Fiduciary Alliance LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI – Free Report) in the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 2,700 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,189,000.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the company. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Strategic Advocates LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the third quarter worth $28,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Orion Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 46.3% during the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the period. Finally, JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the third quarter worth $31,000. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several analysts have weighed in on the stock. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective 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. Truist Financial decreased 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. Wall Street Zen lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Evercore restated 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, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.
Motorola Solutions Stock Up 1.5%
Shares of MSI stock opened at $402.89 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve month high of $492.22. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $413.16 and its 200 day simple moving average is $418.67. The company has a market capitalization of $66.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.47, a PEG ratio of 2.77 and a beta of 0.89.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data 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. The company 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 quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $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. As a group, research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.
Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend
The business 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 $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 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.
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