Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Sold by AIA Group Ltd

AIA Group Ltd lowered its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 23.9% in the first quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 27,336 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 8,589 shares during the quarter. AIA Group Ltd’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $11,863,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC lifted its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 5.2% during the fourth quarter. CYBER HORNET ETFs LLC now owns 482 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $185,000 after buying an additional 24 shares during the period. Orion Capital Management LLC raised its position in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% in the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the period. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Motorola Solutions by 2.0% during the 1st quarter. Lord & Richards Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,285 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $558,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Mill Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Mill Capital Management LLC now owns 2,935 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $1,125,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Bridges Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in Motorola Solutions by 4.5% in the 4th quarter. Bridges Investment Management Inc. now owns 604 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $232,000 after buying an additional 26 shares during the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on MSI. Barclays raised their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research report on Monday, May 11th. Evercore reissued an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and ten have given a Buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Down 0.2%

NYSE MSI opened at $413.26 on Friday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a twelve month low of $359.36 and a twelve month high of $492.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.07. The stock has a market cap of $68.60 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.30, a PEG ratio of 2.88 and a beta of 0.88. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $407.97 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $423.52.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm 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 business’s revenue for the quarter was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business 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 analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th were paid a $1.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is 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.