Dimensional Fund Advisors LP Acquires 42,677 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP raised its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 4.1% in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 1,083,953 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 42,677 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $470,351,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth about $942,542,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,192,196 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $456,993,000 after acquiring an additional 1,181,925 shares during the period. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 95.6% during the 4th quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 1,283,065 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $491,824,000 after acquiring an additional 627,066 shares during the period. Stifel Financial Corp grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 576.0% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 708,083 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $271,429,000 after acquiring an additional 603,330 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Ninety One UK Ltd grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 74.3% during the 4th quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 1,338,589 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $513,108,000 after acquiring an additional 570,712 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have commented on MSI. Truist Financial decreased their price target on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have assigned a Buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.6%

NYSE:MSI opened at $410.87 on Tuesday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $408.34 and a 200-day moving average price of $424.04. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The stock has a market cap of $68.21 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.11, a P/E/G ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.88.

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 firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $3.18 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were given a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Motorola Solutions Company 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.