Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI Shares Acquired by Ninety One UK Ltd

Ninety One UK Ltd grew its holdings in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI) by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 592,252 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 6,620 shares during the quarter. Ninety One UK Ltd’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $249,018,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of MSI. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $208,000. NBC Securities Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 112,700.0% in the 1st quarter. NBC Securities Inc. now owns 2,256 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $987,000 after buying an additional 2,254 shares during the period. Merit Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 48.0% in the 1st quarter. Merit Financial Group LLC now owns 5,037 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $2,205,000 after buying an additional 1,633 shares during the period. Fulton Bank N.A. lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 28.1% in the 1st quarter. Fulton Bank N.A. now owns 888 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $389,000 after buying an additional 195 shares during the period. Finally, RFG Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 6.5% in the 1st quarter. RFG Advisory LLC now owns 708 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $310,000 after buying an additional 43 shares during the period. 84.17% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Gregory Q. Brown sold 50,000 shares of Motorola Solutions stock in a transaction on Friday, September 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $483.50, for a total value of $24,175,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 46,936 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $22,693,556. The trade was a 51.58% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, SVP James A. Niewiara sold 1,700 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, September 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $485.43, for a total value of $825,231.00. Following the sale, the senior vice president directly owned 14,542 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,059,123.06. This trade represents a 10.47% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 248,493 shares of company stock worth $116,848,278 in the last three months. Company insiders own 1.44% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Price Performance

Shares of NYSE:MSI opened at $457.70 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $76.25 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.85, a P/E/G ratio of 3.63 and a beta of 0.96. The company has a quick ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 1.73 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.86. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 52 week low of $388.90 and a 52 week high of $507.82. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $460.63 and a 200-day simple moving average of $433.60.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, August 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.57 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.36 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $2.77 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.74 billion. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 134.30% and a net margin of 19.08%.The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 5.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.24 earnings per share. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2025 guidance at 3.820-3.870 EPS. FY 2025 guidance at 14.880-14.980 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 13.55 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Cuts Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Wednesday, October 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 15th will be given a $0.0109 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 15th. This represents a $0.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.0%. Motorola Solutions’s payout ratio is currently 35.10%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts recently issued reports on the company. Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $500.00 to $525.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, August 29th. Wolfe Research assumed coverage on Motorola Solutions in a report on Monday, July 7th. They set a “peer perform” rating for the company. Barclays reduced their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $511.00 to $509.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Friday, August 8th. Piper Sandler assumed coverage on Motorola Solutions in a report on Tuesday, September 23rd. They set a “neutral” rating and a $495.00 price objective for the company. Finally, UBS Group lifted their price objective on Motorola Solutions from $490.00 to $510.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Friday, August 8th. Eight equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $513.78.

Motorola Solutions Profile

Motorola Solutions, Inc provides public safety and enterprise security solutions in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Products and Systems Integration, and Software and Services. The Products and Systems Integration segment offers a portfolio of infrastructure, devices, accessories, and video security devices and infrastructure, as well as the implementation and integration of systems, devices, software, and applications for government, public safety, and commercial customers who operate private communications networks and video security solutions, as well as manage a mobile workforce.