Evelyn Partners Asset Management Ltd Makes New Investment in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Evelyn Partners Asset Management Ltd purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor purchased 2,425 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $1,052,000.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.2% in the fourth quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC now owns 482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $185,000 after acquiring an additional 24 shares in the last quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% in 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 last quarter. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 2.0% in the 1st quarter. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,285 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $558,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Mill Capital Management LLC grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Mill Capital Management LLC now owns 2,935 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,125,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bridges Investment Management Inc. increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 4.5% during the 4th quarter. Bridges Investment Management Inc. now owns 604 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $232,000 after purchasing an additional 26 shares in the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the company. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Piper Sandler upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. 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. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Truist Financial decreased their target price on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $423.85 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The firm has a market cap of $70.36 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.15, a PEG ratio of 2.91 and a beta of 0.88. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22. The company has a fifty day moving average price of $409.73 and a 200-day moving average price of $425.08.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were given a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 39.00%.

About Motorola Solutions

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.