Compass Capital Management Inc. Has $54.13 Million Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Compass Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 1.5% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 141,210 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,024 shares during the quarter. Motorola Solutions comprises about 3.0% of Compass Capital Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest position. Compass Capital Management Inc. owned 0.08% of Motorola Solutions worth $54,128,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of MSI. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth $942,542,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. boosted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 1,181,925 shares in the last quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd boosted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 570,712 shares in the last quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 560,510 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors boosted its stake in 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 purchasing an additional 490,354 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have commented on MSI. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Barclays boosted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Argus upgraded Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, February 13th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.2%

MSI stock opened at $410.80 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $68.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.10, a PEG ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve 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 has a fifty day moving average of $421.81 and a 200-day moving average of $416.78.

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

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is currently 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.