Louisiana State Employees Retirement System Makes New $3.65 Million Investment in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Louisiana State Employees Retirement System bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSIFree Report) during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund bought 8,400 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $3,645,000.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Capital World Investors raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 9,386,519 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $4,292,310,000 after acquiring an additional 490,354 shares in the last quarter. Barden Capital Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 3rd quarter valued at $1,462,000. Nordea Investment Management AB grew its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 28.0% during the 4th quarter. Nordea Investment Management AB now owns 179,437 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $68,843,000 after purchasing an additional 39,236 shares in the last quarter. Crestmont Private Wealth LLC bought a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter worth $1,907,000. Finally, Hsbc Holdings PLC increased its position in shares of Motorola Solutions by 12.9% in the fourth quarter. Hsbc Holdings PLC now owns 591,086 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $226,642,000 after purchasing an additional 67,467 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Raymond James Financial reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Barclays upped their price target on shares of Motorola Solutions from $506.00 to $509.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, May 11th. Weiss Ratings cut shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy (b)” rating to a “buy (b-)” rating in a research note on Monday, May 11th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions from $499.00 to $503.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, May 8th. One investment 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 company. According to MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $504.67.

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Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of Motorola Solutions stock opened at $402.89 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $413.16 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $418.67. The firm has a market capitalization of $66.88 billion, a P/E ratio of 32.47, a P/E/G ratio of 2.81 and a beta of 0.89. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $359.36 and a fifty-two week high of $492.22. 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 (NYSE:MSIGet Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.18 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter 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, equities analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 earnings per share 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. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, June 17th will be issued a $1.21 dividend. This represents a $4.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, June 17th. Motorola Solutions’s dividend payout ratio is presently 39.00%.

Motorola Solutions Company Profile

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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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Institutional Ownership by Quarter for Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI)

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