Barclays PLC Sells 49,698 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Barclays PLC lowered its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 7.2% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 639,119 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after selling 49,698 shares during the period. Barclays PLC’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $244,987,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of MSI. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the third quarter worth $28,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the fourth quarter worth $28,000. Orion Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% during the fourth quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $30,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the period. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the third quarter worth $31,000. Finally, Harbor Investment Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 45.8% during the fourth quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 86 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $33,000 after buying an additional 27 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts have weighed in on MSI shares. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 target price on shares of Motorola Solutions in a report on Friday, May 8th. Barclays upped their target price on Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a report on Friday, May 8th. Weiss Ratings lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have given a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of MSI opened at $412.38 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $68.45 billion, a PE ratio of 33.23, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28, a current ratio of 1.07 and a quick ratio of 0.86. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1-year low of $359.36 and a 1-year high of $492.22. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $421.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $417.09.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data 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 firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for 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% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $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. On average, equities research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed 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. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. 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.