National Pension Service Buys 55,911 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

National Pension Service grew its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 13.6% during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 468,255 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 55,911 shares during the period. National Pension Service’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $179,492,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of MSI. United Community Bank lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 81.3% during the third quarter. United Community Bank now owns 58 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the period. Strategic Advocates LLC bought a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the third quarter worth $28,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Orion Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% during the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $30,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. Finally, JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the third quarter worth $31,000. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts recently commented on the company. Barclays lifted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Argus upgraded Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Piper Sandler lifted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. One investment 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. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI opened at $403.01 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $66.90 billion, a PE ratio of 32.47, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.93. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $428.20 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $414.51. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results 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. 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%.The business’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company 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, equities research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In other Motorola Solutions news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total value of $13,590,508.25. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 90,721 shares in the company, valued at $43,360,101.95. The trade was a 23.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

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.