Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Sold by Strs Ohio

Strs Ohio reduced its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 5.8% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 35,557 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 2,200 shares during the period. Strs Ohio’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $15,431,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in MSI. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 540.0% in the 1st quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 64 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. KPP Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the first quarter worth about $219,000. Root Financial Partners LLC grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 29.6% during the first quarter. Root Financial Partners LLC now owns 302 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $131,000 after buying an additional 69 shares during the period. USS Investment Management Ltd increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 2.7% in the first quarter. USS Investment Management Ltd now owns 31,067 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $13,480,000 after buying an additional 807 shares in the last quarter. Finally, IFM Investors Pty Ltd lifted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 4.0% during the 1st quarter. IFM Investors Pty Ltd now owns 35,120 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $15,241,000 after acquiring an additional 1,340 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the company. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Barclays lifted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 0.0%

Shares of MSI opened at $422.76 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $410.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $420.40. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $492.22. The stock has a market cap of $70.18 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.07, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 0.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.Motorola Solutions’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $3.18 EPS. 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. Equities analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid 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 1.1%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 39.00%.

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.