Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Sold by BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S

BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S cut its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 32.5% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 8,332 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 4,007 shares during the quarter. BI Asset Management Fondsmaeglerselskab A S’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $3,194,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 1.3% during the 3rd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 22,171,959 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $10,139,015,000 after buying an additional 286,366 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 5.5% during the 3rd 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 last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. raised its position in 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 worth $1,570,096,000 after buying an additional 31,744 shares during the last quarter. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter worth approximately $942,542,000. Finally, Swedbank AB raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 10.7% during the 4th quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 1,490,010 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $571,151,000 after buying an additional 144,518 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Argus raised shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised 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 set a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

NYSE:MSI opened at $406.53 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. The firm has a market cap of $67.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.76, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $423.04 and a 200-day moving average price of $415.86. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $492.22.

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

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders 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 dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is 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.