57,593 Shares in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Bought by Dearborn Partners LLC

Dearborn Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) in the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The institutional investor purchased 57,593 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $24,994,000. Motorola Solutions comprises about 1.3% of Dearborn Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 28th biggest holding.

Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth about $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter valued at about $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC boosted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in 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 boosted its position in shares of 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 valued at $6,845,000 after purchasing an additional 2,450 shares during the period. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $891,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have commented on the company. Barclays lifted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $509.00 to $529.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. UBS Group raised their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research note on Friday. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $516.67.

Insider Activity

In related news, SVP Kathryn A. Moore sold 1,004 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.96, for a total transaction of $478,867.84. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 1,282 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $611,462.72. This represents a 43.92% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this link. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $481.57 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a current ratio of 1.10 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $429.94 and a 200 day moving average price of $433.92. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $493.57. The company has a market cap of $79.70 billion, a PE ratio of 37.92, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.87.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.56. The company had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 98.22%. Motorola Solutions’s revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.57 EPS. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 16th will be paid a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, September 16th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 38.11%.

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.