Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Stock Position Lifted by Janus Henderson Group PLC

Janus Henderson Group PLC grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 5.0% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 1,244,326 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 59,294 shares during the quarter. Janus Henderson Group PLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $539,958,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth about $27,000. Whipplewood Advisors LLC grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 1,966.7% in the 1st quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 62 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $27,000 after buying an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at about $28,000. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Motorola Solutions by 540.0% during the 1st quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 64 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Orion Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 46.3% during the 4th quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MSI has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Weiss Ratings cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Wall Street Zen cut Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Zacks Research raised Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Finally, Truist Financial lowered their price target on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE:MSI opened at $434.09 on Thursday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve month high of $492.22. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The company has a 50-day moving average of $411.32 and a 200-day moving average of $425.90. The firm has a market cap of $72.06 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.06 and a beta of 0.88.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $3.18 EPS. The business’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.19 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared 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 was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.1%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 39.00%.

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.