore this means that the company has a large market area that requires more employees to serve consumers and that the research and development expenses incurred are .

is year, this means that the Motorola Company is facing financial problems and also that it lacks proper strategies to improve on the current situation.This also means that the Motorola company is facing stiff competition from its rivals and for this reason its only option is to cut down its production costs by laying off workers, this means that if nothing is done fast then the Motorola company may run bankrupt and shut down its operations.Regarding profits it is evident that in the Nokia company realized an 8 billion operation profit in the year 2007, this in contrast with the Motorola Company that made a 1.

2 billion loss in the forth quarter of 2007, and this made the entire company to only realize a 100 million dollars profit in the forth quarter of 2007. Therefore a rational investor will invest in the Nokia Company.Divided history:In this section we analyze the divided payments by for both companies; the following chart summarizes the divided payments:The following table summarizes the dividends paid by the Nokia Company:Payable DateAmount ($)4/17/19950.0364/23/19960.0415/4/970.0434/10/19980.

0834/7/19990.1294/10/20000.1924/10/20010.2484/16/20020.2374/23/20030.3044/23/20040.3584/29/20050.434/26/20060.4565/30/20070.585/30/20080.834The values in the table can be summarized in a chart as follows:From the chart above it is evident that Nokia divideds have increased over the years, this is can be explained by the increase in profits over the years.Motorolla divideds over the years is sumarised in the table below:dateAmount