Franklin Resources Inc. Has $357.82 Million Stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Posted by Francis Steltz on Jun 9th, 2026

Franklin Resources Inc. raised its position in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSI – Free Report) by 150.3% during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 933,462 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock after buying an additional 560,510 shares during the quarter. Franklin Resources Inc.’s holdings in Motorola Solutions were worth $357,815,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC bought a new position in Motorola Solutions in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $208,000. Sivia Capital Partners LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 2nd quarter valued at $210,000. HUB Investment Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 38.7% in the 2nd quarter. HUB Investment Partners LLC now owns 2,540 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $1,068,000 after purchasing an additional 709 shares in the last quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp increased its stake in shares of Motorola Solutions by 17.7% in the 2nd quarter. Peapack Gladstone Financial Corp now owns 16,279 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $6,845,000 after purchasing an additional 2,450 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Diversify Advisory Services LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions during the 2nd quarter worth $891,000. Institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently weighed in on MSI shares. Raymond James Financial reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price objective on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Barclays increased their target price 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. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Motorola Solutions from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 26th. Truist Financial lowered 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 report on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Evercore restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Monday, June 1st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, ten have assigned a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $504.67.

Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on MSI

Motorola Solutions Stock Performance

Shares of MSI stock opened at $406.53 on Tuesday. The firm has a market capitalization of $67.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.76, a PEG ratio of 2.86 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a current ratio of 1.07, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.28. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $423.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $415.86. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 12 month low of $359.36 and a 12 month high of $492.22.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSI – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 7th. The communications equipment provider reported $3.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.24 by $0.13. Motorola Solutions had a return on equity of 100.13% and a net margin of 17.61%.The company had revenue of $2.71 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.70 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $3.18 earnings per share. 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. Equities research analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.17 EPS for the current year.

Motorola Solutions Dividend Announcement

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