Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Bought by Investment Management Corp of Ontario

Investment Management Corp of Ontario raised its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 27.1% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 86,276 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 18,419 shares during the quarter. Investment Management Corp of Ontario owned 0.05% of Motorola Solutions worth $33,071,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth about $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter worth about $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in the second quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after purchasing an additional 709 shares during the period. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 17.7% in the second quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,845,000 after purchasing an additional 2,450 shares during the period. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the second quarter valued at about $891,000. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research firms have commented on MSI. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Wall Street Zen lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Barclays raised their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Truist Financial cut their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One 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. According to data from MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Down 1.1%

Shares of NYSE MSI opened at $400.28 on Thursday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22. The firm has a market cap of $66.45 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.25, a PEG ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.89. 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $419.35 and its 200-day simple moving average is $417.84.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $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. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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

About Motorola Solutions

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.