Motco Has $8.27 Million Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Motco cut its position in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 5.9% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor owned 21,563 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 1,340 shares during the quarter. Motco’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $8,266,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Orion Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the third quarter valued at $25,000. United Community Bank raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 81.3% in the 3rd quarter. United Community Bank now owns 58 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Advocates LLC bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter worth about $28,000. JPL Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at about $31,000. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC boosted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 45.8% during the 4th quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 86 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $33,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities research analysts recently commented on MSI shares. Piper Sandler raised their target price on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Argus upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their target price 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. One 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 company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 0.7%

MSI stock opened at $396.02 on Thursday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $436.74 and its 200 day simple moving average is $414.08. 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 debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07. The company has a market cap of $65.74 billion, a P/E ratio of 31.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.76 and a beta of 0.93.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 last year, the firm posted $3.18 earnings per share. 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. On average, research analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 39.00%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Motorola Solutions news, CEO Cynthia Yazdi sold 7,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, February 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $471.01, for a total transaction of $3,297,070.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 9,529 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,488,254.29. This represents a 42.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 434 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 7,153 shares in the company, valued at $3,362,768.36. This trade represents a 5.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last 90 days, insiders have sold 129,069 shares of company stock worth $60,779,964. Insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

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.