JNBA Financial Advisors Increases Stock Holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

JNBA Financial Advisors lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 25.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 306 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 62 shares during the quarter. JNBA Financial Advisors’ holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $129,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter worth approximately $208,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 35.1% during the 1st quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,344 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $586,000 after acquiring an additional 349 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 89.5% during the 1st quarter. Integrated Advisors Network LLC now owns 1,391 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $609,000 after acquiring an additional 657 shares during the last quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 88.5% during the 1st quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 100,893 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $44,172,000 after acquiring an additional 47,365 shares during the last quarter. Finally, CX Institutional lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 9.2% during the 1st quarter. CX Institutional now owns 1,304 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $571,000 after acquiring an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts recently issued reports on MSI shares. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Wednesday. Barclays decreased their price target on Motorola Solutions from $511.00 to $509.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, August 8th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, July 7th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Piper Sandler assumed coverage on Motorola Solutions in a research report on Tuesday, September 23rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $495.00 target price for the company. Finally, Evercore ISI lifted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $500.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, August 29th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $513.78.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $456.01 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.86. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $464.59 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $435.29. The firm has a market cap of $75.97 billion, a PE ratio of 36.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 0.97. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $388.90 and a twelve month high of $507.82.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.57 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.36 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.74 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 134.30% and a net margin of 19.08%.Motorola Solutions’s revenue was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.24 EPS. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 3.820-3.870 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 14.880-14.980 EPS. Analysts expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 13.55 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Cuts Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be given a $0.0109 dividend. This represents a $0.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 35.10%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 82,765 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $463.05, for a total value of $38,324,333.25. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 57,836 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,780,959.80. The trade was a 58.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Also, COO John P. Molloy sold 37,514 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Thursday, August 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $462.38, for a total value of $17,345,723.32. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief operating officer directly owned 59,328 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $27,432,080.64. The trade was a 38.74% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last quarter, insiders sold 248,493 shares of company stock valued at $116,848,278. 1.44% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Motorola Solutions Company Profile

Motorola Solutions, Inc provides public safety and enterprise security solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Systems Integration, and Software and Services. The Products and Systems Integration segment offers a portfolio of infrastructure, devices, accessories, and video security devices and infrastructure, as well as the implementation and integration of systems, devices, software, and applications for government, public safety, and commercial customers who operate private communications networks and video security solutions, as well as manage a mobile workforce.