Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. Acquires 1,539 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 152.7% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 2,547 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,539 shares during the period. Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $1,104,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in MSI. Raymond James Financial Inc. boosted 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 worth $1,570,096,000 after purchasing an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at $942,542,000. Morgan Stanley lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,052 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $672,364,000 after buying an additional 34,715 shares during the period. Amundi lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 19.6% during the 4th quarter. Amundi now owns 1,570,227 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $601,899,000 after buying an additional 257,483 shares during the period. Finally, Swedbank AB boosted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 10.7% in the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,490,010 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $571,151,000 after buying an additional 144,518 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently commented on MSI. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Piper Sandler boosted their price target on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial lowered their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Barclays boosted their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have issued a Buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI opened at $407.60 on Thursday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $407.80 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $423.34. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. The stock has a market cap of $67.66 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.84, a PEG ratio of 2.88 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, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The firm’s revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.18 EPS. 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 expect that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is 39.00%.

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.