Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Bought by Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.

Crossmark Global Holdings Inc. raised its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 51.4% in the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund owned 7,869 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,672 shares during the period. Crossmark Global Holdings Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $3,016,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 1.3% in the third quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,171,959 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $10,139,015,000 after acquiring an additional 286,366 shares during the period. Capital World Investors lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,292,310,000 after acquiring an additional 490,354 shares during the period. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 0.9% in the third quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. now owns 3,433,482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,570,096,000 after acquiring an additional 31,744 shares during the period. Swedbank AB lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 10.7% in the fourth quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,490,010 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $571,151,000 after acquiring an additional 144,518 shares during the period. Finally, Ameriprise Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 35.2% in the second quarter. Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 1,355,159 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $568,930,000 after acquiring an additional 353,113 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 2.2%

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $392.28 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $65.12 billion, a PE ratio of 31.61, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.68 and a beta of 0.93. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $447.27 and a 200-day simple moving average of $416.13. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The business had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. 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. On average, analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.25 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Stockholders of record on Friday, March 20th were given a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, March 20th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 39.00%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total transaction of $13,590,508.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 90,721 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,360,101.95. The trade was a 23.86% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, Director Kenneth D. Denman sold 434 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $470.12, for a total value of $204,032.08. Following the sale, the director owned 7,153 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,362,768.36. The trade was a 5.72% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 129,069 shares of company stock worth $60,779,964 over the last three months. 1.28% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts have issued reports on MSI shares. Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday. Argus raised Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, February 13th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday. Finally, Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $470.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, February 12th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, eleven have given a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

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.