Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Sold by B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG

B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG lessened its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 18.0% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,277 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 5,778 shares during the period. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $12,016,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $210,000. Sigma Planning Corp increased its position in Motorola Solutions by 88.9% in the 2nd quarter. Sigma Planning Corp now owns 905 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $381,000 after acquiring an additional 426 shares during the period. First Horizon Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Motorola Solutions by 14.4% during the 2nd quarter. First Horizon Advisors Inc. now owns 892 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $375,000 after acquiring an additional 112 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ethos Financial Group LLC boosted its position in Motorola Solutions by 25.8% during the 2nd quarter. Ethos Financial Group LLC now owns 551 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $232,000 after acquiring an additional 113 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have recently commented on MSI shares. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $495.00 to $506.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 12th. Argus upgraded shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $515.00 to $520.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Morgan Stanley reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $470.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Thursday, February 12th. Finally, Northcoast Research raised Motorola Solutions from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $450.00 price target for the company in a research note on Monday, December 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nine have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $497.14.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 1.3%

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $461.11 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $492.22. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $420.96 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $422.93. The firm has a market cap of $76.39 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 3.23 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.47, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 1.04.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 11th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.59 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.35 by $0.24. The business had revenue of $3.38 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $3.34 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 110.75% and a net margin of 18.44%.The company’s revenue was up 12.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.04 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 13.55 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, April 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 20th will be issued a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, March 20th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is presently 37.93%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Motorola Solutions

In related news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 28,435 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $477.95, for a total value of $13,590,508.25. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 90,721 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,360,101.95. This represents a 23.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Cynthia Yazdi sold 7,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $471.01, for a total transaction of $3,297,070.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 9,529 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,488,254.29. This represents a 42.35% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 129,069 shares of company stock valued at $60,779,964. 1.44% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.