Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Position Boosted by Westerkirk Capital Inc.

Westerkirk Capital Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 33.5% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 6,425 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,613 shares during the period. Westerkirk Capital Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $2,463,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in MSI. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth about $942,542,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% in the fourth quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,192,196 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $456,993,000 after buying an additional 1,181,925 shares during the period. Ninety One UK Ltd boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 74.3% in the fourth quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd now owns 1,338,589 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $513,108,000 after buying an additional 570,712 shares during the period. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 150.3% in the fourth quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 933,462 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $357,815,000 after buying an additional 560,510 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors boosted its holdings in shares of 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 worth $4,292,310,000 after buying an additional 490,354 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have commented on the stock. Truist Financial decreased their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 12th. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.9%

Shares of MSI stock opened at $406.53 on Tuesday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The business’s 50 day moving average is $423.04 and its two-hundred day moving average is $415.86. The company has a market cap of $67.48 billion, a PE ratio of 32.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.89.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $3.18 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Equities analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.