California Public Employees Retirement System Has $164.69 Million Stock Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

California Public Employees Retirement System cut its stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 11.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 379,493 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 48,254 shares during the period. California Public Employees Retirement System’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $164,689,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 1,966.7% during the 1st quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 62 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares during the last quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 540.0% in the 1st quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 64 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth $27,000. Finally, HHM Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 217.4% during the first quarter. HHM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 73 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $32,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Weiss Ratings downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Truist Financial cut their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Piper Sandler increased their price target on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have assigned a Buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI stock opened at $413.26 on Friday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $407.97 and a 200-day moving average of $423.52. The company has a market cap of $68.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.88. 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.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its earnings results 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. Motorola Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $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, equities analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s 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.