Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership Boosts Stock Position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership grew its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 15.9% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 706,588 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 96,751 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $270,849,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 13.1% in the 4th quarter. Alamea Verwaltungs GmbH now owns 2,207 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $888,000 after purchasing an additional 256 shares in the last quarter. Analog Century Management LP purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth approximately $71,100,000. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 52.6% in the 4th quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 14,637 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $5,611,000 after purchasing an additional 5,047 shares in the last quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 13.1% in the 4th quarter. Parkside Financial Bank & Trust now owns 882 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $338,000 after purchasing an additional 102 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fortis Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Fortis Capital Management LLC now owns 1,936 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $742,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. 84.17% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

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

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

NYSE MSI opened at $412.38 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $68.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 33.23, a P/E/G ratio of 2.87 and a beta of 0.89. 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 business’s 50 day moving average price is $421.37 and its 200-day moving average price is $417.09. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $492.22.

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, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. The firm had revenue of $2.71 billion for 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 company’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 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. Sell-side analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be given 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 dividend yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 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.