AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc Purchases 16,931 Shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 38.5% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 60,885 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 16,931 shares during the quarter. AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $26,415,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in MSI. Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter worth $28,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter worth $28,000. Orion Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 46.3% in the 4th quarter. Orion Capital Management LLC now owns 79 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $30,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the period. Finally, JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter worth $31,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSI has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Monday, June 1st. Barclays raised their target price on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Piper Sandler lifted 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. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Truist Financial reduced their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $540.00 to $525.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 8th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 0.2%

MSI stock opened at $395.88 on Friday. 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 business has a 50 day simple moving average of $417.39 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $417.87. The company has a market capitalization of $65.72 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.90, a PEG ratio of 2.75 and a beta of 0.89.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last posted 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 company had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $2.70 billion. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. Motorola Solutions’s quarterly revenue was up 7.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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. Research analysts anticipate that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend

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

Motorola Solutions 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.