Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Stake Cut by Blue Trust Inc.

Blue Trust Inc. lessened its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 49.2% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 1,522 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 1,473 shares during the quarter. Blue Trust Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $660,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth about $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter valued at about $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 38.7% during the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after buying an additional 709 shares during the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 17.7% during the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,845,000 after buying an additional 2,450 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the second quarter worth about $891,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities analysts have issued reports on MSI shares. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Truist Financial reduced their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Barclays upped 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. One equities research 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 data from MarketBeat.com, Motorola Solutions currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $402.89 on Friday. The company has a 50-day moving average price of $413.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $418.67. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. The stock has a market cap of $66.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.47, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.13. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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. Analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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

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.