Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) Hits New 1-Year High – Here’s Why

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI)’s share price hit a new 52-week high during mid-day trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $493.96 and last traded at $493.6810, with a volume of 359269 shares traded. The stock had previously closed at $485.30.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on MSI shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $503.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of 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 given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $519.44.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 1.7%

The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13. The firm has a market cap of $81.68 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.86, a PEG ratio of 2.90 and a beta of 0.87. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $438.75 and a 200 day moving average price of $436.27.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.85 by $0.56. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 98.22% and a net margin of 17.44%.The firm had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.57 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. 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. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Motorola Solutions news, SVP Kathryn A. Moore sold 1,004 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 21st. The shares were sold at an average price of $476.96, for a total value of $478,867.84. Following the transaction, the senior vice president owned 1,282 shares in the company, valued at approximately $611,462.72. This represents a 43.92% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Insiders own 1.28% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Motorola Solutions

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the stock. Corient Private Wealth LP increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 109.8% in the second quarter. Corient Private Wealth LP now owns 63,017 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $26,172,000 after acquiring an additional 32,979 shares during the last quarter. Groupe la Francaise boosted its position in Motorola Solutions by 7.5% during the second quarter. Groupe la Francaise now owns 40,855 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $16,979,000 after purchasing an additional 2,841 shares during the last quarter. VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the second quarter valued at $21,965,000. California State Teachers Retirement System grew its stake in Motorola Solutions by 41,102.0% in the second quarter. California State Teachers Retirement System now owns 106,656,854 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $44,293,525,000 after purchasing an additional 106,397,991 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Greenland Capital Management LP purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the second quarter valued at about $1,620,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

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.