Knollwood Investment Advisory LLC Sells 2,712 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Knollwood Investment Advisory LLC lessened its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 45.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,321 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 2,712 shares during the quarter. Knollwood Investment Advisory LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $1,273,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 38.7% during the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after purchasing an additional 709 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp increased its stake in Motorola Solutions by 17.7% in the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $6,845,000 after acquiring an additional 2,450 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC bought a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $891,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MSI has been the topic of a number of research reports. Weiss Ratings downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Barclays lifted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective 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. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $412.38 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $68.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $421.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $416.75. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $492.22.

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

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 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.