Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Sold by Eventide Asset Management LLC

Eventide Asset Management LLC lowered its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 13.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 74,029 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 11,132 shares during the period. Eventide Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $28,383,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Entropy Technologies LP acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth approximately $5,283,000. Aigen Investment Management LP grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 2,400.4% in the 4th quarter. Aigen Investment Management LP now owns 11,952 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $4,581,000 after purchasing an additional 11,474 shares during the last quarter. Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth approximately $33,000. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 15.9% in the 4th quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 706,588 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $270,849,000 after purchasing an additional 96,751 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 13.1% in the 4th quarter. Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH now owns 2,207 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $888,000 after purchasing an additional 256 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on MSI shares. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Wall Street Zen cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. 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. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

MSI stock opened at $412.38 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07. The stock has a market cap of $68.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $421.37 and a 200 day simple moving average of $416.75. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate 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 net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $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. Research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be given a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 39.00%.

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.