Man Group plc boosted its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI – Free Report) by 900.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 389,373 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 350,453 shares during the period. Man Group plc owned approximately 0.24% of Motorola Solutions worth $149,254,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Strategic Advocates LLC purchased a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $28,000. JPL Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. MidAtlantic Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at $28,000. Orion Capital Management LLC boosted 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 valued at $30,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the period. Finally, Atlas Capital Advisors Inc. bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at $33,000. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research analysts have commented on the stock. Truist Financial cut their price target on shares of 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 downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Piper Sandler raised 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. Finally, Barclays raised their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have issued a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $504.67.
Motorola Solutions Stock Performance
NYSE MSI opened at $400.28 on Thursday. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52-week low of $359.36 and a 52-week 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 company has a market capitalization of $66.45 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.25, a P/E/G ratio of 2.82 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a fifty day moving average of $419.35 and a 200-day moving average of $417.84.
Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI – Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the previous 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. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Motorola Solutions Announces Dividend
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. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 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.
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