Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC Increases Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 0.6% during the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 220,751 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,361 shares during the quarter. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $95,835,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at about $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the second quarter worth $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC grew its holdings 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 last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp grew its holdings 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 last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the second quarter valued at $891,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently issued reports on MSI. Wall Street Zen downgraded Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Truist Financial dropped their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 8th. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Barclays increased their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have given a Buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Motorola Solutions stock opened at $413.26 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.30, a PEG ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.88. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $407.97 and a 200 day moving average price of $423.52. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22. 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 issued its quarterly 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 firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.70 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.18 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. 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 anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were given a dividend of $1.21 per share. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was 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.