Great Lakes Advisors LLC Purchases Shares of 210,460 Motorola Solutions, Inc. $MSI

Great Lakes Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:MSIFree Report) during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm acquired 210,460 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock, valued at approximately $87,403,000.

Several other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSI. Whipplewood Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Motorola Solutions by 1,966.7% during the first quarter. Whipplewood Advisors LLC now owns 62 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Western Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 1st quarter valued at $27,000. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Motorola Solutions by 540.0% in the 1st quarter. Physician Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 64 shares of the communications equipment provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after buying an additional 54 shares in the last quarter. JPL Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Motorola Solutions in the 3rd quarter valued at $31,000. Finally, Gunpowder Capital Management LLC dba Oliver Wealth Management acquired a new stake in Motorola Solutions during the 4th quarter worth $27,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 84.17% of the company’s stock.

Motorola Solutions Trading Up 2.7%

Shares of Motorola Solutions stock opened at $469.53 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.13, a quick ratio of 0.86 and a current ratio of 1.10. The company has a market capitalization of $77.70 billion, a P/E ratio of 36.97, a PEG ratio of 2.79 and a beta of 0.87. Motorola Solutions, Inc. has a 1 year low of $359.36 and a 1 year high of $493.57. The company’s fifty day moving average is $424.54 and its two-hundred day moving average is $431.82.

Motorola Solutions (NYSE:MSIGet Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, August 5th. The communications equipment provider reported $4.41 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.85 by $0.56. Motorola Solutions had a net margin of 17.44% and a return on equity of 98.22%. The business had revenue of $3.13 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $3 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.57 earnings per share. The business’s revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. Motorola Solutions has set its Q3 2026 guidance at 4.390-4.440 EPS and its FY 2026 guidance at 17.620-17.720 EPS. Analysts forecast that Motorola Solutions, Inc. will post 15.87 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of equities research analysts recently weighed in on the stock. Raymond James Financial reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $530.00 price target on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Friday, May 8th. Piper Sandler lifted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $503.00 to $530.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. UBS Group boosted their target price on Motorola Solutions from $510.00 to $520.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, August 6th. Bank of America reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Motorola Solutions in a research report on Thursday, August 6th. Finally, Zacks Research raised Motorola Solutions from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 20th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating and eleven have given a Buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Motorola Solutions has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $516.67.

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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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