Bessemer Group Inc. Sells 912,570 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Bessemer Group Inc. reduced its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 93.6% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 62,407 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 912,570 shares during the period. Bessemer Group Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $23,922,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of MSI. Ninety One UK Ltd raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 74.3% in the fourth quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 1,338,589 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $513,108,000 after buying an additional 570,712 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $4,292,310,000 after buying an additional 490,354 shares in the last quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 56.6% in the third quarter. Victory Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,203,661 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $550,422,000 after buying an additional 435,178 shares in the last quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 35.2% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,355,159 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $568,930,000 after buying an additional 353,113 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SG Americas Securities LLC raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 3,126.7% in the fourth quarter. SG Americas Securities LLC now owns 297,925 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $114,201,000 after buying an additional 288,692 shares in the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts recently issued reports on MSI shares. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Barclays increased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Truist Financial decreased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $393.73 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $492.22. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $440.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $414.98. The company has a market capitalization of $65.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.73, a P/E/G ratio of 2.72 and a beta of 0.93. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $3.18 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. Motorola Solutions has set its Q2 2026 guidance at 3.820-3.880 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 16.870-16.990 EPS. Analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th were paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 39.00%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Motorola Solutions

In other Motorola Solutions news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 50,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $468.09, for a total transaction of $23,404,500.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 47,167 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,078,401.03. This trade represents a 51.46% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 434 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $470.12, for a total transaction of $204,032.08. Following the sale, the director directly owned 7,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,362,768.36. This trade represents a 5.72% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 129,069 shares of company stock valued at $60,779,964. Corporate insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

About Motorola Solutions

Motorola Solutions, Inc is a provider of mission-critical communications and analytics solutions for public safety and commercial customers. The company designs, manufactures and supports a range of communications equipment and software aimed at enabling first responders, government agencies and enterprises to coordinate and operate reliably in high-pressure environments. Its offerings emphasize secure, resilient connectivity and situational awareness for organizations that require dependable voice, data and video communications.

Product lines include land mobile radio (LMR) systems and handheld and vehicle-mounted radios used by police, fire and emergency medical services; broadband push-to-talk and LTE-based solutions; command-and-control center software for incident management and records; and video security and analytics systems.