Natixis Advisors LLC Cuts Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Natixis Advisors LLC decreased its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 70.0% during the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 84,788 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 198,046 shares during the quarter. Natixis Advisors LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $32,501,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the second quarter valued at approximately $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in the second quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after buying an additional 709 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 17.7% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,845,000 after buying an additional 2,450 shares during the period. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the second quarter valued at approximately $891,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 0.8%

Shares of NYSE:MSI opened at $411.81 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $359.36 and a 52-week high of $492.22. The company has a 50 day moving average of $424.71 and a two-hundred day moving average of $415.38. The company has a market capitalization of $68.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.18, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.84 and a beta of 0.89.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The company 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 company earned $3.18 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions’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. As a group, analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be given a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. 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 presently 39.00%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MSI has been the subject of several recent research reports. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Argus raised shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Profile

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.