Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Position Lessened by Handelsbanken Fonder AB

Handelsbanken Fonder AB decreased its position in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 3.9% in the second quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 85,071 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 3,416 shares during the period. Handelsbanken Fonder AB’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $35,329,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of MSI. Raymond James Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% during the 3rd 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 buying an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the first quarter worth approximately $983,432,000. Morgan Stanley increased its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 2.0% in the fourth quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 1,754,052 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $672,364,000 after buying an additional 34,715 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Amundi raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 1.9% during the first quarter. Amundi now owns 1,600,491 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $694,565,000 after acquiring an additional 30,264 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MSI has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Zacks Research upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 20th. Truist Financial raised their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 7th. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $525.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and eleven have issued a Buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $516.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Up 0.8%

MSI opened at $465.76 on Wednesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $419.03 and a 200 day moving average price of $429.59. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve month high of $493.57. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.10. The firm has a market cap of $77.08 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.67, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.00 and a beta of 0.87.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 EPS 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 company had revenue of $3.13 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $3 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.57 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.32 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.0%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 38.11%.

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.