Insider Selling: Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) SVP Sells $478,867.84 in Stock

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) SVP Kathryn Moore sold 1,004 shares of the company’s 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 transaction, the senior vice president directly owned 1,282 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $611,462.72. This represents a 43.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $487.22 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $80.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.36, a PEG ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.87. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $433.29 and a 200 day moving average price of $434.90. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $493.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.10.

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 during 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%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $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 predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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

Institutional Trading of Motorola Solutions

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the second quarter worth about $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in the second 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 last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 17.7% in the second 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 last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $891,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSI has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company 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 company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, August 6th. 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. Truist Financial upped their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, August 7th. Finally, Weiss Ratings lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Friday, August 21st. 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $519.44.

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.