Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) Receives $504.67 Average Target Price from Analysts

Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSIGet Free Report) has earned a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the twelve brokerages that are covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. The average 12 month target price among brokers that have issued a report on the stock in the last year is $504.6667.

Several brokerages have issued reports on MSI. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Truist Financial decreased 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. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Sunday, April 26th. Finally, Argus raised shares of Motorola Solutions to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, February 13th.

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Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter valued at about $942,542,000. Aristotle Capital Management LLC purchased a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 1st quarter worth approximately $983,432,000. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 11,507.4% during the 4th quarter. Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. now owns 1,192,196 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $456,993,000 after purchasing an additional 1,181,925 shares during the last quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd grew its position in Motorola Solutions by 95.6% during the 4th quarter. Orbis Allan Gray Ltd now owns 1,283,065 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $491,824,000 after purchasing an additional 627,066 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Stifel Financial Corp lifted its stake in Motorola Solutions by 576.0% during the 4th quarter. Stifel Financial Corp now owns 708,083 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $271,429,000 after acquiring an additional 603,330 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of NYSE:MSI opened at $409.36 on Monday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $425.55 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $415.15. The stock has a market capitalization of $67.95 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.99, a PEG ratio of 2.89 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a quick ratio of 0.86, a current ratio of 1.07 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. Motorola Solutions has a 52 week low of $359.36 and a 52 week high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSIGet Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.61% and a return on equity of 100.13%. The company had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.18 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 7.4% compared to the same quarter last year. 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, analysts expect that Motorola Solutions will post 15.17 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, July 15th. Investors of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a dividend of $1.21 per share. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, June 17th. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 39.00%.

About Motorola Solutions

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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.

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